Do you ever feel overwhelmed when you see a flashing cursor on a blank screen? Or you have so many ideas for a project that you don’t know where to begin? Or perhaps you simply can’t find the information needed to finish the task at hand? A mental block — the feeling of being stuck and unable to move forward with a task or project — is a common part of work that nearly everyone experiences.

Even if you don’t celebrate Halloween or go trick-or-treating, you’ll be thrilled to know that we still have some treats in store in this month’s update. A big one is you can now watch on-demand highlights from Distributed 23, our annual community event. Check out product announcements plus tips and demos from leading experts.

From the moon landing to the Mars rovers to the International Space Station, space agency teams are some of the best at coming up with innovations that are quite literally out of this world. While you and your own team might not be fueling rockets or launching satellites, you can still adopt creative strategies used by the brilliant brains at NASA and beyond — starting with these templates.

“Change is the only constant,” the Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said. And in today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, this statement has never been more valid. But with change comes fear — especially when it threatens the established ways of doing things in a company. Agile transformations, though rewarding, can bring about such fears.

Have you ever thought you had the green light for a project, only to have it blocked by an unseen decision-maker? One of the best ways to make sure you get buy-in from all the key players is through stakeholder mapping and analysis. No matter your seniority in an organization, you can innovate and drive change. But to do so, you need to understand the web of stakeholders whose buy-in you need to earn.

Product leaders, developers, and innovators from Miro’s community of more than 60 million global users brought their passion and energy to Distributed ’23, our annual community event designed to inspire and empower teams to create the next big thing.

You want the product development process to be full of opportunity and enthusiasm. You’re ideating, collaborating, and building something new together. But excitement doesn’t always correlate with efficiency. Innovation hinges on successful planning, communication, and teamwork. If you don’t get those right, you’re in for a lot of roadblocks. To make product development smoother, it’s helpful to understand where teams typically get stuck.

According to Gallup, 51% of employees admit that they’re either actively or passively searching for a new job. That is not good news for organizations, which is why many have become increasingly focused on employee retention. Every expert has a different answer to employee retention, whether it’s a flexible schedule, work-life balance, career growth, or more empathetic management.

With spooky season in full swing, we are beyond excited about all the Halloween-themed templates our community is making in Miroverse. From crazy costume parties to hair-raising retrospectives, these activities are sure to get you into the spirit. Check out and try these five spooktacular templates!

We’re working in lockstep with Google Workspace to build a robustly integrated and feature-rich visual workspace experience to help customers adopt Miro in hybrid environments, or as an alternative to whiteboarding in Jamboard. Bringing together the power of Google Workspace and Miro’s visual workspace for innovation ensures customers can seamlessly transition their work and can continue to create the next big thing.