teamwork
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.
Why diversity in teams is the key to customer success
This article was written with Teagan Harbridge of Easy Agile. What does it mean to be agile? Everyone has an opinion about it, and the amount of agile-flavored literature continuously grows, fostering interest and engagement. But what is at the heart of agile? People. In 2001, 17 software developers came together to write the ultimate ‘agile […]
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 […]
Get a handle on all your content with Confluence + apps
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 […]
Two great products, now even better together: Jira and Confluence
Confluence and Jira Software: Separate, they’re good. Together, they’re real good. In fact, over half of Jira Software teams already use Confluence as a complement to Jira and their agile development toolset. Confluence is an open and shared workspace where teams can create and organize documentation, draw up project requirements, collaborate with other teams, and provide visibility to projects. Teams […]
How to prepare for the remote-friendly future of work
Three investments to make in anticipation of the highly-distributed future of work. And they won’t cost you a penny.
How to not lose your s#!t during an incident
Often I am asked how I always seem calm and poised during incidents. This persona is not entirely accurate as I am more like a duck in these scenarios, calm on top of the water, but paddling frantically under the water. I have learned some tricks that have helped me stay calm and drive incidents […]
7 pros and cons of open workspaces—and how to compensate for them
Anna Johansson is a writer, researcher, and business consultant who is passionate about helping everyone do their best work. Her work has been featured in Entrepreneur and on Business.com. More and more, work culture gravitates toward openness, collaboration, and transparency. You can see it in the increased number of open-office layouts (despite some recent pushback) […]
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 […]
Growing the next generation of coders and computational thinkers
This guest post was written by Vivek Ravisankar, CEO & Cofounder of HackerRank, a platform that helps programmers hone their skills and connect with companies. HackerRank is the leading player in the programming talent assessment space, and the company is growing. Programming is a fundamental tool to help you discover solutions to problems by following […]
5 benefits of using an intranet in the workplace
As someone who grew up in this digitized age, there are two things that are important to my productivity: I’m able to share and access information as easily and pain-free as possible I’m able to connect with my teammates on more than just work Thankfully for me, intranets are still alive and thriving. Your intranet is the […]
13 books that disrupt stereotypes and build emotional intelligence
There are so many experiences that can be understood through literature. When we access those stories, we push back on ignorance and build the emotional intelligence that is so important for personal and professional success.
3 ways humans still have the upper hand in the age of AI
If you’ve been following technology news, then you know that robots and AI are here to stay. They route you home, book your hotel, and even vacuum your carpet while you are away. The smart machines, apps, and algorithms that manage our lives are only getting more pervasive, more intelligent, and more powerful. The age of […]