Managing remote teams can feel a lot like playing chess... with a blindfold on. You can use all your experience and instincts to make the right moves and still have no idea if it made any impact (or even what your team is up to!) Awareness and...
Every great companyâfrom the billion-dollar tech behemoths to innovative and scrappy startupsâhas one thing in common: talented people motivated by a shared vision. But while finding talented people isnât hardâeven when hiring remote employees...
In 2015, Stanford Professor Nicholas Bloom found that working from home increased productivity by 13% and lowered turnover in half! In other words: working remotely works. However, these days with the rise of COVID-19 pushing more companies to...
When youâre heads-down working on a huge project, itâs easy to forget that the smallest things can sometimes have the biggest impact on your success. Letâs say youâre working for NASA and your job is to get a rocket to the moon (no biggie, right...
Sit through enough meetings and youâll start to think their only purpose is to book another meeting. While your main responsibility is to always make sure youâre planning (and attending) effective meetings, itâs what you do after the meeting that...
The number one thing every project manager needs to level up their skills is experience. And number two? A good project management book. Thereâs nothing ânewâ about running a project. Sure, the goals and specific issues will be different in each...
Thereâs a reason startups are obsessed with âcommunityâ and influencers tell you to find your âtribeâ. Pretty much everything is made better when you bring together a group of the right people. Even software. Redmine is the most popular open source...
In a study conducted by Stanford University Professor Behnam Tabrizi, it was found that almost 75 percent of cross-functional teams are dysfunctional. Dysfunctional was categorised as unable to meet 3 of the 5 criteria they tested: keeping on...
When youâre trying to grow your business itâs easy to get CATVâcustomer acquisition tunnel vision. Acquiring new customers is sexy. Itâs exciting. And it makes you feel good because more people want what youâve made. But what happens when those...
Thereâs a saying in the music industry that the easiest way to ruin a song is to keep working on it. Add enough effects, extra guitar parts, or more cowbell, and youâll turn Woody Guthrie into Guns Nâ Roses. Knowing when a piece of art is âdone...