Teamwork Lab: Improving our ways of working
Created Jun 23, 2021, Last active Nov 20, 2025
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Everything we do has a 'cost' and 'savings'. We often forget about the latter, but if we shine a spotlight on savings, I think it could help teams adopt new practices by adding more substance for wee...
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Hi all. I'm making a small deck on the basics of Jira for my teams, currently working on explaining JQL. I'm more or less done with the basic slides, but I had an idea for an extra exercise for the m...
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Icebreakers can set a more casual tone, but sometimes, they also help teams feel more connected to each other because they reveal something personal, help teammates understand each other, etc. Any ...
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👋 Hello Community! 🤔 Do you work in a distributed team? Do you spend time thinking about the health of your team and how to improve it? 📋 Well so do we! In fact we’re exploring ways to help At...
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Senior researcher, Dr. Mahreen Khan, is here to discuss Atlassian's debut wave of data in Atlassian's "State of Teams" research. Submit your question here between now and Wednesday, 17 Novembe...
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In October, we began soliciting feedback on the Teamwork Lab. Namely, we wanted to know which type of content you liked (and even that which you didn't like). Read this article for more (and/or to we...
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We know that change is inevitable. And managing the adoption of it? Well... that can be the most tricky part! &nb...
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Important: as of August 2023, we will no longer be offering this training in lieu of other training available in development. The articles and Q&A will remain on the Community platform, but the c...
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Question submission for this AMA is now closed. Software team members, Ashley Faus + Kelly Drozd, are here to discuss scaling agile across a company. Submit your question h...
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The Teamwork Lab has been around for three months now (woot woot)! We've been sharing our own practices with each other and testing different types of ways to engage with each other. As ...
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Dear Work Therapist, Trust you're doing well and thanks always for sharing detailed previous insights which helped us really overcome and grow stronger as team. The post for today is regarding inte...
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Context The team of writers, editors, and strategists that brings you Work Life experimented with a four-day workweek recently. For background on what happened, watch this video. &...
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I think it's healthy to create boundaries for different things in our lives, including the things we experience relating to work. Of course, some boundaries are easier to create than others. ...
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Dear Work Therapist, This happened to me a couple of years ago, but I feel the need to get it out and seek guidance and help. It was back in 2019, when I was first discovering Jira and bef...
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I just want your opinion about this?
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Dear Work Therapist, Our organization has been working from home since March 2020. We have delivered major projects and proven to executives that going to the office full time is not needed. Many co...
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Shorter workweeks, and 4-day weeks in particular, are quite the hot topic lately! There's the much-publicized trial in Iceland, a push from political parties in Scotland and Spain, and of course, a f...
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Not sure if I'm in the right forum, but here goes. I'm looking for a community of practice/ discussion group centred around the UX and Information Architecture of Work Management Software like Jira....
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Unexpected things come up at work. Maybe a project changes its goal mid-course. Maybe scope creep takes over and where you started is not at all where you end. Whatever it is, we can all rela...
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Ask Confluence Group Product Manager, Jason Phan, questions on async collaboration tools and practices between now and Tuesday, 12 October EST. Asynchronous collaboration relies on d...
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Dear Work Therapist, I trust you are doing well. Thanks for your previous suggestions which really helped the team to sort out issues. This post is to introduce One Team and grow collaborative mind...
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Relationships are the cornerstone of teamwork. Things are great when all the information, perspectives, and ways we show up for each other meet our expectations. But, when they don't, it's hard to ha...
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The team of writers, editors, and strategists that brings you Work Life experimented with a four-day workweek recently. Geographic dates/times below: October 14 from 2 pm t...
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The September Growth Spurt was so helpful in testing different content in this group, we're doing it again! The details What: the top 25 most active members in the Teamwork Lab group get t...
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Flexible work has been a hot topic for a while now, and it’s not going to cool down anytime soon. Detractors may say it can’t be done, but the truth is, with the right planning and prioritizatio...
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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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