Hi, all. I'm here to necro this thread!
I do it a bit differently but I have neither a boss nor employees. If the person is someone I often consult or need to talk to, (my husband, the veterinarian, my stepdad) I have an agenda context for them and everything related to them goes there. A item might be "Waiting for lab results on Mairwen" but it will be in context @vet.
If the item is something I am waiting for that will then kick off actions for me or it's from a person I don't have lots of stuff for then it will be just in the context @waiting for. For example: "Waiting for T to call re equipment move on date 4/3" in @waiting for
So in your case since you have an agenda for your boss I'd put all the items there. Similarly if there are a lot of people you interact with regularly I'd have an agenda context for all of them and put all their stuff there.
I'm grappling with this right now and Oogiem's method of this seems kind of close to what I'm thinking...
I'm just struggling with thinking about differentiating certain agenda items with next actions. I know agenda items are really supposed to be stuff to discuss, not next actions.
So help me out here... This is my current agenda list that I've set up with my fiancee:
Plan Spring Break road trip
Watch Episode 1 of Love, Death, and Robots
Use David Allen's Project model to brainstorm reception ideas
Add engagement ring to insurance
Ask (fiancee) to undercoat BattleTech miniatures
Make wedding invitations
Have (fiancee) tell her dad we plan on eloping
Plan official wedding date
All of these items are actually part of projects... so I guess they would all be considered next actions and thus maybe shouldn't be on an agenda. But then, what would I do? Create a Context list that is something like... At Home with (Fiancee)?
Let me know your thoughts! Sorry if this is a little addled, was trying to crank this out quickly between some meetings!