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When brothers Skylar and Travis Topham started out as health-care specialists in hearing in 2012, they realized that medical and patient data wasn’t digitized, and hearing centers had to navigate confusing paper...

If your team is like ours, you’re striving for the ever-elusive “flow state,” in which, psychologists say, people are up to five times more productive. To bring all of us one step closer to that reality,...

If there’s one dilemma we’re all weighing each workday, it’s this: adopting new software tools helps us innovate, but more of them means more windows and tabs and ultimately, distractions. In our State of Work...

SAN FRANCISCO, February 11, 2020—Slack Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:WORK) today announced that it will report its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2020 ended January 31, 2020 following the close of...

No matter your line of work, there’s likely a routine part of your job that has you thinking, Surely there’s got to be a better way to do this. For the Slack sales team, this played out daily through a particularly...

As in most companies, Slack’s sales team spends as much time as they can working directly with customers. Once a deal is official, our professional services team will connect a shared channel to help the customer...

Here’s a fact that will surprise no one: Apps have taken over the workplace. This influx of software within the enterprise is largely a boon for business, allowing teams to deliver products and services faster and...

Building the ideal work environment requires getting a lot of things right. You’ve got to consider company culture, the physical office space, your management structures, the company’s tools and software, and...

It’s a universal truth that we don’t start thinking about developing good work habits until we notice that we have bad ones. And after reading yet another “How I get things done” interview with a highly...

The phrase “team-building activities” might make some wince at the thought of awkward small talk during “forced fun” with colleagues, while others might imagine group outings like karaoke that they find...

Running your own conference is undoubtedly daunting. From booking the ideal venues and speakers to ensuring the food and drink and A/V equipment are top notch, a lot of moving parts—and teams—go into shaping the...

When you start a new job at most companies, you’ll have a fresh new email address—with a completely empty inbox. So you wait. Messages slowly come in from HR and your team, and after a few weeks you can get a feel...

Progress is rarely achieved alone. From groundbreaking scientific research to creating beloved products, teamwork is woven into the fabric of how we advance in society and in business. So it’s no surprise that...

Snowflake, a cloud data platform based in San Mateo, California, centers its business around streamlining so its customers can thrive with data warehousing, data tools and the cloud all on one platform. To be...

It’s no secret that happy employees work smarter, produce better results and typically stick around longer. Employee happiness is the engine that powers engagement, productivity and effectiveness. And in an economy...

When we buy our favorite products online, we often expect same-day or next-day delivery. That’s great service, but European delivery platform Stuart aims to take e-commerce up a notch, advancing what it means to...

Distraction unfortunately plagues workers probably more than anyone would like to admit. According to a study by Udemy, an online learning platform, nearly 3 out of 4 workers report feeling distracted on the job, and...

Being organized at work isn’t just about meeting deadlines or individual performance goals. When employees are able to manage their work efficiently, their teammates feel the benefits too. I’ll never be the kind...

Yes, yes, New Year’s Eve is, like any other day, just another spin of the ol’ planet earth. But this year’s been different, and we find ourselves on the cusp of 2020 feeling a bit reflective. After all, some...

Scaling a business is no easy task. From hiring more people to increasing overhead costs, accelerated company growth can lead to tension between leaders and their teams. Longtime employees might get nervous when they...

Confusion around priorities, context switching and a plethora of digital tools often hinder efforts to be efficient and productive at work every day. In fact, our State of Work report—which surveyed 17,000 global...