Every knowledge worker—all 1.25 billion of them worldwide—has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. And, for many, the abrupt shift to remote work triggered an increase in the adoption of collaboration tools and an acceleration of digital transformations. In 2019, we released our first Anatomy of Work Index to analyze how people spend time at work and the factors shaping those habits.
Last year, we launched the Collaboration Cohort on our social channels to spotlight tried-and-tested tips from global community members like you. We’ve been so inspired by the best practices you’ve shared to support each other and your teams through collaboration, clarity, and mindfulness. As we start the new year, we wanted to share our top 10 #collaborationcohort tips from the past year so you can approach the opportunities ahead with renewed motivation and positive energy.
At the end of the day, most business owners have three major concerns when it comes to planning the growth of their business: It’s a trend I’ve seen across nearly all industries through my own business efficiency consulting and the work my company, Leverage, does for our clients. We function as a tech-enabled growth agency that helps businesses generate more revenue through marketing efforts while also saving costs by improving their operational efficiency.
Raise your hand if you’re really looking forward to taking a few days off to relax and unwind. If you’re anything like us, you’re already anticipating closing your laptop for a few days, snoozing your notifications, and getting into deep relaxation mode. But as nice as it is to do all of those things, it can be stressful to think about the mountain of emails and notifications waiting for you when you get back. We’re here to tell you: there’s a better way!
KlientBoost is a digital marketing agency that primarily focuses on direct response and bottom of funnel marketing through PPC, CRO, SEO, and email marketing. At KlientBoost, we value visibility and communication, which is why we have an Asana project for each of our clients dedicated to the work being done for them. Clients can access this project as Guests, in order to stay up to date on any relevant communications or updates.
This year, due to remote work and COVID-19, work holiday celebrations might look a little different than usual. Most companies can’t plan their traditional holiday party or organize holiday-themed in-person events. But just because you can’t connect in person doesn’t mean you can’t close the year with some team connection. For tips, we turned to our Professional Services and Customer Success teams.
Did you know you can run an Agile team with Asana? Though Agile is a popular lean project methodology for product, engineering, and software development teams, any team can run Agile processes with Asana. Whether you’re building Kanban boards, running Scrum sprints, or using another Agile philosophy, try these templates to get your team started with Agile project management in Asana.
In order to help teams gain as much clarity as possible, you may have noticed that tasks in Asana can only have one assignee. That way, you always know exactly who is driving the work—or as we like to say, who’s doing what by when. But sometimes, a task has multiple components, or multiple contributors. You can’t add another assignee to the same task—but you can create subtasks.
What does it mean to be connected in a time when teams and tools are more distributed than ever? According to research[1], today’s enterprise workers switch between an average of 10 apps 25 times per day to execute work, resulting in unconnected communication, reduced efficiency, and duplicative work. In other words, instead of effectively moving work forward, many are stuck context switching and moving work back and forth between tools in a struggle to collaborate effectively.
Many companies and organizations, including Asana, have missions to guide their work.
