Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

What is a capacity model (and why does your team need one)?

When I started managing projects that involved multiple stakeholders across multiple teams, I quickly realized that guessing how much work my own team could handle just wasn’t enough. We needed a clear way to see if we had too much on our plates or if we could take on more. That’s when I learned about capacity models, which are an easy way to understand how much work your team can handle without feeling overwhelmed.

Leverage Time Analytics for Smarter Business Planning

For growing SMBs, the ability to scale hinges on how well you understand and allocate your most limited resource: time. Time analytics provides the operational clarity you need to forecast hiring, assess profitability, and plan growth strategically—without guesswork. While many small businesses track time for accountability, few harness that data to inform long-term strategy.

How To Monitor Employee Productivity

The lack of a good monitoring system is progressively destroying your company’s revenue. It leads to lower results, workflow gaps, missed deadlines, and burnout among unproductive workforces. In Q4 2024, the average US business lost more than $2.7 billion per day due to productivity loss and absenteeism. With the emergence of artificial intelligence and cutting-edge technologies, employee monitoring has become easier than ever.

How executives and individual contributors differ when it comes to AI

This article was originally published on Reworked. We live in an era where technology zips and zags through our lives. AI is seemingly everywhere—yet it’s also entangled in a mess of buzzwords and grand promises. In many ways, AI is a transformative technology. But when we look back on history, its promises and challenges are not all that unique. History teaches us that technology implementation is always complex and rarely goes as planned.

Remote Work Myths Busted: What Companies Still Get Wrong

Remote work is no longer a trend — it’s a new standard. Yet despite its growing presence in the modern workplace, many companies still operate based on outdated assumptions. These persistent remote work myths not only create mistrust but also prevent organizations from fully benefiting from flexible work models. In this article, we’ll break down the most common misconceptions about remote work, explore where these myths come from, and offer facts to set the record straight.

Element powers T-Systems' TI-Messenger solution

Germany’s public healthcare insurers will go live with real time communications based on the TI-Messenger standard on 15 July. With that being just six weeks after TI-Summit, a conference all about the telematics infrastructure for Germany’s healthcare industry, it’s fair to say that TI-Messenger is the most popular chat at TI-Summit!

A New Chapter for European Digital Sovereignty: Wire and Cloud Temple Join Forces

In a significant step toward strengthening Europe's digital independence, Wire and Cloud Temple have announced a strategic partnership to deliver a fully sovereign, secure collaboration platform, built in and for Europe. At a time when organizations are navigating increasingly complex compliance frameworks like NIS2 and DORA, the demand for trusted European alternatives to hyperscaler solutions has never been higher. This partnership directly answers that call.