An intranet can greatly improve collaboration. Everyone is aware of each other’s work, can access each benefits of knowledge-sharing between software teams! other’s files and it is easy to share your ideas and supplement each other’s ideas. We had an intranet for a number of years to which our authors also had access. But access did not equal use and for that reason we pulled the plug on it in 2013. After that we did a trial run with various collaboration tools.
At Frankwatching, we use
Yammer most as an internal social network. To share (personal) milestones, compliments and articles. We briefly made a detour to the networks Podio, Google Discussion Groups and Slack, because it all looks a bit slicker and you can automatically share reports and integrate other information systems. But to be honest, we also notice that the use of Yammer decreases as you see each other more often ‘in real life’ or follow each other on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (and we almost all do that together…!).
Seats2Meet & other co-working locations
Working from home is great and Skype is a convenient way to consult remotely, but actually seeing each other is always nicer. You can gauge each other better, it is easier not to talk over each other and it all goes a bit more smoothly. That is why we regularly worked together at co-working places like Seats2Meet (where you can still follow our training courses).
Productivity tools!
When you work in different locations, it is extra important that you have insight into your agenda and the projects you are working on everywhere. That is why we are big fans of productivity tools that sync with your smartphone and laptop as well as your PC. A small selection:
Todoist
Todoist is a godsend for teams working in Google Apps for Business. o & reminder with just one click. This kills two birds with one stone: you execute your to-do’s on time (colleague happy) and you never have to search for ‘that one email’ in your overgrown inbox (you happy). south africa numbers You can share your to-do’s with colleagues and they also sync seamlessly to Google Calendar. Ideal!
todoist
Todoist in action.
Wonderlist
Wunderlist does the same as Todoist, it makes your workday clear by allowing you to in marieke’s case, she never found easily keep track of lists of tasks. What is nice about Wunderlist is that it has a minimalist design and all functions work intuitively: you can get started with lists and creating tasks right away.You can translate an