It’s been more than three years since we closed our office in Chicago, and since many companies are still trying to figure out what to do about their office space, we thought we’d share our story. Moving is never fun. It’s bad enough when it’s your stuff, but ten years of stuff makes it even worse. As folks outside of Basecamp learned of our impending office closure, I began to get some questions. The most common being “what did you do with the stuff?

Ever wondered why some projects seem to glide effortlessly to success, while others seem to hit every bump in the road? The answer might lie in the power of benchmarking. As the legendary management consultant Peter Drucker once said: “What a business needs most for its decisions — especially its strategic ones — is data about what goes on outside it. Only outside a business are there results, opportunities, and threats.”

Let’s start with a simple question: What is productivity? The term comes from “product,” which basically means something that’s created. But in the world of work and personal growth, productivity has grown into something much bigger. It’s about the efficiency and effectiveness with which tasks are completed. It’s about the balance between the quality and quantity of work, and the time and resources used to achieve it.

Canned responses are a must-have tool for any help desk system. Canned responses are pre-written responses you can use to reply to questions and issues received from your customers. Canned responses can make your agent’s life easier and save your company time and money. When done effectively, canned responses can also boost your customer support. In today’s article we will go over canned responses, their benefits, as well as examples and best practices for using them.

The BPO industry is booming, but many outsourcers still need help growing their company. Scaling beyond 1,000 seats is something that relatively few BPOs achieve, but it’s entirely possible as long as owners are prepared to take risks and persevere with a growth-focused approach. This article will explore why BPOs find it so hard to scale.

Everyone who has ever created a creative project knows how daunting it can be to manage everything independently. From developing creative ideas to working out the kinks in your project timeline, a creative project manager can make all the difference. We’ll look at a creative project manager’s role and the skills and knowledge needed to fill the position.

Can you increase your team’s productivity and make collaboration easier? Online collaborative productivity software is becoming increasingly popular among businesses. It provides various features that can help teams work together more efficiently. From secure file sharing to real-time messaging, online collaborative productivity software offers many advantages that are hard to ignore. This article will explore why companies use these tools and how they benefit from them.

Modern project management is more than a series of boxes to check — it’s about leveraging data and analytics to make smarter decisions, track progress, and improve performance. Project management analytics and metrics create a powerful, data-driven toolkit for project managers to accurately track progress, evaluate performance, and guide decision-making.