team culture
6 ways to build a culture of discovery
How do you cultivate an environment that’s ripe for innovation? Create a space for discovery. Discovery is finding what was once hidden. In today’s hyper-connected, information-overloaded world, that’s more difficult than ever. Pretty ironic, right? So much information at our fingertips, but the needle in the haystack is as ellusive as ever. Real discoveries are […]
6 ways to create an amazing agile team
There’s no magic formula for becoming a top-notch team. It’s supposed to be different and ever-changing, depending on each team — that’s agile.
How healthy is your office culture? Check these vital signs
A thriving culture doesn’t “just happen”. You have to grow it.
Volunteer time off: giving employees a perk that gives back
Volunteer time off (VTO) is the hottest trend in employee perks. But does paying your employees to volunteer in their community really pay off?
Are managers really as horrible as you think?
There’s a real difference between “leading” and “managing”. Understand it, and you’ll have a good shot at excelling in either role.
Top tips from great incident response teams
Learn how support, operations, and development teams like Mixpanel, Front, and Grand Rounds come together for great incident response.
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. […]
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
Who should be at the table? Tips for selecting your meeting attendees
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 […]
4 badass women who moved workplace culture forward
Throughout history, women have struggled to break the glass ceiling. From politics to medicine, women have made strides against societal pressures and pervasive prejudice. Many of those women are little known and rarely applauded for their successes. Today, we’re highlighting four women who set the stage for us all to live and work in a […]
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.
What do people really want from team chat?
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. A preview of what we learned […]
New research shows great customer experience doesn’t come from bots
Forget chatbots. New research shows employee empowerment is still the key to delivering a great customer experience.
Why ageism could be keeping you from your best teamwork
The irony of ageism: insulting our future selves.
How the best teams in the world run on Jira Software
Great software teams around the world all share a common goal: to build products that users will love. The majority also have something else in common: tens of thousands of teams rely on Jira software every day to plan, track, and release their products. But the composition of each of those teams, how they work […]