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Memos, post-its, endless meetings: these are a few of the ways you can slow down team productivity. You’re often much better off communicating ideas quickly and simply with diagrams. There are several great Confluence add-ons that help you easily create beautiful diagrams, including Confluence Diagramming by Creately, Gliffy, and Graphviz — that are intuitive, fast, and smart. They take care of creating and embedding simple, easy-to-use diagrams, so you can focus on what matters to you.

The long-held popular theory that learning styles help us consume and retain information isn’t backed by evidence. Here’s what modern education experts recommend instead to help adult learners succeed.

Two AI experts weigh in on how the technology can help teams do more and collaborate better.

“Best” is relative when you’re dealing with humans. The most-effective approach is the one that allows for flexibility.

I came away with a new appreciation for all the work (visible and invisible) managers do.

The secret to good meetings? Knowing when you actually need one.

Use these strategies to align expectations, streamline communication, and crush your goals.

Huggy Rao, co-author of The Friction Project, on the practices and processes that may be holding you back.

Getting feedback can be intimidating, but avoiding it only makes things worse.

Most teams no longer sit shoulder-to-shoulder, even if individual members go into their closest office every day. When teams are not co-located, you need to be much more intentional about bringing them together. At Atlassian, we aim to have teams meet in-person at one of our offices a few times per year, and we prioritize building relationships and advancing mission-critical work during that time. These team gatherings are part of our Intentional Togetherness Gathering (ITG) program.