About | Matthew Cornell - Personal Productivity Specialist

About

Picture of Matt Matthew Cornell is a former NASA engineer, and one of the few consultants in New England specializing in modern personal productivity techniques.

He has degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and is the author of many articles on productivity, technology, and creativity (his blog is here).

Matthew is available for one-on-one and small team workflow coaching, workshops, and seminars. He resides with his family in Western Massachusetts.


	About Matthew Cornell is a former NASA engineer, and one of the few consultants in New England specializing in modern personal productivity techniques. He has degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and is the author of many articles on productivity, technology, and creativity (his blog is here). Matthew is available for one-on-one and small team workflow coaching, workshops, and seminars. He resides with his family in Western Massachusetts.	Client news: I had the great pleasure of working with David McLaughlin, professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at University of Massachusetts Amherst. David directs CASA, the center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere, a prestigious National Science Foundation Engineering Center. Blog updates: The Uber productivity site 43 Folders has featured my personal productivity article on Best practices for administrative assistants. Client news: A big thanks to the smarties at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for a great series of workshops. It's always fun to be back, and as a bonus I got to see a Shuttle launch :-) Blog updates: My article A dozen small ways to get productivity improvements to stick in an organization was picked up by the major productivity site lifehack.org. Client news: Dr. Hauschka Skin Care had a very interesting FastCompany write-up: Can't Buy Me Love. Academic productivity interview: I was pleased to be asked some insightful questions around the unique productivity challenges faculty face by the Academic Productivity blog's readers. Read my answers here. Product news: I'm in the middle of writing The Personal Productivity Field Guide - my handbook that answers the most common questions clients ask about being effective, from interruptions to meetings to just plain too much to do. Stay tuned... Client news: I was pleased to be included as an option for recipients of UMass Amherst's ambitious Mellon Mutual Mentoring Initiative (more here). Blog updates: Mike Pierre over at mega productivity site Lifehack/ was kind enough to call me the "Brainiac Dad" in his Productivity Family Tree. I'm in great company including Laura Stack (author of Leave the Office Earlier) and Mark Sanborn (author of The Fred Factor). Workshops: I'm always improving my workshops, with the latest addition being a two-month email series for participants. These follow up messages sustain and deepen their practice through tips, case studies, and implementation ideas.