Many people blame their inability to respond in a timely manner on the demands of their job. But the truth is that the real reason they’re struggling is because they’re not managing their email well. 

One of the biggest culprits is Outlook, the most widely used email client in the world. Despite its popularity, Outlook is not designed for the way we work today. It’s cluttered, hard to navigate, and does not provide the tools we need to manage our email efficiently. As a result, people spend hours a day sifting through their inbox, trying to find the information they need. 

This is where LeanMail comes in. We’ve developed a method for managing email that is based on the principles of Lean Thinking. Our method is designed to help you reduce the amount of time you spend managing your email, so you can focus on the things that matter. 

Our software, LeanMail, is specifically designed for Outlook users. It provides a simple and elegant solution to...

Outlook is a tool; the Gmail platform is a tool.  Email is a medium. 

Many people refer to email as a tool, but it's not.  It's a medium just as books, CD’s, and letters are media.  You may not like managing email but that has less to do with the media itself and more to do with the process of managing it using current tools.  

Why it’s important 

Distinguishing the technology from the media is critical because by designating email as a tool we camouflage the problem connected with managing email, namely the outdated methods and technologies involved in handling the email medium.  In of itself, email simply provides us with the possibility to send, receive and archive messages, pictures, hyperlinks and attachments such as documents.  There is nothing inherently bad with that.  So, how did email get confused with being a technology, and why do even smart people, like Tim Denning, mock it and treat it with disdain?...