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31 Jul 2020Blog postTrack document changes or online markups? Over dinner with a friend last week, I was extolling the benefits of Scrivener for managing long-form writing projects. My friend is writing a non-fiction book and I thought my positive review of the platform might sway her to try it. She was almost in, then she furrowed her brow and asked, “Does it have Track Changes?”
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01 Apr 2020Blog postLarry’s tips on productivity and wellbeing while working remotely Let me introduce you to Larry. He has been an instrumental part of our business for over 15 years and we consider him very much part of the automaton family. Currently as our Development Manager, Larry manages our development team which involves scheduling tasks and priorities, supporting the team when they hit roadblocks, and managing the process from requirements to delivery.
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16 Apr 2019Blog postProject Management Hacks #4: The chicken and the egg in collaboration. Q: I’m new to my role as a traffic manager in a digital agency where I manage a crazy amount of creative projects. I’ve already discovered a few bad habits while managing approvals. For example, my designer is sometimes cc’d in on email feedback and asked by certain stakeholders to make changes before the approval round is completed. The idea is to “save time” but it has the opposite effect of driving up artwork changes if the feedback is later contradicted. There have also been several instances where a team member has been working on a project only to be told to start on a more urgent one – without my knowledge. I’m continually updating and sending out a progress report to keep my team in the loop. Not confusing at all (yes it is!).
How can I improve collaboration to avoid our projects stalling?
Traffic Jam Manager
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28 Jan 2019Blog postSupercharge Team Collaboration To Enhance Your Creative Projects In a Stanford University study published a few years back, researchers found that collaboration fosters motivation and transforms “work into play”. In other words, collaboration has the ability to create a dynamic environment where people can cross-pollenate and create, a space known to inspire great ideas and work. Still, many teams collaborating on creative projects are caught up in a groundhog day of outdated attitudes, approval workflow processes and tools.
So how do you inspire your team to collaborate in way that is both gratifying for them and productive for your projects?
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