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Article in Agile

Striking a balance between speed and quality in continuous delivery

This is a guest post written by Adam Wignall, Head of Quality Assurance & TM4J Cloud Product Manager at Adaptavist, a Marketplace Vendor and Solution Partner.   [cta]Over the past few years, we have accelerated into a fast-paced ‘everything now’ era. Endless tech-powered innovations are giving customers more choices than ever before. When developing new products and […]

Article in IT

What 30 years of Stanford research tells us about company culture

Robert Sutton knows company culture. Throughout his 30-year career as professor Professor of Management Science at the Stanford Engineering School, he’s interviewed business leaders and studied the ins and outs of corporate culture like few others. His books include Good Boss, Bad Boss: How to Be the Best…. and Survive the Worst, The Asshole Survival Guide, and he co-authored Scaling Up Excellence with Huggy Rao. […]

Article in HR

Can the future of tech include Autism Spectrum Disorder?

“Don’t worry. You can always get a job as a programmer where you won’t have to talk to anybody.” –conventional wisdom

Article in IT

Reimagining the Jira project configuration experience

[cta]Project configuration makes Jira… Jira. Teams choose Jira because collaboration is messy. Jira’s workflows, issue types, fields, and customizable permissions allow teams to model their real world work digitally so they can work together better. We know that in the right hands, Jira configuration is like an architect’s blueprint – a well-designed structure that everyone […]

Article in Enterprise

How to build a Jira Software archiving strategy in 5 steps

[cta]Every house has trash cans, for garbage, recycling, composting and green waste. And just like any household, we must think carefully about what and how to take things out of our homes – like we consider how and when to bring things in. There’s a natural growth and clearing out that happens over time. Grocery […]

Article in HR

What Netflix, Uber, and Airbnb teach us about hiring for experience

In this era of digital disruption, curiosity and initiative matter more than deep expertise.

Article in IT

Right-sizing and the teeter-totter: how one CEO built a culture of balance

[cta]Ryan Vanni is the CEO of Bukwild, an award-winning digital ad agency in Sacramento. He started his company at just 21 and didn’t have an understanding of the trends in business or what company culture really was. He’s quick to admit he had no idea what he was doing for most of the time. Since launching in 2001, they’ve worked […]

Article in IT

Who should be at the table? Tips for selecting your meeting attendees

[cta]Meetings are simply a group of people. So effective meetings hinge on having the right people at the table. Leave someone out, and you might not have the right perspectives to make an informed choice. Have too many folks in the room, and the meeting can become unfocused and a waste of time. How many […]

Article in HR

Can industry events crack the diversity code?

From tech conferences to writers’ circles, event planners have a unique chance to foster belonging. But will it work?

Article in IT

Fresh data reveals diversity fatigue is a global problem

We surveyed tech workers from Australia, Brazil, France, India, Philippines, U.S., and U.K. to learn more.

Article in Confluence

Virtual collaboration: not just for remote teams anymore

Virtual collaboration is an excellent alternative to in-person meetings, but too few people recognize it as a viable option.

Article in HR

Using a mental crowbar to pry my closed mind open

I used to think corporate diversity programs were bullshit. Now, I’m a converted evangelist.

Article in Inside Atlassian

I swam my kids like an Atlassian team

It’s been a year since my experiment running my kids like an Atlassian team. Could this work for their swim team, too?

Article in HR

What do people really want from team chat?

[cta]We surveyed 1,264 chat users* to find out, and we started with two seemingly simple questions: How do you communicate at work? Does team chat actually make you more productive? What we learned was fascinating and inspiring, so we gathered up the data and created the team chat guide. [button title=”Take me to the team […]

Article in Apps

Get a handle on all your content with Confluence + apps

[cta]With companies creating more online work than ever, content management systems have become a necessity. Product requirements, content calendars, marketing plans, and business forms fill our inboxes and folders. An efficient enterprise content management system, or ECM, can save hours of company time that workers would otherwise spend tracking down files. But too often, files […]