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Art of Problem Solving: 11 Brilliant Problem Solving Methods and Techniques Nobody Taught You

No one likes problems, especially at work. However, they’re part of our everyday work routine. If you take a look at job ads online, many of them will list “problem solving techniques” as a necessity for the job role. The truth is that every job in the world requires the art of problem solving. From managing tasks to managing people, we don’t like feeling stuck, at work or outside of it.

Message limits, email open tracking, SendGrid import

We are excited to introduce Guard Rails, now in open beta for Courier, a feature that allows you to set upper limits on the number of messages sent per time period. Courier business plan customers can configure these limits globally, or per user, or per user per subscription topic. Exclusions for certain subscription topics can also be set up, ensuring essential messages are always delivered.

Incident Bot Demo | Accelerator Apps | Slack

Reduce incident time-to-resolution by automatically alerting and connecting responders, subject-matter experts and impacted parties. With Incident Bot, you can assign user groups and product specialists to act for a given customer support issue. Individual users and customers (or automated alerts) can submit issue reports for admin review to kick off the resolution process. Share reports across multiple org units and workspaces.

Relay Bot Demo | Accelerator Apps | Slack

Deliver personalized messaging at scale within Slack using our Relay Bot. Team members need to deliver targeted information to multiple channels/people at once. Without an automated delivery system this task is either too large to accomplish resulting in missed opportunities or tedious and time-consuming impacting productivity and reducing resources.

Streamline Your Success: 13 Essential Organizational Tools for Maximum Efficiency

Organizational tools have become essential tools for all types of industries. They are capacitated to become your virtual assistant and sort all the tasks ranging from trivial to critical. The accentuating fact is the quality of your employed organizational tool will determine the efficiency of your organization.

How to make the most of distributed product planning

Whether you call it program increment (PI) planning, quarterly planning for product teams, or even big room planning, the reality is the same: These sessions are complex undertakings, even more so in our current hybrid reality. Every 8-12 weeks, dozens, hundreds, or — in some cases — thousands of product team members meet to to align on a shared vision, pinpoint cross-team dependencies, discuss features, and, ultimately, plan their product roadmap.

4 Ways Ticket Deflection and Routing Helps Customer Service Teams Maximize Efficiency

Even a fantastic customer service team can be plagued by poor ticket deflection and routing. Your stellar agents may be equipped to answer many customer questions, but if they need to sift through dozens of issues that range from simple inquiries to complex matters, then they aren’t maximizing the ways in which they can help customers. This is where ticket deflection and routing comes in: to maximize the time and effort of your customer service agents.