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Why Control is for Amateurs with Rachel Happe, Founder of Engaged Organizations

This episode features an interview with Rachel Happe, Founder and Digital Workplace, Organization, and Community Strategist at Engaged Organizations. In this episode, Shawn and Rachel discuss treating employees as assets rather than machines, rewarding human contributions, and valuing emotional and social aspects in the workplace.

Design teams are key strategic partners. Here's why.

The role of design teams in modern businesses has evolved dramatically. Once confined to aesthetics and final deliverables, design now plays a crucial role in driving customer-centricity and innovation. This shift has repositioned design teams from the periphery to the heart of business strategy, influencing decision-making at the highest levels.

7 Healthy Habits and Their Impact on Work Productivity

Workplace productivity necessitates dedication, commitment, focus, and effort; but to be your best at work, you must also live a healthy lifestyle. Ignoring basic healthy habits may lead to feeling exhausted, inattentive, and more prone to sickness which may lead to toxic productivity. Whether you work from the office or home, a healthy lifestyle can have a substantial positive influence on your performance and productivity.

BSI funds security analysis of Matrix

Matrix performs well in BSI audit conducted by MGM Security Partners, only for findings to be misunderstood. On Sunday 1 September, Heise published an inaccurate article that caused much confusion and – unfortunately – turned a positive story about the German government funding open source security research into a bad news story. This blog post aims to address the misunderstandings. *Many thanks to Heise for subsequently correcting the headline.

Exploring Unconventional Sources for Business Advance Loans

Unconventional sources for business advance loans refer to non-traditional or alternative financial channels providing capital to businesses. These sources stand apart from traditional banks and credit unions, offering unique lending options such as peer-to-peer platforms, invoice financing services, and crowdfunding. The evolution of these sources is reshaping how businesses approach funding, highlighting the importance of understanding and leveraging these alternatives.

Broken silos and jargon monoxide with Dr Bob Sutton and Dr Huggy Rao | Experts Unleashed | Atlassian

We have a special episode this week with not one, but TWO guests! Dr. Bob Sutton is an organizational psychologist at Stanford University and best-selling author of eight books. He studies leadership, innovation, organizational change, and workplace dynamics. Bob’s main focus over the past decade has been scaling and leading at scale - how to grow organizations, spread good things (and remove bad things) in teams and organizations, and enhance performance, innovation, and well-being given the distinct challenges in big organizations.

How to Asana | Navigating Asana

New to Asana? Let's take a quick tour. From the top bar, you can access your settings, search for work, or create new items. Use the sidebar to move between different spaces in Asana, and invite teammates. Star important items to add them to your sidebar, and collapse it if you need more room. From any project, click on the right side of a task to see its details and add comments. Focus on today's task by using full-screen mode.

How to Asana | Plan your day

Plan your day the Asana way with My Tasks and Inbox. Rather than tracking to-dos in emails or your head, start by visualizing your day's work in My Tasks. Here, you'll see all the tasks assigned to you across every project in your organization. Create new tasks for work you need to get done, organize your tasks with sections, or group them by things like due date or project. And choose your favorite view. Open the detail pane to find all the context you need to start working. And when you're done, complete the task.

How to Asana | Asana hierarchy

Asana is the only work management platform that connects all of your team's work. From big goals, down to the day-to-day tasks needed to achieve them. Everything starts with projects and tasks. Whether you're launching a product, handling work requests, or managing a marketing campaign, Each initiative lives within a project. Projects are made up of tasks. Actionable, bite-sized pieces of work. Assign tasks to team members and set due dates to keep everything on track.