Operations leaders are at the forefront of driving innovation and fostering long-term growth. With the ever-changing business environment and current emerging technologies, it's crucial that they also stay ahead of AI in the workplace. The Work Innovation Lab, a think tank by Asana, conducted research and found that operations leaders are AI realists—they see the technology’s vast potential and acknowledge its complexities.

The market is flooded with shiny new AI tools, all promising to help teams “do more with less.” In the midst of that noise, marketing leaders are faced with a delicate balance: How can they update their tech stack safely, to reap the benefits of AI without putting marketing outcomes—and budget—at risk? This was a core theme at The Work Innovation Summit, Asana’s marquee event showcasing how AI can unlock human potential at work.

Increasing productivity improves cost efficiency. The more productive your people are, and the more repeatable the processes underpinning that productivity, the more costs stay under control while revenue rises. This is because ‘productivity’ is greater than the sum of its parts – those parts being broadly categorized into ‘people’ and ‘performance’.

The Microsoft infrastructure makes collecting network traces more complicated. Network traces (tracert) inside and out of the Azure Virtual Desktop virtual machine are valuable when diagnosing support issues or when an end-user calls up complaining of poor Azure Virtual Desktop performance. The following information should help improve the collection of network traces and trace data, which will aid in diagnosing Virtual Desktop Infrastructure connectivity.

Chatbots are used by 1.4 billion people today. The interest in ChatGPT is fueling the flames of chatbot adoption to become even more mainstream for personal use and business alike. Companies are now rushing to launch their best AI chatbots to carry on 1:1 conversations with customers and employees. AI powered chatbots are also capable of automating various tasks, including sales and marketing, customer service, and administrative and operational tasks.

One of my favorite words is dynamic and when I get to use it related to work, I always get pumped. Truth: it’s a dynamic time to be an internal communicator. The pandemic dramatically altered how and where we work — and employee expectations along with it. And artificial intelligence (AI) continues to disrupt as we grapple with the best ways to harness its potential and minimize its pitfalls. Many organizations have put off modernizing their employee experience.

Companies wishing to move from their legacy IT systems, outdated servers and unreliable hardware are regularly migrating their businesses to the cloud. The benefits of cloud computing and various cloud-based project management solutions – including Atlassian, Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket, and an array of others – have allowed businesses to adapt, evolve and scale successfully.