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Enterprise social networking is dead! Long live unified employee communications platforms!

The demise of Workplace by Meta marks the latest casualty for enterprise social networking — a trend that’s time has passed. Organizations are now turning to all-in-one, employee communications and experience platforms powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to keep employees connected, informed and productive.

5 critical use cases to consider when migrating from Meta Workplace

Feeling stressed about the need to migrate from Workplace by Meta to another platform? Understandable. Finding the right fit for your organization is a BIG decision because your employee communications and experience platform impacts productivity, operational efficiency and more. We’re here to help with specifics on five use cases to consider for a smooth transition.

What is technical debt? How to pay it off (with examples)

Technical debt is the cost of additional work caused by choosing the quickest solution rather than the most effective solution. Though there are times when technical debt is worth it, it’s important that your team understands the positives and negatives of speedy decisions and how to manage rework in an efficient way. Product managers, programmers, and other stakeholders should carefully consider the trade-offs involved.

The link between neurodiversity and innovation

“Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” This quote, commonly attributed to Einstein, captures how each person has unique superpowers that, when cultivated, can unleash their full potential. In a similar way, when companies embrace a diversity of thought, skills, and perspectives among team members, innovation flourishes.

Understanding Straight-Time Pay: A Complete Guide to Calculation

Understanding how employees are compensated is crucial for both employers and employees. Straight-time pay is a fundamental concept in payroll management, referring to the regular wages an employee earns for working their standard hours. This guide will explore what straight-time pay is, how to calculate it, its applicability to different types of employees, the legal regulations surrounding it, and the tools available to manage it effectively.

Ryan McNamara: The REAL purpose of ops: A revenue and growth driver

Operations is a critical role within agencies today. But beyond the day-to-day, there’s a big opportunity to leverage this role as strategic driver of growth and efficiency. How can you develop both yourself as a leader and your agency to deliver better results? In this episode, Ryan McNamara, Head of Operations for Rise at Seven, highlights 3 key areas that every ops director should focus on: Financial rigor - what metrics you should be looking at and how often, to help you make strategic decisions.

Top 10 Latest Features of Employee Management System in 2024

The employee management system is a technical program. It measures, analyzes, and maintains employee working hours and company workflow effectively. It caters to meeting the productive, social, and practical requirements of employees. Also, help them give their best efforts daily and in the right direction. Installation of a suitable workers management system is most prominent as per your business needs. Reducing the workload of the HR department is helpful.

Centaurs, cyborgs & clones: 3 ways organizations are using artificial intelligence

The way we collaborate is going through a massive transformation. Already, there are many ways teams can use artificial intelligence to work together more effectively; as we move further into the future, it seems all but inevitable that the technology will have an even more profound impact on collaboration. While the emergence of AI-powered collaboration capabilities is no doubt exciting, organizations need to figure out how to balance innovative functionality with data sovereignty and security.

Hubstaff vs Time Doctor: Which is the best employee time tracking tool?

Looking for a comprehensive Hubstaff vs Time Doctor comparison? Tracking actual hours worked by your employees — whether they’re in-house workers or a remote team, can cause a real headache. An excellent time tracking tool can make the entire process relatively smoother, faster, and effective. So which one do you choose? While there are tons of options out there, we will compare two of the best time tracking tools on the market, Hubstaff vs Time Doctor, in this post.