Remote working, working-at-home, telecommuting, and any other similar variations of terms that describe working outside the walls of a traditional office, are getting increased popularity in recent years. Before Covid 19 working from home was a luxury that many of us dreamed of. Seeing pictures of remote workers in some distant places was something that we all wished for (at least I know I did). But let’s be real. Not all that glitters is gold. Working from home has some pitfalls as well.

Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run it is almost everything. A country’s ability to improve its standard of living over time depends almost entirely on its ability to raise its output per worker. Paul Krugman, The Age of Diminishing Expectations There are different definitions when it comes to productivity. Wikipedia would say that “productivity describes various measures of the efficiency of production”.

Don’t work from bed. You want your bed to be a place of peace and calm, not work stress. Liz Grossman Kitoyi The situation we are in right now, the pandemic and our so-called “new normal”, has made some drastic changes to the global work scenario. Many global employers opt for work-from-home to save our economy from a new depression. Little did we know that we’d be facing a slightly different depression. Yes, I know, working from home sounds peachy.

Someday, artificial intelligence will break time boundaries, days will have more hours in them, but still not enough for us. The thing is, it’s not about how much time you have but how you use it. In this sense, technologies can help us today. “Time is money” is a well–worn cliché and although it sounds hollow, it is by no means devoid of meaning. Ineffective time management costs companies millions of dollars, reducing the productivity of individual employees and managers.

There’s no question that the internet has forever revolutionized the way we communicate. Gone are the days where we’d write letters to relatives to see how they were doing — having to wait days if not weeks to hear back. In fact, many of us don’t even make phone calls or send emails anymore. There are just so many better online options that the digital world has brought us to the point where legacy communication methods have become increasingly obscure year after year.

Since the advent of technology, the business world has taken on a faster pace. Project management software, automated programs, and other gifts from the digital realm have made it possible to get a lot more done than we were once used to. However, with so many options at our disposal, it sometimes becomes a question of which one is the best pick. The debate between Kanban and Scrum methodologies is one that has plagued those efficiency junkies for as long as anyone can remember.

If you are that person who says “I don’t use task management tools because getting into them takes too much time”, chances are, you simply haven’t found a platform that fits your team’s needs. As soon as you find the right task manager, you will be surprised by the staggering difference using such a platform makes. The good news is, there are so many tools on the market that it’s not that hard to find the one that fits your team’s needs and processes.

Basecamp is one of the oldest project management platforms out there, founded in 1999 — which makes it only a year younger than PayPal. Since then, it has grown to become a top competitor in the space, with over three million users to date. The Chicagoan company has gone through multiple Basecamp pricing systems over the past two decades.

With the coronavirus pandemic not going away any time soon, a lot of businesses are looking for a way to communicate in a remote setting. However, there seems to be a vast array of apps to choose from and finding the best one can be a bit of a challenge. When building Chanty – our own team chat app for communication and collaboration – we’ve had the opportunity to test quite a few team chat apps.

Effective organizational communication is crucial for any successful business. Not only will it lead to more effective outcomes, but it will also help to boost employee engagement, collaboration and workplace satisfaction. Organizational communication refers to all types: from verbal to written, from formal to informal. Making sure that you have an effective strategy is key to helping your business thrive. Here are 5 key strategies to help you improve your organizational relationships.