Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

How AI Automation is Rewriting the Rules of Team Productivity in 2026

Team messaging has come a long way from the basic chat apps of a decade ago. Back then, the goal was simple: get everyone on the same page quickly. In 2026, that baseline expectation feels almost quaint. Today's high-performing teams aren't just communicating—they're operating inside intelligent systems that anticipate needs, eliminate busywork, and turn raw conversation into measurable progress.

How Atlassian and Dropbox are driving effective AI transformation

Adopting AI technology without an effective strategy is costing the Fortune 500 an estimated $161 billion a year.* Enterprises are making big investments in this space but are struggling to realise the returns. We know the technology is designed to make businesses more efficient, but we’re still seeing the opposite because most businesses are treating AI as purely a technology transformation. That’s where they get stuck.

Why More AI Output Doesn't Mean More Progress

When everyone on your team is using AI, output goes up. But Relevance AI Co-founder & CEO Jacky Koh noticed something unexpected: the vector gets shorter. More work. Less progress. In this closing keynote from Canvas 26 Sydney, Jacky Koh and Poorva Bhardwaj share what it's actually like to run a company where agents and humans genuinely work side by side — and what that's taught them about alignment, unintentional AI adoption, and what it takes to turn a successful pilot into org-wide change.

What are AI Agents for customer service? Zendesk AI explained (2026)

AI agents are everywhere right now — but what actually makes them different from traditional chatbots? In this video, we break down how agents work, what happens behind the scenes when they receive a customer request, and why modern AI customer service agents are designed to do much more than answer questions.

How Culture Amp Is Reshaping How They Build with AI

94% of Culture Amp's engineers use AI tools. 81% say it makes them faster. But only 48% say it makes the work higher quality. That gap is exactly what this session is about. At Canvas 26 Sydney, Rhiannon Gaskell and Eric Grigson share what Culture Amp learned from six months of research into AI and engineering productivity — and how those findings are guiding a deliberate shift toward agentic AI across their entire product organisation.

Stop! Don't Buy an HR AI Tool Before Watching This

Buying an HR AI Tool? Don't sign the contract until you've asked these 5 critical questions. Many companies invest in an HR chatbot or AI HR assistant only to realize later that it doesn't integrate with their HR systems, takes months to deploy, or simply answers questions instead of automating HR workflows. In this video, you'll learn the 5-point checklist every CHRO and HR leader should use before choosing an HR AI solution.

Atlassian's guidelines for writing with AI

AI is a helpful tool but, without guardrails, its writing can fall flat. We joke about AI tells like em-dash overuse and “it’s not X, it’s Y,” but issues with over-reliance on AI writing go deeper. On Atlassian’s Brand team, these areas are top of mind. We want to move fast with AI but still put out content that is useful, fun to read, and trustworthy.