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With every passing moment, the world seems to become more and more distracted. Between the influx of cell phone notifications and the never-ending news cycle, when do we find peace and serenity in our day-to-day life? Distractions can be frustrating, but the truth is, we are actually hardwired for them. We've all faced countless distractions from the time we were born up until this very moment.

Endless documentation, mass email threads, stringent approval processes, meetings, and more meetings. Welcome to the world of organizational clutter. With the rise in remote and hybrid work models, these processes should have taken a back seat. But that unfortunately isn't the case. A Harvard Business School study analyzing the communication patterns of employees in 21,500 companies found that we work longer days and attend more meetings than ever before.

Aava & Bang is a communications and marketing agency with over 50 employees located in Finland. Founded in 2005, the company mainly focuses on sustainable growth marketing, communications and advertising, and provides coaching and recruitment services for companies establishing new marketing functions within their business.

Time to move on from Basecamp? Here’s how you can move your projects easily. Basecamp was an early pioneer in online collaboration and remains a popular option, especially amongst service-based teams. While Basecamp’s benefits generally come in the form of ease of use and predictable, flat pricing, continuing with Basecamp can be challenging for many teams because.

Leadership skills are important for anyone who wants to be successful. Especially, as a manager, these skills will help you to reach your goals, and those of your team. However, how can you effectively develop leadership skills? Is there a guidebook to follow? Some type of IKEA-build-your-leadership-skills manual? Let’s find out! For starters, can we explain what is leadership with an exclusive concept? Are all leaders the same? Is leadership set in stone? No, no, and no.

It used to be that there was an app for everything, but nowadays there are often hundreds of tools offering to solve your problem. We’re bombarded with options, which makes it nearly impossible to feel confident in your decision. And when it comes to quotation software, it’s no different. This is why it’s so important to consider whether you’re looking for a point solution, or whether a more holistic approach would be more time- and cost-effective.

In the 1950s, when computers were still seen as complex calculators, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance conducted a study on the impact computers would have on businesses in the future. Interestingly, the company's CEO set up an unusual team for the study - comprising employees from multiple departments, each of whom saw great potential for computers in insurance.

(Trust us, you won’t need to read any other Notion vs. Evernote comparison blog, after reading this one!) When you’re on the hunt for a project management tool, decision paralysis can take over. Not only are there more tool options than ever before, but marketers have also become more clever with messaging. Scouring through countless blog posts, user testimonials, and professional reviews can leave you feeling more conflicted than when you first started.