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

ActiveCollab 8.0: User Card, Pin Discussions Cover Image

ActiveCollab 8.0: User Card, Pin Discussions

Hello everyone,Welcome to May's edition of ActiveCollab's updates! Our previous recap discussed the Self-hosted upgrade and the development of version 8.0. This time, we'll talk about user cards and pinned discussions.User CardIn ActiveCollab 8.0, it will be possible to open a user's card throughout ...

Recaps 2 min read

Stages Of Team Development: Explained in Detail Cover Image

Stages Of Team Development: Explained in Detail

Don’t you just wish putting together a high-performing team was as simple as getting the best individuals together and then watching as magic takes place? Unfortunately, that sort of thing only happens in the movies.Or does it? When you really think about it, people not getting along at first, but ...

Team Collaboration 8 min read

What Is Team Dynamics? Importance, Key Elements, and Factors Cover Image

What Is Team Dynamics? Importance, Key Elements, and Factors

You have probably uttered the phrase “greater than the sum of its parts” so many times in your life without giving it much thought. But as cliched as it might sound, that is the exact philosophy behind every great team.Research shows that 97% of workers and employers believe that a lack of team alignment ...

Team Collaboration 8 min read

MoSCoW Method of Prioritization: What Is It & How It Works Cover Image

MoSCoW Method of Prioritization: What Is It & How It Works

Your list of project requirements is endless. The time frame, tight. The budget, minimal (there’s a shocker). And your resources, scarce. Even with the most optimistic, go-getter attitude and mindset, you know meeting the deadline with the full list of priorities delivered is an impossible feat. Whenever ...

Project Management 8 min read

Time Blocking: Fail-Proof Guide For Ultimate Productivity Cover Image

Time Blocking: Fail-Proof Guide For Ultimate Productivity

Just because you’re working long hours doesn’t mean you’re being productive. In fact, according to Business News Daily, research has found that overtime is the one thing that’s likely to lead to lower levels of productivity. So, what increases productivity, then? We did a bit of reading, and ...

Productivity 12 min read

ActiveCollab 8.0: Improved Search and Task Navigation Cover Image

ActiveCollab 8.0: Improved Search and Task Navigation

Hello everyone,Welcome to the latest recap of ActiveCollab’s updates! Last time, we talked about how your changes will be synchronized with the current version if you’re trying out ActiveCollab 8.0 and vice versa. This time, we’ll discuss new search options and easier task navigation.Improved SearchPerhaps ...

Recaps 2 min read

Eat The Frog: tackle the hardest, important tasks first Cover Image

Eat The Frog: tackle the hardest, important tasks first

What’s the very first thing you do at the start of your working day? Do you ease into it with some cruisy email responses, or do you jump straight into the hard tasks? The ones you’d like to ignore, but know you can’t because they’ll keep coming back to stare you down. The ones that seem to evolve ...

Productivity 8 min read

ActiveCollab Is the Backbone of Our Work Cover Image

ActiveCollab Is the Backbone of Our Work

Havelkadesign was created in Osijek (Croatia) by interior designer Jelena Havelka, who holds an MA in Interior Design diploma from the prestigious University of Westminster in London. Last year the company celebrated its first decade of successful work.Our StoryThe business adapted through the years ...

Customer Stories 1 min read

Synchronous communication: what is it & when to use it? Cover Image

Synchronous communication: what is it & when to use it?

Your average workplace has changed a lot. And we do mean a lot, especially over the course of the last five years. Of course, a lot of it has to do with the pandemic, but also with companies seeing that remote workers can be just as productive as those who commute to work every day.According to stats ...

Team Collaboration 9 min read

What is ABCDE Method – Guide For Efficient Time Management Cover Image

What is ABCDE Method – Guide For Efficient Time Management

How many times have you found yourself in the middle of a trivial task only to realize half your day is gone, and you haven’t even started working on that big client proposal?Most people usually start their workdays by checking emails, following up on previous discussions, and catching up on updates ...

Project Management 7 min read