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Pandemic Paradigm Shift: Employees now spend 36% less time on strategy

Not all work is created equal—especially in our new, more agile work environment. Whether you’re an individual contributor, a manager, or a leader in the C-Suite, your day includes some mix of strategic work, skilled work, and “work about work.” Read this article in French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Dutch, Korean, Swedish, Italian, Polish, or Japanese.

9 Tips for Working Effectively With Developer Portals

The experience developers go through using developer portals is not always perfect. What leads to this? What is the difference between a perfect experience and one that does not work for developers? Sometimes, a poor experience might be a result of an unreliable API. However, most of the time, it is caused by issues with the website developers use to gain access to the APIs. This website is known as the developer portal.

You Need a Product Strategy with John Kodumal

In this month's "Hacking the Engineering Process" meetup, John Kodumal (CTO and Cofounder at LaunchDarkly) discusses his experience and thoughts on developing a reliable and successful product strategy for an efficient engineering team. This talk is recommended for founders, product leaders, and engineers interested in mapping their work up to strategy.

Increase the Efficiency of Your Board Post-Meeting Processes

During board meetings, the directors set goals and strategies and resolve critical issues that need urgent attention. But in reality, optimizing the organization’s performance doesn’t end during board meetings. What happens outside meetings is equally important as what happens during board meetings. Most of the time, directors need time to ponder before coming up with a sound decision. Moreover, their hectic schedule makes it difficult to monitor action items that need to be accomplished.

WhatsApp vs Slack: How Our Team Spotted the Champ

WhatsApp is one of the most famous mobile-first tools. The messenger started out in 2009 as an idea to send notifications to friends. At the moment, 1.5 billion people use WhatsApp for both personal and work-related conversations. The company has recently launched WhatsApp Business – a separate application for small companies. Steady progress in the business communication industry makes WhatsApp a rival for other team chat apps.

4 Major Workplace Communication Styles: Which Is Effective?

Effective Communication is one of the hallmarks of having a successful business. In today's world, with many varying styles and types of Communication, it can be quite hard to distinguish and check which of these are most effective. Oftentimes, businesses don't even know what style of Communication they use in the workplace, as these can grow seemingly unnoticed depending on the culture and the people involved.