Season 3
Should your team set aside time for virtual hangs?
Ever been to a cringey Zoom social hour at work, playing online trivia or doing awkward icebreakers with your colleagues? Sometimes virtual socializing at work is great. And sometimes… it feels like a waste of time. But in workplaces where IRL hangs aren’t possible, should we really skip socializing altogether?
Does your team need a regular No Meeting Day?
Does your calendar look like a game of Tetris, meetings on top of meetings from Monday to Friday? Or do you cringe when someone pops a meeting invite into the middle of your deep work afternoon? How would you feel if you had a whole day of your schedule totally cleared of meetings?
Do emojis belong in the workplace?
Are your work chats filled with emojis? Or are they all text, all-the-time? In this episode, we debate if emojis belong in workplace communication at all.
Is it time to ditch the remote daily stand up?
Maybe you call it a daily standup. Maybe it’s a daily huddle, or even a status meeting. But has your team stopped to ask if these daily meetings are really working for them?
Should you message your teammates after hours?
Are you the type to send Slack messages around the clock? Or are you more likely to close your laptop for the day at 5 o’clock sharp? Today’s episode is all about setting boundaries with workplace communications — and it’s more complicated than you might think.
Should you turn your camera on in video calls?
Does turning your camera on during video meetings fill you with dread? Or do you look forward to seeing your colleagues’ faces on calls? Today, we debate whether teams should default to having cameras on or off in virtual meetings. Get ready to dig into the surprising impacts that cameras can have on creativity, engagement, and even career advancement.
Season three is coming soon
Season three of Work Check is on its way! This season is all about debating the way your remote or hybrid team is collaborating, with questions about the best ways to Zoom, ping, Slack, and DM your teammates.
Where There’s a Will (Smith) There’s a Way
When the pandemic halted film and TV productions in early 2020, Westbrook Media, the fledgling production company of actor Will Smith, didn’t fold. They changed the game. Seeing an opportunity for a new kind of project, and using new ways of working, they pivoted to produce a hit variety show for Snapchat … in Will Smith’s garage.
Campbell’s Finds the Soup for their Soul
By 2001, abysmal employee morale and unsafe working conditions had soured the reputation of the Campbell Soup Company. The century-old colossus, whose iconic cans appear in 90% of American households, had the lowest employee engagement of any Fortune 500 company. Enter a new CEO who forms a truly engaged leadership team and turns the toxic workplace around – in just three years.
On a Mission for Equitable Internet in Detroit
Across the globe, many communities remain offline. In the U.S., digital redlining has kept certain communities isolated even more. At a time when equal access to the internet should be considered a basic human right, a team of “digital stewards” in Detroit is working to connect families, one home and one neighborhood at a time.
Reinventing Hot Wheels
Can you fix a toy that isn’t broken? That’s what a team at Mattel Inc. set out to do with Hot Wheels™. But the digital update they introduced to future-proof the best-selling toy on the planet bombed. The risky decision, however, benefitted the venerable company – just not the way they expected.
Saving an Indian Cricket League from Itself
The Indian Premier League (IPL) promised to transform cricket in India until a series of scandals rocked the league – and threatened the integrity of the sport itself. But a leadership team unites to save the IPL and winds up navigating it through an even bigger crisis: the pandemic.
When IBM Nearly Missed the Internet
During the 1994 Winter Olympics, an employee of IBM, that held exclusive rights to the telecast, went looking for the results on the brand-new World Wide Web. But he didn’t find them on IBM’s website – they didn’t have one. He found them on a rival company’s website. This is the story of the forward-thinking team that convinced decision-makers to wake up to the Internet, which influenced a tectonic shift in everything about IBM as an organization.
Teamistry Season 3: Time for Change
Teamistry is an original podcast from Atlassian about the chemistry of teams, proving that when people work together they can achieve more than they ever thought possible.