Work Week | Microsoft Viva Changes Everything

Employee experience platforms, not intranetsContinue reading on GigaOm »

Feb 2021

Work Week | One Step Beyond Logic

| Citrix buys Wrike | Personio raises $125M | SalesLoft raises $100M | Softr raises $2.2M | Divvy raises $165M |Photo by Shane on UnsplashToday’s Work Week is inspired by Frank Herbert:Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.| Frank Herbert, DuneI...

Jan 2021

Work Week | Execution Versus Innovation

| Virtual Events: Hopin buys Streamyard | PPM: Planview buys Clarizen, Changepoint | OKR: Gtmhub raises $30M | Work Chat: Channel Calendars |Photo by Ian Schneider on UnsplashI took some time off over the holidays and I am astonished by how much has been going on in work technology, both on the innovation and the execution side of things.:::Quote of...

Jan 2021

Working in Notion | Part 2

The intersection of journaling and work managementContinue reading on GigaOm »

Jan 2021

Enterprise-Ready-As-A-Service: WorkOS

Crossing the enterprise-readiness chasmContinue reading on GigaOm »

Dec 2020

Work Week | The Opposite Is Happening

| Work Management: ClickUp | Virtual Events: Welcome, Slido | Omnichannel: IMImobile | People Operations: Hibob |Photo by Benjamin Wong on UnsplashQuote of the MomentYou would think that in a very crowded market, a new entrant would have trouble gaining traction. But the opposite is happening.| David Sacks (Craft Ventures, formerly CEO Yammer), commenting...

Dec 2020

Working in Notion | Part 1

How I use Notion for journaling and knowledge managementContinue reading on GigaOm »

Dec 2020

Work Week | The Niche Itch

| People Operations: Pave | Email: Exclaimer | Virtual Events: Wonder | NoLo: SAP |:::The accelerating pace of tech innovation during the pandemic is astonishing. Software is squeezing into every niche, as the examples below demonstrate: enterprise management of email signatures, and a tool to help private, venture-backed startup manage how and what...

Dec 2020

Prospectus | Work Management

Today’s work management landscape is undergoing radical changeContinue reading on GigaOm »

Dec 2020

Work Week | Less is More

| Salesforce Buys Slack | Virtual Events: Bizzabo, Hopin | Autonomous: Gatik | Elsewhere: Zoom, Airtable, Less communication is more |Photo by K8 on Unsplash:::Slightly revised format. Mostly restricting my attention here to markets I am actively researching.:::Salesforce Buys SlackI had predicted that Slack would need to team up with a major player...

Dec 2020