Outsourcing involves handing over non-core business processes to another company. Unfortunately, outsourcing can lead to reduced productivity and security risks, both of which negatively affect business. As a result, many companies are reconsidering outsourcing. Fortunately, there are many cost saving outsourcing substitutes that you can go for instead. In this article, we’ll introduce you to the 7 best alternatives to outsourcing that can increase your business’ growth.

As we all adjusted to new ways of working over the past year, products like Miro and Zoom helped us stay connected and come as close as we could to meeting face-to-face. Today, we’re excited to announce another major step toward our vision of empowering teams to foster human connection, collaborate effortlessly, and maintain creativity, regardless of where teammates are located, with the new Miro app for Zoom.

Video meetings are a key source of connection between team members—whether your team is remote, hybrid, or globally distributed. Yet more face time through video calls doesn’t always equal more high-impact work. In fact, our research shows that casual chats have been replaced with unnecessary meetings, costing individuals 157 hours of productivity over the past year.

It’s no secret that the workplace has changed quite a bit over the past year. And the reality is that the future of how teams collaborate, communicate, and connect is still very much in flux. As companies navigate the uncertainty around reopening and tackle big questions when it comes to how and where they want to work, there’s a lot on the table: The answers, likely still forming, will look different for every company.