We all know that a company is only as strong as its employees — but it isn’t only about individual strength and skills. Though they matter immensely, especially when processing straightforward tasks, research shows that when dealing with complex work, the way the individuals can work together makes all the…

Knowledge workers can sometimes experience an uneasy feeling, a sense of having not done much during their workday. It especially can happen if you get to compare your day to that of a physical worker. You might wonder: what was I doing all day? Did I accomplish anything in particular…

How a company approaches risk management can often be what makes or breaks it. While Kanban does not prescribe many rules in general, its support for a steady flow style of work allows risk management to be incorporated into it without problems. Performance history The most forthright advantage that using Kanban for…

For many of us, being able to focus was always a challenge — bigger or smaller. Now, we’re asked to do it while working from home, either full-time or partly. Depending on what it was that’s been making concentrating on the task at hand difficult for you, moving work to…

Whether you’re managing a team, are a part of one, or lead the life of a freelancer, or all of the above, we suspect you’re answering questions about your work and project status all the time, aren’t you? Would it not be clever to apply such a method of task…

An Agile take on marketing has the same objectives as Agile software development: meeting the customers’ needs quicker and better. The speed in action is a must in a world where your competition can shake up the market with a single Instagram story or YouTube video, receiving client responses within…

An attractive, competitive offer for customers is the core part of running a business. The value that your product or service provides is what makes or breaks the company in the long term. So, to remain in business, you should focus on finding ways to make your services as valuable…

Is your immediate answer to the title’s question something like: “it’s nothing hard, just jump on a video conference call and get the participants to say what they’re doing!” ? If so, we’d guess you either don’t run such meetings too often or have an extra powerful hold over your…

What is Agile management? At the core of an Agile way to manage an organization is the ability to change goals, innovate and adopt new working strategies in a speedy yet lightweight manner, while maintaining respect for workers and sticking with the company’s big picture goals. In other words, this means reducing the decision-making…