Jamey Austin Atlassian Team

What do photographing a black hole, reimagining car design, and containing a nuclear meltdown have in common? Teamwork. It’s time to bust the myth of the lone genius once and for all because the truth is, nothing gets done alone. Listen to Teamistry, an Atlassian podcast that looks past the front-page headlines to discover…

I get really excited by challenges to long-standing convention. Not just by the possible changes that might get triggered but by what the challenges often reveal about the conventions in the first place. For example, we take the 40-hour (or longer) workweek as almost sacrosanct. But look into its history and you discover…

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 encouragement. Yes, the pen is mightier than the sword! And it can do wonders for your team culture. That's why I was…

In season one of Atlassian's original podcast Teamistry, we put the spotlight on teams behind the scenes, the people responsible for some of the greatest achievements of our times. In season two, host Gabriela Cowperthwaite takes us beyond the heroics of a single team and expands the focus to the power of multiple teams…

Teams do amazing things together. We’ve talked about the myth of the lone genius and how everything is actually the result of teamwork. You might be thinking, What about a novelist writing, say, The Catcher in the Rye? Where’s the team behind that? Even a recluse like Salinger needed his editors, his agent, and all the…

Hello, Community! My name is Jamey and I'm on the Editorial team at Atlassian. Come check out Work Life, the Atlassian blog in a fresh set of clothes. We created this new look to enhance the way we share our articles and stories with you. Work Life is a place to find advice, inspiration, and original research about the…