A few days ago, Stewart Rogers posted a quick blurb on CNBC's series on innovation. The idea is to move from "getting it" to "getting things done."

This is an important distinction. In project management -- as in life -- there are many instances in which we know something, or we "get it." But we don't know what to do about it or with it. Without application, this knowledge is pretty much useless.

"Getting things done" (GTD) is applied knowledge. When you take what you know and find a way to apply it to best practices in project management, you are innovating and moving forward. In the business world, it is always better to be moving forward than to be moving backward, and GTD is a good philosophy to adopt to help get your project heading in the right direction.