The last few years has seen a huge change in the way people work, thanks the growing use of technology. People can easily work from home, we can have video conferences with people on the other side of the world, and reports can easily be shared and collaborated on without...
In today's edition of Millennial Monday, I'm sharing my take on two stories I read last week about what I call office pomp and circumstance. I'm really lucky in that I get to do what I love from home 99 percent of the time....
The average worker spends just about the same amount of time preparing for meetings as they do actually participating in them. A recent survey from collaboration software Clarizen highlights just how much time status meetings require, and how they are getting in the way of productivity. [contextly_sidebar id="...
About a year ago, we had daily standups with our small team, just the four or five of us. Like most scrum meetings, we started with the same three questions. What are you working on today? What did you do yesterday? What's one problem or obstacle that you&...
[contextly_auto_sidebar id="njluQZFMrsfTasJzZHDpJbeNygnIWOZF"]Every team I've ever worked with makes the same mistake when inviting a remote team member to an in-person meeting: they treat the telecommuter as they would an in-person participant. Is your workgroup guilty of this cardinal sin? If so, ask...
[contextly_auto_sidebar id="SjFLjvhhMXrlpMuhqxQpibCzHIKzpyat"]If I look at my published work over the years, I'm quite hard on meetings. But I still believe they're a powerful team productivity tool. The trouble is that we've become complacent about meetings. Somewhere along the...
