Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

Picture yourself sitting on a call with a client who is pulling out their hair, complaining about their team focusing on arbitrary work or processes that create zero customer value. Does this sound all too familiar? Sadly, you’re not alone. At Think Startup, we’ve seen a considerable uptick in leaders who are exasperated at how hard it is to get things done, facilitate team alignment, and ultimately focus on the right business activities to bring value to their customers.

While many companies focus on building a better product or application, not enough thought goes into the teams that need to build those products. The frontline developers, designers, coders, and contributors that go into building something innovative and amazing often have needs when it comes to creating an environment where they feel valued. Coordinating a cohesive environment where your team feels valued, heard, and able to collaborate can be difficult, especially in the modern world of remote work.

Amandine Le Pape, COO at Element, explains how Element is funding moderation tooling and development for all of Matrix. Moderation of online information is topical for two completely unrelated reasons: Let’s face it, the traditional approach to moderation is fundamentally broken. It’s neither scalable nor compatible with the idea of interoperable communication. Something has to change.

More and more companies introduce remote work policies. With a distributed workforce, organizational communication becomes more critical than ever. Uninhibited communication via various digital channels is a #1 priority when it comes to empowering employees in digital workplaces. Moreover, as hybrid work is slowly becoming a standard, communication needs to change the in-and-out-of-office conditions.

Rocket.Chat 4.5.0 brings more improvements to Team Collaboration, Omnichannel, Marketplace, and Apps Engine. Let's see what's new with the latest version.

Healthcare communication has changed immensely. What used to refer to doctor-patient communication now includes much more. The new ways of communication in our daily lives are also changing the way patients communicate with their healthcare and insurance providers. In 2022, we expect the existing healthcare communication trends to intensify. One of the major healthcare trends is live and in-app chat messaging: download our eBook to find out how it supports achieving an excellent patient experience.

We are surrounded by technology all the time, and for most of us - it’s a big distraction from our work. But technology doesn’t have to be a distraction. It’s actually quite the opposite, technology can act as a booster for your productivity. In independent research by Ultimate Software, 92% of employees say that technology helps them work better. As a matter of fact, digital workplace relies on multiple technologies.

At Simpplr, we understand the importance of getting the C-suite involved in internal communications. However, we don’t hear as much about People Managers and what their intended role should be in Internal Communications (IC) efforts. It is something Simpplr, and I feel very passionate about. To help you understand this concept, I would like to share the “why” behind getting people leaders involved is critical to employee experience.