{
  "title": "Time management: can a task list be trusted with your commitments?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/gestion-du-temps-peut-on-confier-ses-engagements-a-une-liste-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-04-06",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Writing commitments down can reduce what you need to keep in mind. It does not guarantee that you will retrieve them at the right moment or choose which ones to address.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Time Management & Prioritisation",
  "place": {
    "name": "Lausanne",
    "region": "Vaud",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Evan F."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Remembering where to look rather than remembering the content",
      "point": "Betsy Sparrow, Jenny Liu and Daniel M."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "It would be tempting to conclude that recording everything in a single tool is enough."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence cannot promise",
      "point": "Experiments on remembering information do not reproduce the negotiated, changing and interdependent commitments of a team."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Lausanne",
      "point": "As part of SHR’s time management and prioritisation programme, an exercise could be offered in Lausanne to teams in medtech, higher education, international sport and the Lake Geneva region’s scale-ups."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Gilbert",
      "year": "2016",
      "source": "Trends in Cognitive Sciences"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Wegner",
      "year": "2011",
      "source": "Science"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 426,
  "image": "https://www.shr.swiss/img/blog-editorial-2026-04-06-en.jpg?v=4",
  "translations": {
    "fr": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/gestion-du-temps-peut-on-confier-ses-engagements-a-une-liste",
    "en": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/gestion-du-temps-peut-on-confier-ses-engagements-a-une-liste-en",
    "de": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/gestion-du-temps-peut-on-confier-ses-engagements-a-une-liste-de",
    "it": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/gestion-du-temps-peut-on-confier-ses-engagements-a-une-liste-it"
  },
  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://www.shr.swiss/formation/gestion-du-temps/lausanne",
    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/lausanne",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}