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Run the Algorithm Process Improvement System on Your reMarkable

The five-step method Elon Musk runs at SpaceX and Tesla, built as a print-clean PDF that writes like paper on your reMarkable. Think it through by hand, then watch the wasted steps disappear.

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One-time purchase. Two worksheets plus a free Get Started Guide.

Quick Answer The Algorithm is a five-step process improvement method: question, delete, simplify, accelerate, then automate. The reMarkable version is a print-clean PDF you annotate directly on your Paper Pure, Paper Pro, or reMarkable 2. Two worksheets plus a free Get Started Guide, $19.99.

Why your reMarkable is the right place to do this

Process improvement is thinking work before it is anything else. You have to question what a workflow really needs, decide what to cut, and sit with the friction long enough to see the slowest step. That kind of thinking does not happen well on a device that buzzes at you every few minutes.

The reMarkable gives you the one thing the work needs: a quiet surface with no notifications and no tabs. You write by hand, which slows you down in the way that produces actual decisions instead of busywork. That is exactly the headspace the Algorithm asks for.

The Algorithm: five steps, in strict order

The method comes from Walter Isaacson's biography of Elon Musk. The order is the whole point. Run the steps out of order and you make waste faster instead of removing it.

Question every requirement

Put a real person's name on every requirement. If nobody can defend it today, it is a suspect.

Delete the step

Cut hard. If you never add about 10 percent back, you did not cut enough.

Simplify and optimize

Clean up only what survived. Do not polish a step that should not exist.

Accelerate cycle time

Find the single slowest step, the bottleneck of record, and fix that one first.

Automate

Last. Always last. Only automate steps that survived all four prior steps.

What you get

Two worksheets, a Process Improvement Template and a Before and After Process Map, in three formats. On reMarkable, the PDF is the one you will live in.

PDF

Best for reMarkable

Load it on your device and write on it with your Marker. Print-clean at 11 by 8.5 landscape.

OneNote

Notebook template

For when you plan on a laptop or tablet in OneNote.

PNG

Drop-in tile

Import the worksheet as a tile into another notebook you keep.

How to use it on your reMarkable

Buy and download. You get an instant download after checkout on brandenbodendorfer.com.
Transfer the PDF. Send it to your reMarkable through the desktop or mobile app, or over USB.
Write on it. Open the worksheet and run the five steps by hand with your Marker.
Keep it going. Carry the next step in your daily plan and review weekly so the change sticks.

Get the system for your reMarkable

Two worksheets, three formats, and a free Get Started Guide. One-time $19.99.

Get the System ($19.99)

Frequently asked questions

Does this work on the reMarkable Paper Pure and Paper Pro?

Yes. The worksheets are print-clean PDFs that load onto the Paper Pure, Paper Pro, and reMarkable 2. You annotate directly on the device with your Marker.

Do I need a reMarkable Connect subscription?

No. Transfer the PDF through the desktop or mobile app, or over USB. Connect adds cloud sync but is not required.

What is the Algorithm process improvement method?

A five-step method from Walter Isaacson's biography of Elon Musk: question, delete, simplify, accelerate, then automate. The order matters because automating a step that should not exist just locks in waste.

Is this a one-time purchase?

Yes. Pay $19.99 once and the files are yours to keep and reuse on as many processes as you want. No subscription.

Do I need the Key2Success Planner to use this?

No. The worksheets work on their own. The Key2Success Planner adds the daily and quarterly cadence that turns one cleanup into a habit.

About Branden Bodendorfer

Branden is the creator of the Key2Success Planner, a digital planning system used in 52+ countries, and a 20-year marketing and coaching professional. He builds tools at the intersection of e-ink devices and execution. Visit brandenbodendorfer.com.