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Productivity 3 min read

A Fascinating Snapshot of Work-Life Balance Realities [Infographic]

How often do you stay late in the office in order to get that last task completed? If you work extra hours once in a while, you’re not alone. Moreover, as our recent survey revealed, the majority is with you! Thanks to your valuable input, we gathered feedback on working habits and productivity from nearly 2,000

Project Management 7 min read

How To Use a Cumulative Flow Diagram

A cumulative flow diagram is a data visualization tool that shows how your team’s work process is running. Here’s what you need to know to use this diagram.

Work Smarter, Not Harder: 25 Must-Know Productivity Tips

Productivity 7 min read

Everything You Need to Know on How to Increase Your IQ

What is cognitive function? Discover how to increase IQ to turn strategies into results and boost individual and team productivity.

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Productivity 10 min read

Employee Engagement Survey: The Productivity Gap

Wrike did an online survey of 5,000+ adults in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Australia, who work full time for an organization with 500+ employees. Discover what drives employee engagement so you can build a strategy that boosts productivity and grows your business.

Collaboration 5 min read

UK Businesses Are Struggling to Close Productivity Gap with Their European Counterparts

Over the last year, the number of IT tools and apps used at work has increased for nearly half of people working in offices across the UK, and the majority now juggle between three and six different types of desktop software, web applications, and mobile apps. This trend among UK workers however, falls well short

Productivity 7 min read

How To Get the Most Out of Stand Up Meetings

Hold a productive stand up meeting that makes your teams more effective and results in better collaborative project planning. Plan it in Wrike.

Productivity 5 min read

26 Sales Process Statistics & Best Practices

Did you know: Nearly 13% of all full-time U.S. jobs are sales positions? (That's 1 in 8 jobs!) [Source: SkilledUp via The Brevet Group] Over one trillion dollars ($1,000,000,000) are spent annually on sales forces. [Source: Salesforce Training via The Brevet Group] With all this money and energy going into sales, it's no surprise that there has been

Productivity 10 min read

What Is The Pomodoro Technique and How Does it Work?

Endless tasks and expectations from colleagues and employers can make getting things done hard. There’s always something else to add to your to-do list and, as that list grows, it starts to feel like there’s never enough time to do it all. Productivity hacks can seem gimmicky and semi-helpful at best. But what if there was

Productivity 10 min read

Why Email is Addictive and How to Break the Habit

When was the last time you checked your email account? A few hours ago? Were you looking at your inbox right before you started reading this article? Stats from Business Insider reveal that over 1/3 of Americans check their email continuously throughout the day. According to AOL’s 2010 survey, 47% of people claim to be

Productivity 3 min read

7 Time-Savers for the Overworked [Infographic]

Despite the global quest for work-life balance, many people still regularly work over the weekend and don't use all of their vacation days. This in turn causes them to be overwhelmed, overworked and laboring in overtime... If you dream about a 25th hour in the day to be fully productive and dedicate some time for yourself,

Productivity 5 min read

Why Your Messaging App is Killing Your Productivity

Whether you're using Slack, HipChat, Skype, Google Hangouts, or IRC, it’s not enough. It's time to admit that using only your chat/instant messaging app to manage projects is killing your productivity.

Productivity 7 min read

It All Adds Up: How Software Sprawl Is Cutting Into Your Agency's Profits

Creative agencies use so many tools today to make life easier, but does your team have too many? It’s called software sprawl and costing you more than you think. Read more to see how software sprawl is cutting into your business’ profits and how to solve it.

Productivity 5 min read

Road Warrior Productivity: Must-Have Tips & Tools

You're sleep deprived, hungry, cramped, surrounded by distractions, and stuck on a 6-hour layover in a tiny commuter terminal. The last thing you want to do is power up your laptop and dive into some work, but that deadline is tomorrow and it's not going to move. When you'd rather sit through yet another in-flight

Productivity 3 min read

Top 15 Productivity Roadblocks Hindering Your Team (Infographic)

You have your headphones on, music playing, and all notifications muted to allow for maximum focus... and you're still not as productive as you want to be. What are you doing wrong? In our 2015 Work Management Survey, we surveyed 1,464 team leaders and members and asked them to rank their biggest productivity roadblocks. You'll find

Productivity 10 min read

9 Apps to Boost Your Productivity and Motivation at Work

Feeling unmotivated at work? These 9 apps boost your productivity, giving you more time to focus on the things that truly inspire and motivate you.

Productivity 7 min read

The Cost of Multitasking: How Much Productivity Is Lost Through Task Switching?

Think multitasking is a good thing? Think again. Discover the real cost of task switching and tips for avoiding context switching productivity loss.

Productivity 5 min read

9 Phrases to Jumpstart Productivity When Delegating a Task

You might have read our blog post, "10 Phrases You Can Never Say When You Delegate a Task." If not, stop what you're doing and read it. It provides insight into some commonly heard phrases in the workplace that hinder everyone's productivity. Maybe you're even saying a few yourself? In response to that article, one of

Productivity 7 min read

Is the Quest for Peak Productivity Killing Creativity?

Productivity is king in business, but does the focus on box-ticking stifle creative thinking at work? Find out how to balance productivity with innovation.

Productivity 7 min read

54 Seriously Cool Apps to Make Everyone's Life Easier

When we need the answer to a quick question like, "What time is it in Beijing?" we immediately jump on Google or ask Siri. We’ve grown accustomed to having answers and resources instantly available. But as efficient and effective as these tools are, Siri can’t tell you when that new gadget you’ve had your eye

Productivity 10 min read

How to Boost Productivity Using Parkinson's Law

In 1955, Cyril Parkinson created Parkinson's law. The concept centers around the idea that work is like gas; it expands to fill whatever container it is placed in. For project management, this means that if you give a task five hours, it will take five hours to complete. But if you give that same task

Productivity 5 min read

Ditch the Tomato Timer: 4 New Productivity Techniques to Try

You know all about Pomodoro, GTD, and 80/20 — and you're either a huge fan, or they've left you cold. Here are a few new productivity and task management techniques to help you be super productive without burning out. 1. Jerry Seinfeld's "Don't Break the Chain" Yep, that Jerry Seinfeld. Turns out, he's been sitting on a

Productivity 7 min read

Keeping Up With the Computers: The Exponential Growth of Technology

Ever feel like the world of technology is whizzing past and you just can’t keep up? That’s fair. It seems we barely have our hands on a brand-new smartphone before the manufacturer announces an updated model. In this age of planned obsolescence, where devices are purportedly designed to become worthless in a short space of