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How project managers can use generative AI to work smarter

Aug 20, 2025 By Ben Brigden In Teamwork
As a marketing manager leading multiple projects, I’m always looking for ways to save time and stay organized. I decided to explore how generative AI could help with my day-to-day work—not just as a cool new tool, but as something that could take real work off my plate. From writing project updates to analyzing data and brainstorming campaign ideas, I found that AI isn’t just hype, it's actually helpful.
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How to Improve Business Productivity (According to Senior Leaders)

Aug 19, 2025 By Marilyn In Scoro
If you’re wondering why your team seems busy but profit margins are flat (or even down) you might be stuck in the “productivity trap.” This happens when companies chase work volume instead of value. And it’s one of the most common challenges in professional services firms. We spoke with 20+ business leaders about how to redefine productivity and fix the issues holding your firm back. Let’s dive in.
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Your guide to smarter AI resource management

Aug 19, 2025 By Ben Brigden In Teamwork
Managing people, time, and tasks can be a lot to handle—especially when things move fast and priorities keep changing. I used to rely on spreadsheets, emails, and guesswork to keep everything on track. But it didn’t always work. That’s when I started looking into AI resource management, and it’s made a big difference to how I manage projects. It helps me plan better, assign tasks faster, and see who’s busy or available in real time.
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What is resource management? A guide to getting started

Aug 19, 2025 By Julia Martins In Asana
Resource management is the process of planning and scheduling your team’s resources and activities—essentially anything that helps you complete a project. Developing a resource management plan can give you visibility into team member workloads. Learn how to manage resources and improve team performance. Making sure your team doesn’t feel overworked or underutilized is a challenge you’ll often face as a leader. It's easy to lose sight of your team's workload and bandwidth.
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How to Scale Smarter: Productizing Value with Brian Kessman

Aug 19, 2025 By Scoro In Scoro
When businesses talk about “productizing,” they often picture cookie-cutter scopes and rigid templates. But according to Brian Kessman, that’s missing the point. Brian is the founder of Lodestar Consulting, and he’s spent 25 years helping agencies and consultancies scale without burning out teams or eroding margins. His approach isn’t about productizing services – it’s about productizing value. In this episode of The Handbook: The Operations Podcast, Brian and Harv dig into what that really means, and how it can transform both your client relationships and your bottom line.
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The Executive's Guide to Top-Down Revenue Forecasting

Aug 19, 2025 By Marilyn In Scoro
Many execs at professional services firms forecast revenue based on specific project data. While this granularity might seem like the best option, there’s actually a better (and easier) way to predict income: Top-down forecasting. A top-down approach gives you the speed and flexibility you need to make strategic decisions without getting lost in the details. Keep reading to learn the basics and how to implement it at your company.
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Ops as an Enabler: Improving Delivery Team Productivity

Aug 19, 2025 By Anna In Scoro
Professional services teams face never-ending deadlines and overlapping client demands. And your decisions as an operations manager shape whether your colleagues thrive—or burn out—in those circumstances. As ops consultant Harv Nagra states on a recent episode of “The Handbook:” Most of us didn’t start our careers as operations directors. But now, we’re the decision makers. And while we’re trying to do our best, we might now have our own blinders on.
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Turn client briefs into projects in seconds with AI Project Wizard

Aug 18, 2025 By Jordan Wellin In Teamwork
Client briefs can be messy. And turning those briefs into a workable project? Even messier. If you’ve ever spent hours pulling together tasks, dates, and details from emails, documents, and DMs, you know how much friction there can be between receiving a project brief and actually starting the work. Enter AI Project Wizard: a powerful new way to go from scattered client briefs to fully structured projects in seconds.
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Introducing the Teamwork.com MCP server-the next leap for TeamworkAI starts here

Aug 18, 2025 By Jordan Wellin In Teamwork
At Teamwork.com, we believe the future of client work isn’t just about speed: it’s about intelligence, adaptability, and freeing teams from the grind of repetitive admin so they can focus on delivering exceptional outcomes. Today, we’re making that future real. The new Teamwork.com MCP server is more than a connector. It’s a secure, standards-based foundation that will power a new generation of customer-authored agentic workflows in Teamwork.com.
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