The vendors you use for your business are extremely important, but they aren’t so important that working with them should actually hurt your business. If you consider how much time the average vendor takes up, and multiply that by the number of vendors you have, you...
A Clean Workplace is a Happy Workplace
There will always be an office slob—someone who leaves things lying around, like food, papers, and other things, and despite them being so comfortable with the mess, everyone else is just left wondering, “why?” There are plenty of reasons why you don’t want to be that...
Mobility Can Unlock Your Employees’ True Workplace Potential
Business has changed, and so too has the technology we use to fuel it. Businesses are utilizing mobile devices to get even more work done both in and out of the office, and as such, it’s a bit difficult to disconnect work life from real life. Let’s look at how...
Productivity, Part 4: Boosting Productivity and Motivation
At this point in our productivity blog journey, we’ve discussed what productivity is, how it can be measured, and what goes into protecting it. To wrap things up, we’re discussing what you can do to maximize productivity for your employees so that your business can...
Technology Can Help Stretch Your Business’ Dollar
Even when it is doing really well, your business never has enough money. There is always something that needs to be paid or purchased that isn’t in the budget. Well, one of the ways that you can put your business into a position where it can afford some of the things...
IT Management Sure is Complicated
While software is always trying to become more user-friendly, modern technology is still very complicated, and if you don’t know how to take care of it and use it, you’ll quickly fall behind your competitors, or put your business at risk. Modern Technology is...
Say Goodbye: Google+ and Currents to End Service in July
Some of you might remember Google+, Google’s earnest attempt at creating a social media platform. It was but an attempt, however, and it eventually became defunct. The last remaining shred of Google+’s legacy, which lived on in the Currents service, is slated for...
Security Training Doesn’t Have to Be Hard, but It Does Have to Be Serious
The irritating thing about security is that you can implement the best solutions on the market and still find yourself lacking due to one thing: your employees’ actions. If your team isn’t trained to protect your network, then they are adding more opportunities for...
Remote Collaboration Can Be Hugely Effective (If You Address Certain Issues)
Many businesses, having adopted remote work as a normal part of their operations, have found it to be a benefit to their goals. That being said, remote collaboration does come with its own challenges. Let’s discuss some of them, as well as how they can and should be...
Productivity Optimization Part Three – What Issues Can Impact an Individual’s Productivity?
The past couple weeks have been dedicated to productivity on this blog, as well as how you can get more of it, so today we wanted to go over some of the impediments to productivity that you’ll have to watch out for. We’ll also cover how you can overcome them so that...