Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

The Right Way to Measure Productivity of Remote Workers

Managing a remote workforce without objective data creates significant operational and security risks. Leaders are tasked with driving efficiency and ensuring compliance, yet a fundamental visibility gap prevents them from accurately assessing team performance. This isn’t a perception issue; it’s a data problem. While 65% of employees report being more productive when they work from home This uncertainty extends beyond performance metrics.

Top 20 employee newsletter ideas to keep employees engaged

Emails have been a staple in our lives since the late 1990s. Today, the average person receives more than 100 emails per day — and that’s not counting spam. Most messages get buried, ignored, or deleted without a second glance. That’s why it’s important to create employee newsletters that aren’t just informative but also engaging, relevant, and worth opening.

Divergent Thinking: Definition, Meaning, and Its Role in Product Management

Divergent thinking is a core capability for creative problem-solving and innovation, especially in product management, where generating a broad spectrum of solutions is vital for staying ahead and delivering real value. By understanding what divergent thinking means, and how to leverage it, product teams can transform how they approach challenges, make decisions, and build products that matter.

Is the Microsoft Teams data export tool vaporware?

“What export options does Microsoft Teams have these days?” I wondered. I was rounding out the context for a new blog post about the barriers Slack puts up to exporting your message history, and accessing your own messages via the API. As it turns out, a documentation page Microsoft published in February 2025 proclaims: Finally! We could now build a Teams-to-Zulip import tool without having to string together disparate paid APIs.

What is a 2-2-3 Work Schedule and How Does it Work

Summary: Tired of working long hours with little rest? The 2-2-3 shift schedule comes to the rescue. It gives you two days on, two off, then three on. This cycle runs every four weeks. You get better balance, adequate rest, and full, continuous coverage. It also fits your natural sleep cycle, or circadian rhythms. That means less burnout. More energy. Higher employee satisfaction. This guide shows how it works and why it works so well. So, let's get to it.

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How to Fill Out a Timesheet: Why It Matters More Than You Think

At first glance, filling out a timesheet might seem like a small, routine task. But timesheets play a much bigger role than most people realize. For many employees, timesheets feel tedious, confusing, or even unnecessary. Industry statistics show that businesses lose up to 7% of gross payroll due to time-tracking problems such as manual timesheet entry, misreported hours, or even time theft.