Teamwork Lab: Improving our ways of working
Created Jun 23, 2021, Last active Nov 20, 2025
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Dear Work Therapist, Not long ago, I started at a new company on a brand new team. The only member of the team who has been at the company for an significant period of time is our team lead. ...
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I am constantly running projects that consist of large teams constructed from individuals from many different departments. Understanding roles and responsibilities are important to ensure that ...
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I still write letters. Yep. On paper, with a pen. And thank-you notes. Because my grandmother told me to. There’s just no substitute for the written word, especially words of praise, gratitude, and...
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Hi! Usually, when I face a challenging task, I have to pass through several minutes of procrastination before actually getting into the work (which I'm doing right now.) I would love to learn from ...
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Dear Work Therapist, I feel like I've been in a bit of a black hole lately thinking about engagement and excitement. You know, when we're in the office - especially at Atlassian - there are things...
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Thank you @Bridget for presenting the Team Playbook Atlympic Event. Just starting a discussion to share the experience of Stand-ups Team playbook we run through for our team. We used...
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Thanks @Bridget for sharing Team Playbook challenge. Apologies, I tried to post this as article but I don't have permission as mentioned earlier so I posted this as discussion. ...
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In 2020 and 2021, a group of women from across the Atlassian ecosystem came together in a series of panel discussions to talk about their experience in tech, including interviews, imposter syndrome, ...
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Employees look to managers/leadership for direction. If senior and middle management isn’t providing direction, vision, and values, employees will follow suit. Even worse, employees may begin to...
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Sometimes long meetings are unavoidable. For example: quarterly plannings/reviews, training sessions, workshops or even sprint plannings. These meetings can easily stretch to a couple of hours or eve...
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Hi All, I joined this group recently. I was just about to write an article but I can see that it allows only writing questions and initiating discussions in this group but not articles. Is th...
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Dear Work Therapist, Hope you're doing well. I received some valuable insights last time which inspired me again writing this in such a short interval. This squad has six members and started ...
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Dear Work Therapist, Management often asks me to drive productivity improvements for teams or departments. While delegated authority lowers the resistance of those I'm trying to help, I'd rather enc...
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We're a group of experts here. For the first half of August, I'd love to discuss what hacks you have in working through difficult changes. Do you utilize support networks at work or at home...
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Hi, I just noticed existance of this group. My role in a team is "personal leader". I moved to this role 3 months ago. My responsibility is to work with team members so they are satisfied, they are ...
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Recently we tried the "What is one thing you learned from a project that went wrong?" and what to say... it went really well. At the beginning all were still quite hesitating, but after the fi...
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Hello! I'm working on a blog post for Work Life that focuses on the importance of investing in the people and practices part of a digital transformation. I'd love to understand more about the ch...
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Dear Work Therapist Is there such a thing as too much Atlassian? I'm worried it is spilling over into my personal life... I keep thinking of ways I can use JWM out of work. It is wrong ...
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Dear Work Therapist, Hope you're doing well. I heard about you from here . Let me give you quick back ground and then go straight into details. I work in a team located in different time zone...
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Dear Group members, Don't we have upvoting feature in Teamwork Lab group? eg: If I like an answer to a question and want to upvote it, i am unable to do so in this group. Is this just only me or eve...
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Dr. Dom is holding office hours with the Teamwork Lab group. Geographic dates/times below: August 12 at 4 pm-5 pm PT August 12 at 7 pm-8 pm EST August 13 at 9 am AEST August 13 at 4...
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As Hana shared recently - it's not an easy job being an introvert at work. But that's not the only thing disrupting your work-life balance or your daily routine. It's even more complex if y...
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Dear Work Therapist, How do you beat poor employee morale and motivate employees at their jobs? There is a high risk of employee burnout and overall dissatisfaction, if there is no motivation. There...
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Dear Work Therapist, I'm Hana and I'm a huge introvert. Last time I checked and tested myself - I'm 83% Introverted :-). This means I get tired very quickly when I have to interact with a lot of pe...
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We have one team where one team member is permanently remote (in a city far away but in one of our office buildings). While collaboration works using Jira and Confluence pretty well, they feel a disc...
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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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