Retrospectives are crucial to improving agile team performance, but for the best results you need to keep retros fun and engaging. These 10 agile retrospective games will help you.
7 Rules for Holding Highly Effective Standups
If you’re running ineffective daily standups, it can lead to discouraged developers, wasted payroll, and inefficient sprints. But the daily scrum meeting doesn’t have to be a waste of time (as we’ve written about extensively). When done right, standups are a quick and efficient way to make sure everyone is on the same page and blockers…
Why We Built a Free Pomodoro for Slack Integration and How It Works
We made Focus Mode — a free Pomodoro-Slack integration — to help increase productivity without sacrificing communication between you and your team.
Sprint Review vs Sprint Retrospective: The Critical Difference
Sprint review vs sprint retrospective: are they that different? They certainly are. And knowing the difference might boost your Agile team performance tenfold. Here’s why.
The Benefits of Asynchronous Daily Scrums (and How to Run Them Effectively)
In this post, we’re going to show you how to run successful asynchronous daily scrums using Slack.
Pomodoro Technique: Ultimate Guide With Examples, Tools, and Tips
Pomodoro technique is one of the most effective time management techniques that can instantly improve your focus and productivity. Let’s see how to make the most out of it.
Geekbot Sentiment: The New Way To Monitor Team Happiness
The shortest path to keeping your employees happy and productive is to know when they are not. Learn about the newest data-driven approach to measuring your team happiness.
Overcoming the Challenges and Embracing the Benefits of Working Remotely
In this post, you’ll learn plenty of ways to overcome working from home challenges.
Why & How GitHub’s Services Programs Team Runs Asynchronous Standups in Slack
We sat down with the Senior Manager of the Services Programs Team at GitHub to discuss how and why her teams run asynchronous standups in Slack.
Virtual Daily Standups: Limitations of Video Calls & How Asynchronous Standups Can Help
Why virtual daily standups via video are ineffective, and how you can run better, asynchronous in-Slack standups.
Online Collaboration Tools For Remote Teams
In this article you’ll learn the best online collaboration tools for remote teams.
4 Types of Automatic Survey Bots For Building A Team Of Superstars
Let’s talk about 4 main types of automatic survey bots that will help you consistently keep your employees engaged and productive while you grow your online business.