Ideas, insights, and inside looks at how modern teams collaborate, manage work, and scale smarter – with a dash of product updates and stories from the trenches
According to research, 99.9% of US businesses are small businesses (with less than 250 employees). And on a global scale, small businesses make up 90% of all businesses and 50% of all jobs. That means that your agency probably falls into that category. It goes without saying that starting a small business ...
Growth • • 8 min read
The first step in eliminating waste is to identify it by breaking down all business processes visually and finding opportunities to get rid of any activities that don't add value to customers. The Lean methodology defines seven types of waste that need to be eliminated so that processes can be optimized ...
Project Management • • 5 min read
Team conflict isn’t the real problem – it’s how you handle it that makes or breaks a project. Ignored tension turns into blame and burnout. Handled well, conflict becomes a launchpad for better communication, stronger ideas, and a team that actually trusts each other.
Team Collaboration • • 11 min read
Task dependencies are the links that tell you what needs to happen before something else can start. Miss them, and your project turns into a traffic jam. Managing them well means smoother workflows, fewer surprises, and deadlines that stay where they belong. But how to manage them?
Project Management • • 8 min read
On a scale of 1-10, how good of a project manager (PM) are you, and what makes you so great? You’d probably say it’s your project delivery success rate. And you would be right. But do you know what gets you there? The Project Management Institute says highly effective PMs get results thanks to the ...
Growth • • 11 min read
Asynchronous communication lets your team work together, without working at the same time. Think fewer meetings, more breathing room. When used right, it boosts focus, respects time zones, and keeps projects moving without constant pings. But when to use it actually?
Team Collaboration • • 8 min read
It’s time to face the music: the world has changed. As one of our users put it: “Uncertainty ahead!!”, and it’s true. We don’t know where we’ll be by the end of the year. We don’t even know when we’ll be able to get back to our offices! But until we do, teams are still working together ...
Team Collaboration • • 3 min read
Experiment [noun] - “A procedure carried out to support, refute, or validate a hypothesis. Experiments provide insight into cause-and-effect by demonstrating what outcome occurs when a particular factor is manipulated.” Before you even start thinking about performing an experiment, its value must ...
Project Management • • 3 min read
In our previous post, we talked about setting a S.M.A.R.T. goal and said we'd give you an example from our own yard, so here it is! This is how we do it We thought it would be nice to suggest you try out ActiveCollab in your native language. So, if you’re from Portugal and you’re visiting our site ...
Project Management • • 3 min read
Humans love expressing things in numbers. By assigning plain numerical values to abstract concepts, we feel like we can understand and control them better. We also associate higher values with better quality, a preconception marketing often seeks to exploit (“The sequel will be bigger, better, with ...
Marketing • • 4 min read
Imagine a beach. Late summer, when it’s still warm and pleasant, but no longer too hot. Soft sand glittering under the morning sun, palm trees swaying in the breeze. The waves, high and imposing, drawing you in, daring you to take up the surfboard and mount them. Now, doing outreach can easily compare ...
Marketing • • 4 min read
You say that you think things through when setting your goals. But, are you actually being smart about it? If businesses were to set their primary goal, it would boil down to something like: “Earn as much profit as possible.” However, if you were to give this task to a new employee (and leave it ...
Project Management • • 5 min read