teamwork
Productivity data proves stand-ups aren’t just for coders anymore
Poor communication and wasted work are toxic for any team – but there’s an easy solution.
The imagination gap: teams, dreams, and the future of women in leadership
Ask any successful person and they’ll tell you about a role model. Somebody they aspired to be like. Somebody who showed them the way. Yet for many girls and young women, these role models are thin on the ground. This means they might never know what they’re capable of achieving. This is especially true if […]
Be kind during downtime: spread #HugOps love today (and every day)
Have you ever seen a tweet like this and wondered what it was? It’s #HugOps! We’re sending you some giant #HugOps today (and every day), and hope that after reading this you feel inspired to pass on some #HugOps, too. Hold up…What is HugOps? Put simply, HugOps is a way to celebrate the human, empathetic side […]
3 myths that explain why innovation fails
Businesses are terrible at innovating. Sure, recruiters promise innovative jobs, companies claim to sell innovative merchandise, and shareholders rave about innovation. But most of these promises are hollow. (And deep down, we all know it.) That spells trouble for anyone competing in a well-established market space. You can’t be a little bit different or a little […]
Feeling scattered? Regain your focus with these 5 rituals
If there’s anyone out there not feeling dizzy after a topsy-turvy 2017, I’ll eat my hat. (Also, would you please share the secret to your serenity?) Between the debate over remote work, Facebook’s near-daily changes affecting branded content, and the fact that robots might take our jobs, we’re being pulled in a hundred different directions. Not to […]
Team building, in prison
This month, 50 Atlassians participated in a rather unique team-building day. We went to prison. As part of taking the Pledge 1% pledge, Atlassian gives 1% of employee time to social causes. That translates into roughly 5 days each year that Atlassians use for all manner of social good – volunteering at a food bank, […]
How emotionally intelligent leaders build a culture of trust (and why!)
Trust makes doing your job as a leader easier in just about every way imaginable. You don’t have to read up on all the theories around this. You can feel it in your gut. Personally, I know I’ve performed far better under a manager I trusted compared to one that didn’t have my best interests […]
What workplace trends will we see 2018? Here are our predictions
As Atlassian’s Work Futurist, I think a lot about what’s coming next. But, I’m not the only one at Atlassian who has grand visions for the future. In fact, our predictions started long ago, when our co-Founder Scott Farquhar was only 12 years old. As a youngster, Scott made some technology forecasts that have nearly […]
5 habits to drop immediately for a successful 2018
It’s no secret that our world moves quickly. Start-ups launch at a rate of about 1240 per day in the U.S. alone. New technologies pop up faster than toadstools after rain and change the way we think about pretty much everything. Geographies previously thought of as “remote” are now connected and ready to buy. In such a volatile business […]
How do emotions affect productivity? [New research]
This article was written with Prashant Kukde of DeepAffects. There’s a long-held expectation that people should keep their emotions out of the workplace. I’m sure you’ve heard it at some point: keep a firm boundary between your personal and professional life. The problem is, this is not actually possible or even helpful to productivity. Human […]
5 ways working remotely changed the way I think about teamwork
People talk a lot about remote work these days, but with most things, you never truly know until you’ve experienced it. I’ve learned quite a bit about remote teamwork along the way and I thought I’d share some lessons I learned as developer and architect.
When companies ban remote work in the name of collaboration, what are they really saying?
The debate over remote work rages on. At the heart of the issue is collaboration and, by extension, creativity, and innovation. How well can teammates really work together when they’re not in the same building? Don’t we need that intense level of interaction to spark new ideas? Surely, teams are more effective when they’re sitting side by […]
Video tutorial: the Eisenhower matrix productivity method
The Eisenhower Matrix is a task prioritization technique that could be the answer to your overloaded to-do list and notification nightmares.
3 ways to improve collaboration by putting culture first
When I see high-performing teams working well together, I can attribute it to the people, tools, and practices every time. When I see dysfunctional teams, they almost always have the same tools as their high-performing counterparts. The difference is in the people and practices. In an age where work is increasingly about creative problem-solving (i.e., now and the […]
Don’t know how to get feedback at work? Here are some practical ways to start
Peer feedback is so important to your career growth and development. But, what’s the best way to ask for it? Most companies have at least a yearly performance review process but in reality, the best way to continually grow and learn from your experiences at work is by getting feedback on a regular basis. Kim […]