Research reveals that during an 8-hour workday, employees spend only 4 hours and 12 minutes productively. During this distraction, the top 47% of off-task behavior is surfing the internet. And 45% of employees cite checking social media as the second most disruptive task. Imagine the number of hours wasted, percentage of employees' efficiency underutilized and their impact on organization’s actual turnover. Frustrating right?

Cross-functional collaboration is vital for the success of a remote team. Unfortunately, according to a study published in the Harvard Business Review 75% of the time, a cross-functional team is dysfunctional. Yet, OWL Labs claimed that in 2019, individual contributors in the United States were 20% more likely than average to work remotely full-time.

Did you know that unmanaged digital assets pose a serious security threat? Breaches involving these unmonitored assets take an average of 291 days to identify and contain—24.7% longer than breaches involving managed data. This delay highlights the critical importance of effective asset management in cybersecurity to mitigate potential threats (phoenixnap.com). In this article, we’ll cover the basics of asset management in IT Service Management (ITSM) and cybersecurity.

This month we have been busy making some exciting updates to your Miro experience. From organizing your workspace with Spaces to making decisions faster with built-in Video Calls, and supercharging collaboration with Intelligent Widgets, there’s a lot to explore. Scroll down to take a look at What’s New in Miro this month.

Eminem You have only one chance to make the first impression. Successful customer onboarding, is your opportunity not only to draw users’ attention to your product but also to make them stay, converting into long-term paying customers. Moreover, it’s up to you to decide whether to capture this opportunity or just let it slip.

Change management helps guide people through organisational changes to achieve success. Learn what it entails and explore six steps to make it work effectively.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are essential tools for any organization aiming to measure success, drive growth, and ensure strategic alignment. Whether you're a team leader, business owner, or manager, understanding KPIs is vital for improving performance across employees, teams, and the entire organization. In this blog, we’ll define KPIs, explain their importance, and explore how they can be leveraged to improve organizational performance.

Service Level Agreement (SLA) is a crucial component of managing expectations between service providers and their customers. Whether you’re running a customer support team or negotiating with a vendor, understanding and implementing SLAs is essential for maintaining accountability, measuring performance, and ensuring satisfaction. Let’s dive into what SLAs are, why they are critical for customer service and support teams, and how customers use them to evaluate potential vendors or providers.

Social networks are a huge part of our everyday lives, both at work and at home. It’s easy to get lost in the avalanche of social media updates. Before you know it, your whole workday has been consumed by unproductive web surfing, tweets, and posts. Nucleus Research found that 25 percent of US workers spent a minimum of two hours a day surfing the Internet. For that reason, many companies have blocked Twitter, along with Facebook, YouTube, and other social media websites at work.

2023 witnessed a shocking increase in the frequency and cost of cyberattacks worldwide, as the Identity Theft Resource Center reported 2365 cyberattacks. At the same time, IBM’s 2023 Cost of a Data Breach Report shows that the average cost of a cyberattack has risen to $5.13 million, which represents a 13% increase from 2022. This underscores the overarching need for secure and infallible crisis management communication channels.