Employers gain a unique opportunity to influence how their newly hired team member’s habits during onboarding. Training new employees to follow internal protocols during those first few critical hours will have a positive effect on productivity. With Slack becoming the operating system of the modern workplace, it makes sense that…
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Streamlining remote onboarding with AI to provide the right information at the right time
This article was originally published as a guest post written by Chris Buttenham in TechCrunch on March 2, 2021. Well before the COVID-19 pandemic forced organizations across the globe to shutter the office environment that most of us are familiar with, there was a paradigm shift happening within the modern…
Managing knowledge through the four stages of company growth
As companies evolve through the various stages of growth, their needs change from a knowledge management perspective as well. If you’re not modernizing your knowledge management strategy to adapt to the demands of growth, you are missing out on opportunities to improve productivity and get the most return on the…
How do I choose the right knowledge base structure for my startup?
The last thing startup founders want to think about is knowledge management. It’s way less exciting than shipping new products and features. It’s way less sexy than perfecting that design and brand. It’s most certainly way less exciting than fundraising and negotiating a term sheet. But, consider these situations that…
How startups achieve hockey stick growth with better communication and collaboration in Slack
Startups need every advantage they can gain if they want to achieve exponential growth depicted in pitch deck charts by the iconic shape of the most important piece of equipment for Canada’s favorite pass-time, the hockey stick. There are a lot of things that a startup needs to get right…
4 ways startups use KM tools to outrun the competition
If you’ve never worked at a startup, chances are that you’ve never quite felt the “hair on fire” moments that come with the rollercoaster ride of emotions experienced by its employees. It’s hard to describe other than to say it’s scary, exhilarating, stressful, fun, energizing and exhausting all at the…
Eight Things Google Does to Onboard their New Hires
Possibly one of the most sought-after companies to work for in the 21st century, it’s no surprise that Google has an awesome onboarding program. Google hires only the best. Their interview process is notoriously rigorous and that’s if you get past the thousands of other applicants. All of this makes…