It has to make sense to leverage different ways of communicating with different people in different situations. While virtual communication is more efficient, in-person communication is more effective ...

Update your communication strategies for the new hybrid workplace. Remember the days when someone would pass by your desk and you’d say, “Hey, do you have a minute?” Or at the end of a meeting, ...

All software systems are underpinned by fundamental choices that shape key characteristics of the system's design. One such foundational element is how different components within a system communicate ...

The benefit of “remote work” is that it should enable greater freedom and flexibility — yet for many, it’s led to be even more inundated with communications, back-to-back meetings and extended working ...

Asynchronous Communication is the entrepreneur’s secret weapon for getting more done, is now possible and greatly encouraged by many businesses. Asynchronous communication includes email, text, ...

A continuing hot topic in the video industry is the potential for asynchronous video in the enterprise in the style of popular consumer apps, like TikTok and Snapchat. While we tend to think of using ...

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When most of the world went into lockdown in 2020, video-conferencing and instant-messaging tools became a significant part of people's professional lives. As commutes disappeared overnight, so did ...

The image used in this post is of a small group of students sitting in a room together, (seemingly) energetically talking about the issues at hand. This is an example of synchronous discussion—the ...

Does working from home have to mean sitting in a chatroom all day or always being available for a video call? Real-time chat and video platforms are great for building camaraderie and maintaining a ...