Wed.Sep 02, 2015

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5 Reasons Your Team Hates Data -- and How to Get Them to Love It

On The Job

When leaders start to talk about data to non-technical employees, reactions can vary. Some employees will immediately break eye contact, thinking about how to fake an aneurism to get out of the room. Others will nod agreeably, but seem to have a glazed look in their eyes as if they’ve just entered a parallel universe. Still others will get agitated or angry, sort of like 5-year-olds who have just been told they will now only get broccoli for dessert.

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How We Use Slack

Productivityist

I’ve only sent a handful of emails to the Productivityist team over the last year. Why? It’s all because of Slack. Slack has not only improved the flow of communication throughout the team, it has also improved our overall productivity as well. Slack allows us to focus on using email for other areas of our work. It has also given us one place to look when we need to locate something for our team.

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