Author

Daniel Kenitz

Article in Project Management
How to use Trello and Confluence together for optimized project management

Cheese is delicious. Tomato sauce is delicious. Bread is delicious. They’re all so delicious, in fact, they work perfectly well as foods on their own. Yet one day, some brilliant person came along and decided that these delicious foods could become something more: a finer food known as pizza. Our world is all the richer for it.

Article in Communication
Empathy is the antidote: conflict resolution at work

Not all conflict is bad – here are the habits you should harness to avoid the problematic kind.

Article in Trello
The Trello resource management tools and features you need now

With unlimited resources, life’s a breeze. There’s never a deadline, never a budget, and never a ceiling of energy that constrains your ability to get things done. 

Article in Project Management
Don’t ignore project risk: 3 tools for project management success

There’s an old sailor’s proverb you could just as easily apply to project risk management: “When the boat reaches mid-stream, it is too late to stop the leak.” In other words, hindsight is 20/20. While no project manager, no matter how skilled, is a fortune teller, smooth sailing for any project requires foresight, experience, and a healthy fear of risk. In one evaluation, only about 30% of projects come in under budget. And only 15% come in on time. So, what’s going on here? Why can’t people estimate what a project will look like from beginning to end?

Article in Teamwork
So, your manager just quit—now what?

The day starts out like any other. You get your morning coffee, hop into the car, and head to work. But just as you pop your head in for a “good morning” to your boss, you see a vision that changes your job forever:

Article in Trello
How to strike the ideal balance of autonomy on your team (and how Trello can help)

Here’s a little-known business fact: Post-It notes first came about because 3M was in favor of bootlegging.

Article in Teamwork
How to stay mindful of cultural differences when leading a global team

It seemed innocent enough.

Article in Productivity
How disrupting your daily routine can actually make you more productive

Study most productivity books and they’ll tell you it’s the last thing you should do: disrupting your daily routine.