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Is conflict killing your collaboration?
Actually, aggressive agreement is already doing it for you. Humans are hardwired to avoid conflict. Especially in the workplace, hostility is a threat that we avoid like the proverbial plague. But conflict can help. Questioning, disagreement, and argument can penetrate layers of opacity and get at the heart of matters. What’s more, conflict means people care. […]
10 ways to get started with the Team Playbook
[cta]Ever since we launched the Atlassian Team Playbook in 2016, we’ve been peppered with questions from customers and members of our own teams. Most of them are addressed in the Team Playbook’s “about” page, but there’s one question – one I’ve been asked many times – that doesn’t have a one-size-fits-all answer: “What’s the best […]
A defining moment for global teamwork
Just after this post goes live, I’ll take the stage in Barcelona for our first Atlassian Summit in Europe. I’m excited to talk about our plans for the future and share news about our global cloud expansion. We have tremendous innovation emerging across our Cloud, Server and Data Center product lines. Fueling it all is […]
Inside Atlassian: teamwork and mental illness in the workplace
“Hi. My name is Tyler, and I have mental health issues.”
UConn finally lost, but here’s why they’re still winners
Just after my first season coaching my seven-year-old son’s YMCA basketball team, a friend posted this video on Facebook: Geno Auriemma, the head coach of the women’s basketball team at the University of Connecticut. His team’s 111-game winning streak, the longest in history, was recently snapped. My heart just soared watching this. First off, everything […]
Want better meetings? Meet Helmut, the rubber chicken
Don’t we all love meetings that go on forever? And people who love listening to the sound of their own voice? Obviously, the answer is “no”. Do we all want better meetings? Yes! I’ve sat in I-don’t-know-how-many business meetings over the course of my career where the discussion went forever, but was going nowhere. The […]
A message to our RSS subscribers
Greetings, readers! As part of overhauling the Atlassian Blog, we’ve moved our RSS feeds away from Feedburner – an open source system that was deprecated years ago. If you’d like to keep getting posts via RSS, please switch your subscription to this feed: To receive all posts, subscribe to https://atlassian.reaktivdev.com/feed What’s happening with the legacy […]
6 great Summit Europe sessions you won’t want to miss
We’re getting closer to our first European Summit in Barcelona and I’m so excited to share the program we’ve put together this year. During the 4 days of Atlassian Summit & AtlasCamp, you can choose between 90 presentations covering all kinds of topics – from tips and tricks on how to use and extend our […]
Wanted: speakers for Atlassian Summit US
We’ve just opened our call for speakers for Atlassian Summit U.S. that will take place in San Jose on September 12-14. It’s your opportunity to tell the world what great things you’re doing with our products. Whether you’re a technical team improving your workflows, a huge team that communicates more efficiently with Atlassian, or an HR […]
Deployment flexibility, single sign-on, and better team collaboration with Confluence 6.1
Since the the release of collaborative editing in Confluence 6.0, we’ve seen a lot of teams working together and getting on the same page. If you weren’t one of these teams, we’ve now made it even easier to get started right out of the box in Confluence 6.1. The team has also been hard at […]
New data reveals where we really stand with diversity in the tech industry
Since 2014, tech companies have been releasing diversity reports. CEOs and heads of diversity have spoken about the investments necessary to #changetheratio and pursue #diversityintech. And many companies have moved from raising awareness of the problem to taking real steps to close the opportunity gap. But what’s been missing from the conversation is the voices […]
Unleashing the potential of every team: new Atlassian Power-Ups for Trello
Today we’re excited to announce new Atlassian Power-Ups for Trello available for Atlassian cloud products: Jira Software, Confluence, and Bitbucket, as well as an improved Hipchat integration. As one of Trello’s first releases since joining Atlassian, these Power-Ups are leading the way for many more awesome features in the works for our users. Unleashing the […]
Jira admins: 5 new business templates that make onboarding easier
[cta] A Jira issue can mean different things to your team members. To software developers: epics, stories, sub-tasks. To IT help desk managers: tickets. But what do “issues” mean to a marketing or HR manager? Maybe you’ve heard one say: “Issues? I’m not sure I have issues, per se. I have tasks, though. Is that […]
5 pro tips & tricks for the Hipchat power user
There are all sorts of hidden features that you can impress your team with in Hipchat. Learn these 5 tips and tricks and you’ll be showering in your coworkers’ admiration in no time.