Tools for Team Collaboration

Subscribe to Work LifeGet stories like this in your inbox Subscribe 5-second summary Divergent thinking is a creative process that generates new ideas through free-flowing, unstructured brainstorming. It encourages exploring any and all possibilities, rather than taking the fastest, straightest path to one answer. Divergent thinking is most effective when the people doing it feel safe, have the time and space to get inspired, collaborate with others, set expectations as a group, and warm up first. Using divergent thinking exercises can help you get started by providing a little structure and inspiration to a purposely unstructured process. If you’ve ever c…

Consider the wisdom you might share with your 16-year-old self: there are other fish and a much larger sea, that outfit is not all that, and you will actually use what you’re learning in school out in the real world. If your index cards on PEMDAS and affect vs. effect are buried in a box in your parents’ home, we have you covered with a handy cheat sheet going over all the basic math, extra credit art, and long-forgotten grammar tips and tricks you learned in school that literally might come up in your next meeting. Get the printable Math For some, no math counts as “basic,” sweat forming on our brow the second the bill comes at the offsite or we’re shared o…

Subscribe to Work LifeGet stories like this in your inbox Subscribe Making work visible is crucial for minimizing misalignment and maximizing efficiency. Indeed, a lack of visibility can lead to soul-crushing amounts of wasted time and energy. “I met with a car manufacturer who has several brands under their umbrella,” says Sven Peters, AI Evangelist at Atlassian. “Two different brands had their engineers developing essentially the same braking system for more than a month before they realized it.” Collectively, they would’ve accomplished twice as much if they hadn’t been duplicating efforts. And they’re not alone. Atlassian’s 2025 State of Teams report revealed th…

Subscribe to Work LifeGet stories like this in your inbox Subscribe AI tools often claim to make our work (and our lives) easier, faster, lighter. Instead, many of us are feeling in the dark and, at the same time, sprinting to keep up – juggling tools, prompts, and pressure to “leverage” all that functionality, all at once. The result? AI fatigue. That drained-yet-frantic feeling of trying to stay relevant in a system that never stops changing. Is the solution to stop using AI altogether? Probably not, considering AI can be such a powerful unlock. Instead, the solution lies in how we’re collaborating with it. Just like email overload wasn’t really about the technol…

Subscribe to Work LifeGet stories like this in your inbox Subscribe AI is changing the way we work at lightning speed. Tools that once felt experimental are now handling everything from scheduling to drafting reports. By 2030, executives predict only 1/3 of work will be fully done by humans. That leaves us with an urgent question: How do we future-proof our skills? As part of our 2025 AI Collaboration Index report, we asked leaders and knowledge workers around the world: As AI takes over more routine tasks, which human qualities will matter most? Their answers reveal a clear direction. Taken together, their answers highlight the timeless skills that become even mor…

Subscribe to Work LifeGet stories like this in your inbox Subscribe Sharing information freely makes it easier for everyone to do their jobs. For example, opening up project plans and retrospective notes can save teams from re-inventing the wheel, and makes aligning on goals much simpler. Documenting why a decision was made and what other options were explored helps teams understand the “why” behind where the company is headed and how their work fits in. There’s the proactive kind of sharing, where you send out a link, document, or video to a select group of people because it’s relevant to what you’re working on together. There’s also the passive kind of sharing, …

Subscribe to Work LifeGet stories like this in your inbox Subscribe 5-second summary The traditional annual goal cycle is too slow for fast‑changing environments, which can leave teams focused on outdated priorities and running in the wrong direction. A quarterly refresh cycle helps teams quickly adjust as reality changes. Use this five-step process to set clear annual goals, then review and refresh them throughout the year so everyone stays focused on the work that’s most relevant and impactful. At the beginning of the year, setting annual goals can feel like cracking open a fresh notebook – clean and full of possibility. By the end of the year, that same …

Subscribe to Work LifeGet stories like this in your inbox Subscribe This is the season for drafting goals and dusting off New Year’s resolutions. Maybe you’ve got a big, audacious dream you want to achieve in 2026, but you’re a bit scared of the growth and work it will take to get there. That’s understandable enough. But the good news is, you’d be following a path that many others have trodden before you. So, how do the most successful people think about growth? How do they overcome fear? How do they deal with mistakes along the way? We collected a list of quotes about growth to help you understand and navigate it all – and keep you inspired along the way. …

Subscribe to Work LifeGet stories like this in your inbox Subscribe Though it’s become something of a cliche, it’s probably not too often that we’re actually posed the question “Where do you see yourself in five years?” Some among us will have that five-year plan mapped out and memorized – they’d be able to answer without missing a beat. But for many more of us, even if we’re happy at work, there’s a distinct lack of ownership over our professional paths. A whopping nine in 10 workers say they feel stuck in their jobs. Rapid changes in the workplace — from shifting priorities to new AI-powered tools – can make it feel like your career is happening to you instead o…