Clear your task queue
One dated list of everything waiting on a human, and how to work through it.
Tasks is the one place work waits for a person. It replaced three separate queues, so if you remember a "Review" or "My Tasks" page, this is where they went.
The filters
| Chip | What's in it |
|---|---|
| Drafted email touches waiting for approval | |
| Touches you send by hand — Foreman never operates your account | |
| Social | Social posts awaiting review |
| Publishing | Scheduled publications |
| My Tasks | Objective tasks you personally claimed |
| Approvals | Escalations, budget changes, permission requests, hires, strategy calls |
Steps
- Open Tasks. Start with the chip carrying the highest count.
- Work top-down — the list is ordered by when things are due.
- For a drafted message: read it, then approve, edit, or ask for a revision in a sentence.
- For an approval: read what's being asked and who asked. Approve or hold.
You're done when the chips read zero, or everything left is genuinely waiting on someone else.
About the dates
Every row carries a due date. Some are real commitments; others are derived from when the item arrived plus a 24-hour response window. The interface distinguishes them, and you should trust the distinction — a derived date is guidance, not a promise anyone made.
Gotchas
- LinkedIn touches are yours to send. Foreman drafts and queues them; you paste and send. This is deliberate, not a limitation.
- An approval you hold doesn't vanish. It waits. Nothing silently proceeds because you didn't answer.