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Knowledge Sharing With Your Remote Team: Build a Smarter Team Today

By Dawid Bednarski January 18, 2021 22 Min Read

Knowledge Sharing With Your Remote Team: Build a Smarter Team Today

The pandemic has not only changed the way we live and work. It’s also given new momentum to upskilling and workplace education in general. To properly address those changes, remote teams need to cultivate a culture of knowledge sharing. In today’s guide, we take a look at the benefits of knowledge sharing. We also break down several methods for implementing in a remote workplace. Here are a handful of questions…

2020 Year in Review: Taskade and the Future of Remote Work

Taskade Updates

By Dawid Bednarski December 31, 2020 10 Min Read

2020 Year in Review: Taskade and the Future of Remote Work

Hello Taskaders! 👋 With 2021 just around the corner, we thought a proper closure would be in order. After all, is there anybody who’s not eager to wave 2020 goodbye? When we started Taskade, we wanted to create a remote-native tool, built by and designed for remote teams. Taskade was meant to bridge the communication, collaboration, and coordination gap and make remote work fun. This year put all those goals…

From WeWork to Remote: Virtual Coworking Space for Distributed Teams

Collaborative Work

By Dawid Bednarski December 28, 2020 26 Min Read

From WeWork to Remote: Virtual Coworking Space for Distributed Teams

The pandemic has left your work-from-home motivation reserves dry? Don’t worry, we’ve all been there. The intrinsic drive is only one part of the productivity equation. You still need social interactions to keep the ball rolling. Enter virtual coworking. In this article, we dig deep to uncover the benefits of virtual coworking spaces. We also show you how you can create one for your distributed team. 💡 Before you start……

Collaborative Note-Taking: Helping Remote Teams Stay Organized

Collaborative Work

By Dawid Bednarski December 28, 2020 32 Min Read

Collaborative Note-Taking: Helping Remote Teams Stay Organized

Collaborative note-taking has a solid track record in the academic world. It helps students distribute workload, patch up revision materials, and mix in different points of view. Now, with a bit of tinkering, you can also turn it into a remote team superpower! In today’s article, we revisit Niklas Luhmann’s Zettelkasten and discuss three popular note-taking techniques. We’ll also show you how you can combine the two ingredients to create…

Customize Sub-Tasks, Mindmap View, Mobile & Desktop App Update

Taskade Updates

By John Xie December 14, 2020 3 Min Read

Customize Sub-Tasks, Mindmap View, Mobile & Desktop App Update

Happy Holidays 🎉 Before we bid farewell to this eventful year, we have another exciting update for you this week, just in time for the holidays. 🧠 Customize your Sub-Tasks Customize the format of your sub-tasks at any level across all views. You can now click to add items vertically in the Mindmap view. ⚡️ Mobile Update Experience the new Taskade in landscape mode on iOS & Android! Undo and redo is now supported on…

A Case For Hierarchical Thinking: Solve Complex Problems The Easy Way

Knowledge Management

By Dawid Bednarski December 14, 2020 30 Min Read

A Case For Hierarchical Thinking: Solve Complex Problems The Easy Way

Hierarchical systems are the framework for creativity. They help you make sense of the world’s superficial chaos and create new, structured value out of it. The good news is, harnessing the power of hierarchical thinking isn’t that difficult. In today’s article, we revisit the concept of hierarchies in knowledge management. You’re going to learn how hierarchical systems can help you process information, stay organized, make better decisions, and solve complex…

The Power of Checklists in Distributed Teams

Collaborative Work

By Dawid Bednarski December 14, 2020 31 Min Read

The Power of Checklists in Distributed Teams

Checklists have saved lives, helped teams succeed, and… sent people into space (more on that in a bit). But did you know that they can also make your distributed team self-reliant and more productive? (checklist template inside!) A checklist—simple list of steps/tasks arranged in sequential order—is one of the most powerful organization tools in our personal and professional lives. In this article, we explore the origins of checklists and the…

🔗 My Tasks, Team Agenda, Project Links

Taskade Updates

By John Xie November 26, 2020 2 Min Read

🔗 My Tasks, Team Agenda, Project Links

You can now organize and manage your team tasks like never before! 😎 ✅ My Tasks See tasks assigned to you across all projects and workspaces in My Tasks. ⚡️ Agenda = Tasks The new Tasks tab in your workspace lets you filter by assignee or dates. 🔗 Project Links Add links to other projects using @mention and create an interconnected web of projects within your workspace. Search results have…

The Curse of Tsundoku (積ん読): How to Beat Digital Hoarding in Remote Teams

Knowledge Management

By Dawid Bednarski November 25, 2020 25 Min Read

The Curse of Tsundoku (積ん読): How to Beat Digital Hoarding in Remote Teams

The Japanese term Tsundoku (積ん読)—piling up unread reading materials—is undergoing a renaissance of sorts. Ever since cloud storage became readily available and dirt cheap, we’ve been spiraling down the rabbit hole of digital hoarding. Keeping pristine digital hygiene isn’t easy. But it gets even more complicated when companies switch to remote work. Without a solid data management plan, distributed organizations can quickly lose their way in a deluge of information….

Got a Minute? A Quick Guide on How to Write Virtual Meeting Notes

Collaborative Work

By Dawid Bednarski November 25, 2020 27 Min Read

Got a Minute? A Quick Guide on How to Write Virtual Meeting Notes

The recipe for a productive video conference is simple. Take a clear agenda, add willing participants, and set it to a quick, vigorous boil. But there’s one secret ingredient all distributed teams need but few use—a crisp meeting notes template to put things down in writing. Writer and business management expert Patrick Lencioni says that “the majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions.“ And we can’t but…

How to Focus While Working From Home: Sharpen Your Mind

AI Productivity

By Dawid Bednarski November 16, 2020 26 Min Read

How to Focus While Working From Home: Sharpen Your Mind

If the ongoing work-from-home experiment had a tagline, this quote—erroneously attributed to Abe Lincoln—would be it: “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the ax.” So, what do you say we sharpen that (metaphorical) ax of yours and learn how to focus while working from home? Here are some of the questions we answer in this article: 💡 Before you…

🏆 Taskade is #1 Product of the Month! 🥳

Taskade Updates

By John Xie November 12, 2020 2 Min Read

🏆 Taskade is #1 Product of the Month! 🥳

We have another exciting update for Taskade this week. Enjoy! 🎉 🥇 Taskade is #1 Taskade has been awarded the #1 Product of the Month on Product Hunt! On behalf of the entire Taskade team, thank you so much. We could not have done this without your support, and we promise to do even better in 2021! ⚡️ Mobile Update: New Interface & Design Taskade’s iOS & Android apps have…