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The Most Underrated Use for AI During Meetings: Being Your Devil’s Advocate
Explore the counterintuitive idea that even well-functioning teams with solid brainstorming sessions can benefit from AI. By playing the role of the devil's advocate, AI can introduce healthy disagreement and challenge the status quo, potentially leading to groundbreaking ideas.
Groupthink in an Agile Scrum Cycle: Is Your Team Getting Along Too Well?
Discover how groupthink poses a significant threat to innovation within agile teams, hindering the emergence of new ideas and impeding progress throughout the scrum cycle. Explore strategies for agile team management to mitigate the impact of groupthink and foster a culture of creativity and innovation.
The Best Collaboration Tools for Web Developers and Designers
Discover how technology enables cohesive collaboration for remote web development teams, with 4 out of 5 developers working remotely. Explore the top collaboration tools empowering seamless workflows and website building, regardless of location.
Effective Brainstorming in Diverse Teams: Overcoming Barriers and Embracing Differences
Unlock innovation and embrace diversity in team brainstorming! Learn strategies to navigate cultural differences and create an inclusive environment for effective ideation while overcoming boundaries and enhancing diversity in collaboration sessions.
5 Steps Leaders Can Take for Better Collaborative Brainstorming
Optimize Collaborative Brainstorming: Learn the art of efficient idea generation with these five crucial steps. Enhance team collaboration, foster innovation, and bid farewell to unproductive meetings. Learn how to elevate your brainstorming sessions for impactful outcomes.
8 Surprising Benefits of AI in Team Collaboration You Might Not Realize
The potential benefits of AI in team collaboration extend far beyond productivity. As we continue to move deeper into the digital era, it’s vital to recognize and utilize AI’s full potential in enhancing teamwork. This article will guide you through the remarkable benefits that AI can bring to the collaborative efforts of your team.
How to Thrive in the Hybrid Workplace: A Leader’s Survival Guide
Discover practical strategies for success in the future of work - the hybrid workplace. As a leader of a hybrid team, shape the trajectory of this unique work arrangement by embracing flexibility and technology. Gain insights beyond the typical hybrid work stats and return-to-office trends, and equip yourself with actionable tips to navigate the new work landscape effectively.
Asynchronous Collaboration 101: What Is It and How to Improve It
Discover the power of asynchronous collaboration in today's remote and hybrid work environments. Learn what it is, why it matters, and how to enhance your team's productivity and collaboration by leveraging asynchronous communication and collaboration tools.
A Leadership's Guide to Working More Collaboratively with Distributed Teams
Remote working and distributed teams have transformed the business world, eliminating the need for employees to relocate for work. To adapt to this trend, leaders must learn to manage distributed teams effectively.
How should they go about it? Here is a guide that will help leaders do exactly that!
How SWOT Analysis Can Help Improve Your Business Strategy
SWOT analysis is a structured process that helps businesses identify their internal strengths and weaknesses, as well as external opportunities and threats.
Learn how to use a SWOT template and leverage this tactical approach to help your organization gain a comprehensive understanding of your current situation, enabling you to make informed decisions and create a robust business strategy.
How To Use Data-Driven Retrospectives For Your Business
In today's data-driven world, retrospective analysis is key to optimizing performance and promoting continuous improvement. By creating a collaborative environment that prioritizes data, organizations can unlock new insights and drive more effective decision-making.
This article is your comprehensive guide, complete with real-world examples and best practices to help you get the most out of your business data.
Turning Pain Into Value: How Distributed Teams Can Actually Increase Revenue
Distributed and hybrid teams bring a host of challenges - but the biggest challenge is often shifting the perception of these new workforces — from one of pain to value.
We've put together some tips from our experts that will help guide your organization's distributed teams into value-generating powerhouses.
The Dangers Of Cutting Corners: Why Enterprise Software Is Worth The Investment
Free-to-use software is appealing, and it can be a great solution for budget-conscious startups. But the sacrifices you make in the process aren't always obvious. The reality is that, if you aren't spending money upfront, you will likely end up spending even more of it in the long run.
Structured vs Unstructured Whiteboards: Brainstorming For Success
When your team is attempting to problem-solve, brainstorming is one of the most powerful tools you can use to generate ideas and find innovative solutions. But how should you approach your brainstorming session? Is it better to go into it with a plan laid out and a clear structure, or to keep it open-ended and free-flowing?
What Happens when you Use a Creative Tool for Data-driven Work?
Don't get stuck using a butterknife when you need a scalpel. Using the right tool, for the right purpose, at the right time is not just an investment in another piece of software, it is an investment in the future and success of your distributed organization.
The Value of Generic Whiteboards
Generic whiteboards can be a useful tool for collaboration, but whether they drive efficiency or destroy it largely depends on how they are used and by whom. The context matters.
Most generic whiteboards are relatively simple tools with limited features - especially when compared to other more specialized whiteboard applications, such as Stormboard.
Agile Application Lifecycle Management: How To Dance Through Development
Agile ALM can be seen as a combination of two separate ideologies: Agile Practices and Application Lifecycle Management.
Combining the iterative software development model of agile with the engineering practice of ALM is a delicate balance that - when done correctly - can vastly improve the quality, speed, and efficiency of software development.
Kickstart More Efficient Quarterly Planning with Stormboard
Every organization may approach their planning cycle differently, but more often than not, the common theme amongst them all is quarterly planning.
With 2023 on the horizon, this article will define a few key items that should be considered in every quarterly plan, along with a strategy on how to make your plans more concise, contextual, and all-around more effective
8 Virtual Meeting Tools for Collaboration
Over the past two years, all of us have had to deal with significant collaboration changes in the workplace. Now that remote work has become the norm and hybrid offices and work-from-home setups are slowly overturning the mighty open and cubicle offices, both business owners and employees have to adapt to succeed.