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Many of us will be working from home forever
The future of work is here, and for many of us it's going to be from home.
Inside Apple's 'Bionic Virtual Meeting Room'
In the near future, you'll attend meetings in a conference room that exists in your Apple AR glasses.
Zoom fatigue is real and it’s costly
The Zoom experiment failed. The fallout is erasing all the benefits of remote work, making everyone exhausted and unproductive. -- but there's a better way.
Coronavirus: Managing (and pivoting) during a crisis
Updated: If you weren’t entirely prepared for COVID-19, you’re not alone. Ensuring business continuity in crisis management mode requires the right mix of technology, patience and agility. We hope this collection of Insider Pro...
5 lessons companies should learn about working at home
Companies now have the opportunity to learn from what is and isn’t working during the coronavirus crisis. Use this time to build out a strategy so you won’t have to use band aids and duct tape next time.
Cloud service providers step up with free services
Cloud providers are offering free select services to companies as well as supporting research and collaboration efforts during the coronavirus pandemic.
Comparing 3 top project management tools: Trello vs. Monday vs. Asana
We look at three of the most popular tools for keeping projects on track -- each takes a slightly different approach and will appeal to different types of users.
Videoconferencing vendors meet demands with free versions
As COVID-19 forces workers to remote offices, videoconferencing is becoming a lifeblood of business. These free videoconferencing offerings can help you meet the demand of the new work-at-home norm.
8 tips for managing a remote workforce
No one expects a pandemic, but those who created contingency plans are easing into the transition. For the rest of us, here are eight ways to keep things running smoothly while ensuring your approach reflects the reality of the...
COVID-19 and tech: New collaboration tools mean new security risks
As the coronavirus forces companies to move their communication and file sharing onto collaboration platforms, be prepared for unintended consequences: New security threats will surface, requiring new methods of securing your...
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Navigating the pandemic
Nearly every technology company — and almost every business — is desperately determining how to use its arsenal of technology to combat the increasingly severe disruption caused by coronavirus.
Coronavirus: What companies are ready for our new reality?
One class of companies is already equipped to work in a fully distributed employee model. Another going to have a difficult time adapting to most employees having to work from home. Some won’t survive if this lasts more than a few...
What your business can do about the coronavirus ... right now
The Covid-19 crisis is the Black Swan event of our lifetime. Here's how to hold it all together (while keeping employees apart).
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How to automate repetitive tasks in Slack
A step-by-step look at how to automate common tasks and processes in Slack’s Workflow Builder.
How to build a collaboration environment for a changing workforce
By 2025, most workers will be millennials. These ‘digital natives’ will have a major impact on how collaboration takes place – and it won’t involve walking next door to an office to collaborate.
How to avoid collaboration burnout
While collaboration tools are pervasive in the enterprise, practices for smartly managing the flow of information created by and in them is not. As a result, these tools often lead to overload and burnout.
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14 Microsoft Teams apps to help you work smarter
Microsoft Teams now has more active daily users than Slack and offers dozens of third-party tools to make it easier to collaborate without leaving the Teams interface. Here are 14 apps you need to consider.
