Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

February 2024

Return-to-office surges, remote work remains resilient

The dynamics of the workplace have changed significantly as the globe tries to adjust to the post-pandemic environment. Even though lockdowns started four years ago, the work-from-home trend is still prevalent, albeit with changing subtleties. The latest “2023 Workplace Index” from Eptura explores this changing environment in great detail and provides priceless insights into how office dynamics and work culture are changing.

Cisco cuts 5% of workforce in restructuring

The computer networking company Cisco has announced a significant reduction in its global workforce, which has had a ripple effect throughout the industry. This choice is part of a larger pattern wherein significant IT corporations have been reassessing their resources and strategy in response to economic difficulties. In this article, we explore the ramifications of Cisco’s workforce reductions and its proactive emphasis on artificial intelligence (AI).

The essentials of building an effective team

It is literally impossible for every employee to deliver a ‘rockstar’ performance every workday. And no single individual can contain all the knowledge, skills and capacity required to achieve a company’s goals. You need effective teams—groups of people who can get along with each other, contribute meaningfully, pick up the slack as needs or availability changes, and keep each other accountable.

Collaborate on design with Figma in Jira | The Developer's Edge | Atlassian

Modern software teams are multi-disciplinary, and design is integral to product development. However, there are often challenges during the handoff between developers and designers. It's hard for developers and designers to stay across each other's work, and things can be easily missed. We've partnered closely with Figma to create integrations that give better visibility into design work and notify when there are changes. This will help teams stay in sync and deliver work with fewer delays.

How does Survival of Business go Tough?

“No increase in Bill Rates, employee salaries are high or high operational cost, shrinking profit margins – No room to breathe”. In the current economic situation of volatility, businesses are having a hard time managing their margins to grow. The survival of a business is a constant challenge, shaped by a myriad of factors such as market dynamics, economic conditions, competition, and internal operations.

Tiger Team: What is it and How to Create One

Have you heard the expressions “Houston, we have a problem” and “tiger team?” Have you wondered what these refer to or where these terms originated? Well, if you do, then this article is for you. Here, we’ll answer all your questions related to tiger teams—what they are, when to form one, and how to do it. Let’s get started.

Understanding and Calculating Your Labor Costs: The Ultimate Step-By-Step Guide

The skill level of your workforce is a primary determinant of labor costs. Highly skilled employees typically command higher wages due to the specialized knowledge or expertise they bring to the job. Conversely, positions requiring less specialized skills may have lower associated labor costs. It’s important to balance the need for skilled labor with the cost implications for your business.

Make Balance Between Discipline & Flexibility to Achieve Productivity

In Current working environment, the biggest challenge for organizations is to attract & retain their workforce as more & more workforce wants to work from home facility, however the biggest challenge is to stay disciplined while working from home office.

The analytics edge: Leveraging data in performance management tools

In the fast-paced world of contemporary business, companies are constantly striving for perfection. To achieve this, the significance of data analytics in performance management has grown. This helps companies streamline their processes and increase their output. In this piece, we will explore the significant influence of data-driven strategies on performance management tools. We will also explain how these strategies facilitate organizational development while streamlining decision-making.

The evolution of performance management tools: A historical perspective

The search of excellence has always been the most important thing in the ever-changing world of business. Performance management, which is a planned way to check and boost efficiency among employees, has become an important part of reaching company goals. This piece takes you on a trip through time to look at how performance management tools have changed over time, from their simple start to the cutting edge technologies we use today.