In the era of remote work, fostering seamless collaboration within distributed teams has become both a necessity and a challenge. Communication tools are at the forefront of enabling this shift, bridging geographical gaps and ensuring that team members remain connected, productive, and engaged.

One of the most valuable attributes of the Objectives and Key Results prioritization framework – and why we’re so thrilled that we’ve incorporated OKRs into the Craft.io platform – is how effectively it can help you bring together different departments across your company to work productively toward shared big-picture goals. Most of the other prioritization frameworks you’ve heard of – weighted scoring, the MoSCoW method, RICE, etc.

It’s no secret that high customer service standards are crucial for success. This is why call centers are vital, acting as the primary interface between a company and its customers. Many organizations use call center quality assurance (QA) software to deliver consistent and excellent service. These tools monitor, evaluate, and enhance call center agents’ productivity and performance, improving customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.

The old-fashioned 9 to 5 office routine isn’t as popular as it used to be. That’s why flexible work arrangements are a fresh idea in today’s workplaces. Let us assume that employees currently have the freedom to select where they work, be it the cozy confines of their work at home or the collaborative environment of an office. This hypothetical situation illustrates how work-life balance perspectives are shifting and innovation is accelerating the trend toward flexible work schedules.

With summer starting and vacation plans in full swing, we’re bringing a much-needed breeze to handling your team’s work time. You can now easily manage time off directly from your Scoro’s calendar or sync data over from BambooHR. We’re also launching our Salesforce integration and doing a few tweaks to frequently used buttons to make your daily workflows smoother.

In evolving workplaces where more teams are working distributed across locations, organizations face the challenge of staying in sync with how remote employees work and what efficiency distributed workforce achieves. Leveraging employee monitoring software can enable businesses working with distributed teams to gain the actionable insights that matter.

To improve productivity and project profitability without burning out your team, you need to master billable utilization. Make the most of your team’s time and talent with our billable utilization guide, which covers how to calculate billable utilization, its biggest benefits, and how to improve it.

This article was originally published on Reworked. We live in an era where technology zips and zags through our lives. AI is seemingly everywhere—yet it’s also entangled in a mess of buzzwords and grand promises. In many ways, AI is a transformative technology. But when we look back on history, its promises and challenges are not all that unique. History teaches us that technology implementation is always complex and rarely goes as planned.