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How AI Sidekicks in Miro Supercharge Your Workflow

Boost productivity with AI Sidekicks in Miro! Say goodbye to creative blocks and slow workflows—Miro AI Sidekicks help you work smarter and faster. Whether you need insights from a product leader, an agile coach, or a marketing expert, these AI-powered assistants provide instant feedback, summaries, and strategic guidance to keep you moving forward. Why use AI Sidekicks? Miro’s AI Sidekicks act like your personal assistant—helping you summarize meetings, refine strategies, and optimize workflows with real-time suggestions. No more guesswork, just smart AI-powered support!

Zulip 10.0: Organized chat for distributed teams

We’re excited to announce the release of Zulip Server 10.0, containing hundreds of new features and bug fixes! Zulip is an open-source team chat application designed for seamless remote and hybrid work. With conversations organized by topic, Zulip is ideal for both live and asynchronous communication. Zulip’s 100% open-source software is available as a cloud service or a self-hosted solution, and is used by thousands of organizations around the world.

Engineering flexible permissions for Zulip open-source team chat

Zulip is an open-source team chat application designed for remote and hybrid work. With conversations organized by topic, Zulip is ideal for both live and asynchronous communication. Over the past few months, we’ve rolled out an incredibly flexible system for managing permissions in Zulip: Permissions can now be granted to any combination of roles, groups, and individual users. This applies to permissions for managing channels, groups, and the organization as a whole.

Zulip's new flexible system for permissions management

Zulip organized team chat has a new, incredibly flexible system for permissions management! With it, you can: This permissions system is now available in Zulip Cloud and to self-hosted organizations that upgrade to Zulip Server 10.0 (released today!). In this post, I’ll walk you through how to start using the new functionality to make it easier to manage your organization.

Hubstaff review: Should you really monitor your employees?

Tracking when your employees are working, what they are doing at work, and what you need to pay them when the work is done can be a complex task. But does it have to be? There are numerous employee monitoring software available on the market that let you observe your employees’ work activities and patterns. But it’s not just about getting a Big Brother-like oversight into the working habits of your employees.

A difficult chat: Messaging apps in Australian government

Kudos to The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) which has produced an excellent report into the use of consumer messaging apps within the Australian government. Based on a survey of 22 government agencies, it is one of the few quantitative research papers addressing the issue.

Productivity Tracking: A Smarter Way to Optimize Your Time and Output

Productivity tracking is the practice of monitoring how time and effort are spent on tasks, projects, and goals. It provides a data-driven view of your work habits, showing how efficiently (or inefficiently) you’re using your most limited resource—time. Instead of relying on assumptions or feelings of busyness, productivity tracking delivers real numbers. You can spot which tasks drain your energy, when your peak performance hours are, and where you lose focus.

15 types of employee performance reviews (with templates and examples)

An employee performance review is a meeting between a manager and their employee to discuss how the team member is pacing toward organizational goals. Though simple in design, there are many ways to create a more effective process that brings your reviews to life. See the top 15 performance review templates to measure success and improve your review skills. Measuring success is a key piece to leading an effective team. After all, you can’t improve until you know what skills you need to build.