Teamwork Lab: Improving our ways of working
Created Jun 23, 2021, Last active Nov 20, 2025
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Week 1 challenge: week of Oct 31 Instead of taking a meeting from your normal desk, take it elsewhere! Try taking a walk outside while listening to a meeting or webinar. Maybe eve...
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This month, we’re celebrating the AtlassiVan and all things Team Anywhere and Ways of Working by featuring @Rachel Wright, a Jira Consultant, Community Leader, and world traveler! We hope you’re insp...
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I'm curious in how folks may have used the roles and responsibilities play in tandem with the ritual reset? We're looking to first explore areas of ambiguous and/or overly ambitious roles and respons...
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"Once upon a time ..." These words alone lead to excitement and enchantment, knowing that they traditionally introduce fairy tales. But what is it about stories that captures us so much? Is it unicor...
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Each week during November, we will prompt the group to adopt a work behavior for that week. At the end of the challenge week, we can share our reflections in the post's comments. Examples of challe...
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Atlassian is looking for participants for research interview sessions to help us learn and understand about our users' team dynamics, work culture and how they are working with connected tools. Sessi...
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Hey there! This article is part of a written activity in the Atlassian University course on How to Run Effective Meetings. If you're new to the course, you can enroll here for free. If you'r...
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A satisfying life should have two components: Boundaries and balance. The first step in achieving either one is setting them; without those structures to work within, we become directionless workaho...
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If a project consists of a set of independent but connected software, how can I assign different teams, with different team leaders for each component, and see the overall progress of the project on ...
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Have you ever been told your Scrum team is not as good as you think it is? I am the Product Owner of a team that is responsible for a system that sends emails and text messages to our insurance polic...
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What is a limiting belief? It's a thought you have about yourself that prevents you from being able to do something. How might it show up at work? Examples below. We stop ourselves from...
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Since emoji reactions have come into practice, I've seen emojis used for humor, for solidarity, to succinctly gather votes for a decision, and for short-handing how people feel about posts. But, ju...
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Drop us your feedback (see immediately below) + we'll send you a thank you in the form of socks (info on how to receive that at the bottom). Much like this group, sharing how you do something at wo...
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...ulture of that larger team. In inclusive workplaces, teams can do the same thing as above; they can fold team personalities into the larger company. The opposite is true, too. The less a c...
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Hello Teamwork Lab members! We’re announcing a new community-building tool and would love you to take part! Introducing Community Connections. We’re partnering with Orbiit to...
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...onnecting with our amazing members and Leaders (especially at in-person events). To me, this speaks to our community’s authenticity and true human connection. Group hug! You’re super involved with our A...
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Fail Tales, a storytelling event celebrating failure, is coming up next week on July 26! Our speakers, @Matt Doar, @Anita Kalmane, @Ashley Faus will share three vulnerable stories about man...
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As many of know, the Atlassian Community is a treasure trove of content, filled with creative articles, helpful tips, technical knowledge, and discussions filled with humanity beyond the products. ...
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...resent, the senior team members would say things like "aww, there's Christine, our secret weapon, next up." And that made me believe it was true. There's power in our attire. In the e...
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...ractices, operating platforms, governance and oversight. While it is true that some of the benefits of in-person agile collaboration are lost in a hybrid remote work environment, there have also b...
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Greetings, fellow teamwork fans! I'm about to publish an article on Work Life (aka, atlassian.com/blog) about some stand-out coaches from movies and TV, and the qualities that made them gr...
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Dear Work Therapist, I have recently joined an amazing startup as a Management Trainee (Screaming in Joy!!). Lately, I have been observing that my fellow teammates have been more focused on partying...
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...o hear more of his story! "In a nutshell, I love people, and my purpose revolves around empowering these very people to succeed and realize their true purpose in life." -Michael K...
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Project teams are often even more special than "normal" teams: - they only have a certain time span together - there is a fixed goal to work towards - the project team is often brought together a...
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Psychological safety is the bedrock for inclusion and innovation. But many teams do not have high levels of psychological safety. Amy Edmondson, Ph.D., HBS professor, and book author of The Fe...
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Description
Greetings, Changemakers, Welcome to the Teamwork Lab! From individual teams to entire companies, people have shared beliefs, rituals, and operating principles. It is these human engagements that make up the magic behind memorable, successful teams. This group gets that. We are leaders of the humanity in teamwork. We seek to improve our teams, our companies, and ourselves, coaching each other and sharing lessons learned.
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