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4 Pitfalls in Harnessing the 5 Superpowers of OKRs: Why They Fail and How Companies Can Succeed

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4 Pitfalls in Harnessing the 5 Superpowers of OKRs: Why They Fail and How Companies Can Succeed

💡TL;DR: Successfully implementing OKRs requires more than just goal-setting; it demands a strategic approach that embraces John Doerr's 5 Superpowers of OKRs: Focus, Alignment, Commitment, Tracking, and Stretching. This article explores four common pitfalls that hinder these superpowers: a lack of Visualization, weak Engagement, disconnection from daily work, and

Zoom: A Guide to Key Metrics and Leadership Best Practices in Remote Workspaces

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Zoom: A Guide to Key Metrics and Leadership Best Practices in Remote Workspaces

✏️The TL;DR: in this comprehensive look at the remote work landscape, we explore the role of Zoom and its emergence as a critical tool, delve into key metrics that provide insights into team productivity, and highlight the importance of leadership best practices in managing a healthy, thriving remote work

Harnessing Slack: The Top 6 Metrics for Better Team Engagement and Collaboration

Harnessing Slack: The Top 6 Metrics for Better Team Engagement and Collaboration

This post will detail 6 metrics we've found to be the most informative and useful for teams. These are accessible to everyone in your team in ALLO, promoting a collective understanding of communication dynamics.

5 Essential Project Management Metrics in GitHub, Jira, and Asana: A Comprehensive Guide

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5 Essential Project Management Metrics in GitHub, Jira, and Asana: A Comprehensive Guide

Can you easily identify the "trending" or popular issues? Who is completing tasks at the highest rate? Which Pull Requests are most active, and which repositories have seen a surge in activity in the past fortnight?

How Allo helps you eliminate data silos from your business

How Allo helps you eliminate data silos from your business

Data silos can be a major problem for startups. Learn what data silos are, why they’re bad for your business, and how Allo helps you avoid them.

How to write OKR objectives that focus your team and level up performance

How to write OKR objectives that focus your team and level up performance

Writing great objectives as a part of an Objectives and Key Results goal setting process (OKRs) can be daunting, especially if you're just getting started and have never done it before. Luckily, there are some tried and true methods for writing objectives that are sure to set you up for

Allo: the easiest way to connect professionals

Allo: the easiest way to connect professionals

“I’ve never seen any tool that’s like Allo. It supports project management, visual collaboration, and video chat all in one place.” - Anushri Desai, co-founder and COO at NovaHub NovaHub, co-founded by Sarvottam Kulkarni and Anushri Desai, is an India-based remote-first design and innovation lab that helps clients

Introducing weekly team meetings

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Introducing weekly team meetings

Hiring the right people is only one way to build a strong team that efficiently succeeds. Other important factors for building a successful team include setting team visions and goals, establishing clear roles and responsibilities, celebrating successes and failures, and team bonding. Periodically checking in with your team is important

Allo as an onboarding tool

Allo as an onboarding tool

Before a new team member joins their first meeting, they typically must sign various documents such as their contract and any non-disclosure agreements. Once they’ve completed the necessary paperwork, they’ll need time to adapt and assimilate into the company’s culture while learning about their responsibilities and catching

Allo can be the only tool you need

Allo can be the only tool you need

“Allo brings many of our tools together. It combines the advantages of Trello, Miro, and PowerPoint. It really improves our workflow and makes our lives less complicated." - Sven Retoré Sven is one of the partners and facilitators of Visuality, a company that makes complex concepts into easily understandable explanations

When Allo becomes your online sketchbook

When Allo becomes your online sketchbook

"For weeks I’ve been testing out different collaborative online canvases. With project files in up to ten different cloud platforms - this was far too chaotic & confusing. Allo for me really nails the elegance & simplicity of a whiteboard, with potential for far more functionality to be added. I’ve

Allo: your team’s common ground

Allo: your team’s common ground

Allo allows my team to express themselves visually whilst being remote. It allows us to connect and collaborate as if we are in the same room, with expressive tools that help us communicate on an interactive level. Being able to put our thoughts on Allo helps us innovate and stay

How Allo saves time and reduces complexity for course creators and instructors: a long-lived learning experience for students

How Allo saves time and reduces complexity for course creators and instructors: a long-lived learning experience for students

Allo is not just an online whiteboard. The other tools I tried simply duplicated a physical whiteboard experience, which, while useful, is not very innovative. For course creators and instructors, Allo provides a seamless transition between course creation and course delivery. For students in onsite classes, everything is lost when

The 4 P's of marketing

The 4 P's of marketing

Why buy a $5000 watch when a $50 watch can tell the time? In this article, we are introducing the classic four P's of marketing, also known as the marketing mix: Product, Price, Place, and Promotion.

Allo: not just another collaboration tool

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Allo: not just another collaboration tool

We didn't want Allo to be just another collaboration tool. Instead, we envisioned Allo to be this one solution that can support our team and our workflow from the beginning to the end. See why Allo is not just a collaboration tool.

Allo's remote working culture

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Allo's remote working culture

Allo has a strong remote working culture even before COVID-19. See how we stay connected and efficient even when we are not working physically together.

How Allo runs daily stand-up meetings remotely

How Allo runs daily stand-up meetings remotely

Our team at Allo runs stand-ups online every day, with many employees being 16 hours apart. Take a sneak peek into one of the meetings and see how we do it!

How to create an empathy map

How to create an empathy map

An Empathy map is a visual technique that can help you understand your users quickly. Dig into this use case and see how to create one.

Four steps to productive remote brainstorming sessions

Four steps to productive remote brainstorming sessions

Brainstorming is an activity widely used by teams to generate ideas and find a resolution to a specific problem. Let's see how we can make brainstorming sessions more productive.

How to collaborate with non-designers in Allo

How to collaborate with non-designers in Allo

See how Allo helps to connect members in a cross-functional team, and how James and his team use Allo as the bridge between designers and others in the team.

Teach a class with Allo

Teach a class with Allo

English tutor Sami shares how she utilized Allo as a multi-context presentation tool, and how her tutoring sessions became more interactive because of Allo.

Run virtual workshops with Allo

Run virtual workshops with Allo

A senior consultant shares how Allo help her and her peers come together to collaborate, innovate, build culture, and drive the business forward.