Why you should learn more about agile HR
This is a guest post by Alexis Croswell, Content Marketing Manager at Culture Amp. The concepts behind agile development have proven so successful, other teams, like HR, are starting to adopt the agile philosophy. You’ve likely seen some great articles on agile software development, which was created as a way to meet the rapidly changing […]
New apps for Data Center(Jira, Confluence, & more)
Atlassian’s Data Center products like Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and others, are purpose-built to deliver high availability, uncompromised performance at scale, and deployment flexibility—and this should apply to the almost 1,400 apps for Data Center products as well. When you’re working at enterprise scale, marketplace apps (formerly known as add-ons) can have a major impact on your […]
How a large insurance company migrated to Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket Data Center in 3 months
“We’re migrating to Data Center products for Jira and Confluence. What does the migration involve, have other teams done it?”, asked an admin from a large company. Data Center is Atlassian’s enterprise product line for companies which self-host Atlassian applications on-premise or on AWS or Azure. These companies migrate from Server products to Data Center […]
Find work-life focus: a Trello insider’s guide to personal productivity
In 2011, Justin Gallagher and Bobby Grace co-wrote a web application prototype that provided a visual perspective of what people were working on. That application became Trello. Here is Justin’s story of how he uses it today.
How to make corporate learning and development work for your company
This is a guest post by Kevin Daniels, writer at LearnUp. [cta]There’s never been a better time to focus on developing your skills. As new technologies, platforms, and business opportunities open up, the one thing that will set successful people apart in the future is their continual adaptation to the changing world around them. These […]
Braintrusts: how to build a more candid think tank culture at work
When was the last time you got completely unfiltered feedback? Do you dread presenting your big projects to your team because you fear their harsh critique?
7 overlooked biases that creep into your work (and undermine its success)
From cooking dinner to deciding which new project to tackle at work, you make a lot of decisions throughout the day. Some of these decisions are so automatic that you don’t even think about them. And the decisions that you do think about (and put hours of research into) may not be as objective and rational as you may think.
Is a deep work deficiency stifling your productivity? An interview with Cal Newport
Here’s a challenge that’s harder than you might admit: Sit down with a project and focus on it, uninterrupted, for the next 90 minutes. No email, no chat, and no jumping between tasks.
The mind map technique: how to set more productive goals
Ever feel like your goals are rich with potential, but a little scarce on productive outcomes?
How to better manage your email with the inbox zero method
We’ve all played the lead in this story: You open your laptop and mentally prepare for the number of unread emails to have you rushing back to the coffee maker. Inbox (187)… the feelings of dread and overwhelm are too strong—even for your 3-shot espresso.
