Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

How To Monitor Employee Productivity

The lack of a good monitoring system is progressively destroying your company’s revenue. It leads to lower results, workflow gaps, missed deadlines, and burnout among unproductive workforces. In Q4 2024, the average US business lost more than $2.7 billion per day due to productivity loss and absenteeism. With the emergence of artificial intelligence and cutting-edge technologies, employee monitoring has become easier than ever.

Leverage Time Analytics for Smarter Business Planning

For growing SMBs, the ability to scale hinges on how well you understand and allocate your most limited resource: time. Time analytics provides the operational clarity you need to forecast hiring, assess profitability, and plan growth strategically—without guesswork. While many small businesses track time for accountability, few harness that data to inform long-term strategy.

What is a capacity model (and why does your team need one)?

When I started managing projects that involved multiple stakeholders across multiple teams, I quickly realized that guessing how much work my own team could handle just wasn’t enough. We needed a clear way to see if we had too much on our plates or if we could take on more. That’s when I learned about capacity models, which are an easy way to understand how much work your team can handle without feeling overwhelmed.

Prototyping with AI in Miro: Fast, Smart, and Easy!

Bring ideas to life faster with Miro Prototyping—no design tools or dev work required. In this 2-minute walkthrough, Rosalba Giuffrida, Group Product Manager at Miro, shows how she turns static screenshots into testable, interactive prototypes using AI. Whether you're working on websites, apps, or early product concepts, Miro Prototyping makes it easy to: Built for product managers, designers, and cross-functional teams working fast and iterating early. Give it a try — Miro Prototyping is free during Beta.

Zendesk tutorial: Step 4 - Assign tickets to your team

In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through setting up automated ticket assignments and share expert tips to optimize your Zendesk workflows. This feature ensures that tickets are assigned to the right agents, helping your team handle inquiries faster and more effectively. Manual or Automated – Choose the assignment method that fits your workflow Smart Views – Organize tickets for easier triage Auto-Routing – Use triggers to assign tickets based on keywords.

The perfect project status report template for agencies

One key element of project management is keeping team members and key stakeholders continually updated on project progress. For large projects and teams, though, keeping everyone in the loop regarding the project's status is often easier said than done. This is especially true when you consider that 60% of project managers are running between two and five projects simultaneously, while 15% are running 10 or more projects at once.

Drowning in Data? 8 Metrics That Matter for Agency Leaders

Data is a good thing for agencies to rely on. But too much data can cause more problems than it solves. If your agency dashboard is overloaded with dozens of metrics and graphs, it makes it hard to answer the big questions: To make it easier to focus, we’ve identified the eight key metrics that let you zero in on your four ‘CORE’ business areas: Let’s walk through each one.

Call Center Screen Monitoring: Boost Quality, Compliance & Productivity

In an industry where 95% believe that monitoring metrics is important for improving customer satisfaction, focusing only on call audio isn’t enough. I’m talking about call center screen monitoring. It shows what your agents are doing on their screens while they talk to customers. When you combine screen activity with audio, you get the full picture. You see how they navigate tools. You spot where they get stuck. You understand how they solve problems in real time. This helps you coach better.

5 Essentials of a Modern Crisis Communication Plan in 2025

A crisis can hit an organization in a matter of minutes and cause significant damage if not addressed effectively. The true test of resilience lies in how well you can manage its impact, minimize damage, and recover. To do so organizations must be equipped with a clear action plan and be able to respond swiftly. In this article, we will explore some of the key components of a robust incident response framework that will help you immediately action effective mitigation strategies.

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) risks on WhatsApp

Have you seen the latest message from WhatsApp about their end-to-end encryption? It links to their Help Center, where they claim that privacy and security are “in their DNA.” Sounds reassuring…maybe too reassuring. But what does WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption really cover? And more importantly, what does it leave exposed? Let’s unpack the fine print and highlight the key things users should watch for when it comes to protecting their data and privacy.