Someone dropped this comment on my last post today, and it stuck with me. One Slack ping? A Jira ticket? A quick meeting? We tend to bounce back. But when context is s...
...nterrupted, it takes 23 minutes to regain flow. Now think about how many pings, “quick questions,” and meetings reset your brain’s recovery clock. But what’s really behind all those interruptions? A l...
What if the real productivity killer isn’t bad code or poor planning, but a calendar full of meetings with no real purpose? In too many product teams, Agile rituals become rituals for ritual’s s...
Most companies “async” work isn’t async at all. It’s just delayed work. Here’s how it usually goes: - Waiting for overlap hours - Delaying decisions until the next meeting - Chasing c...
...ets siloed again. Teams testing this say it's the fastest and most detailed way to go from meeting → ticket. Quick demo video here PS: Launching our web app soon for public access 🚀💜 But f...
If your team needs 4 meetings to align on 1 thing… You don’t have a meeting problem. You have a clarity problem. More Zoom calls ≠ more clarity. More check-ins ≠ more collaborations. In f...
Long meetings are a problem, but not THE PROBLEM The root cause is invisible on the board Tickets/ Work Items that can’t answer their own questions. When a ticket is vague, the team fills t...
That “drowning in meetings” feeling? You’re not alone. A while back, I shared something an engineer posted on Reddit: “Since switching to Scrum, my entire days are nothing but meetings.” It s...
...ocumentation is what makes async work. When decisions live in your head (or in some Slack Channel), people have to ask to catch up. Which means more meetings. More repeating. More “Can you remind m...
...eams move faster and smarter, without another standing meeting on the calendar. → AI-generated questions that prompt deeper thinking → Estimation suggestions based on your Jira work items and c...
Have you ever left a meeting and instantly forgotten half of what was said? Not because you weren't paying attention—your brain's just juggling too much at once. I saw this post on Reddit r...
Saw this post from an engineer venting about their team’s switch from Kanban to Scrum, and honestly… it’s rough. Here’s the thing: it’s not that SCRUM is the villain. Or that meetings are bad....
Async isn’t just in-sync work with a delay. It’s a different rhythm entirely. Trying to force meeting centric tools into async workflows doesn’t work because they rely on live participation, f...
I hate how I can't do any meaningful work during this gap between meetings. 😅😅 How do you spend this time??
Hi Atlassian team (@ielder@atlassian.com, @bmckinley@atlassian.com, @cpeeler@atlassian.com), My company needs to migrate our on Prem implementation of Confluence &am...
JSYK Rally is the perfect replacement for those unnecessary meetings. 👀🟣
I have been in team meetings where, they were basically " free-form discussions." We'd start with good intentions, but two hours later, no real decisions have been made. It was f...
I've been in countless meetings over the years, and I can tell you firsthand that an agenda is a game-changer. It's not just me saying this; according to Atlassian - 79% of p...
When your team is spread across time zones, those 'quick daily stand-ups' could become productivity blockers. Here are three clear signs your remote agile meetings need rethinking: ☑️Team m...
Why do we limit AI to just note-takers in meetings? Sure, summarization is useful, but there's so much more AI could do to improve our discussions. What if AI could help surface those i...
Being a technical leader shouldn't mean being the defacto Jira admin. Yet I keep seeing engineering leads lose their coding time documenting meetings and decisions. Their teams start d...
You’ve got the team, the project, and the deadlines. But before diving into the work, there’s one crucial step you can’t skip: a solid kick-off meeting. This is where you get everyone on t...
...ach other and get the meeting off to a lighthearted start! Example: I once won a karaoke competition. I’m afraid of heights. I’ve never been on an airplane. 2. Quick T...
...t a time using techniques like time blocking or deep work. This helps you stay in the zone and accomplish more with less stress. 5. Plan Your Meetings 🗓️ We’ve all e...
...nd reworking our presentation as we went. After a few key meetings and some last-minute prep, we headed to the expo hall to check on our booth. Of course, Murphy’s Law w...
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