Here’s the truth: hardly any ‘chat apps’ are left on the market. Today’s corporate messengers are not just about communication anymore. As business needs have evolved, group chat apps have become powerful collaboration tools. The chatting apps now mix team chats, audio/video calls, file sharing, and integrations with third-party apps, making them complete ‘work hubs’ designed to satisfy all business needs.

It’s always important to have an up-to-date visual of who’s who in your organization, whether you’re trying to create an accurate hiring plan or looking to better support cross-functional collaboration. That’s where an org chart comes in. It’s a visual representation of the hierarchy of your company — the different departments, roles, and reporting structure.

Rapport is an essential soft skill to help you build trust, establish effective communication, and develop great relationships with your team members. In this article, we walk you through 6 tips to break the ice and build rapport. Everyone wants a positive relationship with the people they work with. But building a healthy level of camaraderie, rapport, and comfortable conversations takes effort. Sometimes, it seems like people are just born with this skill.

Intranets have long been hailed as the central hub for communication and collaboration, yet many fall short. Instead of facilitating smooth, efficient operations, intranets often frustrate employees and bog down productivity. There are common reasons why intranets fail — as well as solutions to avoid the pitfalls of these intranet challenges.

Icebreaker questions help you learn who your teammates are as people—beyond just their work habits. This team building activity focuses on answering fun questions and is a simple way to build trust and morale. Get started with these 130 prompts, which range from favorite knock-knock jokes to existential questions (e.g., is a hot dog a sandwich?). How much do you know about your team members?

This summer, 17 contributors completed the Google Summer of Code(GSoC) program with the Zulip development community. This was the 9th consecutive year that Zulip participated in GSoC; over 120 contributors have now completed one of our formal internship programs, primarily through Google Summer of Code and Outreachy. Our welcoming community is fully committed to helping bring up the next generation of open-source contributors from a wide range of backgrounds.

A comprehensive list of common terms we use to talk about modern teams and they ways they work.