[killjoywashere]

The most useful thing that's missing from pretty much any tasking system is suspense date: at what point is it chalked up as a fail and life moves on? This is the date most senior leaders in my org use the most. It is the coin of the realm.

The second most useful thing is the warning notice. If someone could reliably figure out how many hours/days/weeks heads-up people are going to need to execute before suspense, that would be amazing. But it's very hard for someone without visibility on your own workload to estimate that. If you're buried under a global crisis, sure people will cut you some slack on your HR actions, but you can bet they'll hold you accountable for budget. An executive assistant can make their career if they can make accurate warning notices for their boss.

[Spivak]

That's why I like having my todos in Notion I can filter all todos with a date more than x days passed into a missed view.