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Lionel Valdellon

Lionel Valdellon

Lionel is a former Content Marketing Manager of Wrike. He is also a blogger since 1997, a productivity enthusiast, a project management newbie, a musician and producer of electronic downtempo music, a father of three, and a husband of one.

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Why Every Company Needs a Culture of Collaboration
Collaboration 3 min read

Why Every Company Needs a Culture of Collaboration

Boiled down to its very essence, collaboration can be defined as a TEAM engaging in TASKS to reach shared TARGETS. It's one of those buzzwords that's been overused, with every software startup spouting it in marketing collateral, pitch decks, and social media channels. But the reason why it's a staple in conversations is because, without

3 Ways to Ensure the Success of Your Remote Workers
Leadership 5 min read

3 Ways to Ensure the Success of Your Remote Workers

How can you ensure the success of your remote workforce?  Being in a software startup where remote work is part of daily life, we get asked how to successfully work from home a lot — by job applicants and peers alike. It's a situation that's near and dear to our heart as Wrike was created to

Why Work Emails Cause Anger & Confusion (Infographic)
Productivity 3 min read

Why Work Emails Cause Anger & Confusion (Infographic)

Have you ever received a work email that got you so hot under the collar, you were minutes away from transforming into the Incredible Hulk? Or an email that was so confusing, you had to clarify  what you were being asked to do in the first place? Well, you are NOT alone. In a survey conducted

How Neuroscience Can Make You a Better Project Manager
Project Management 3 min read

How Neuroscience Can Make You a Better Project Manager

Disengaged employees are a very real and very possible threat to your business. A Gallup survey says that four out of five workers worldwide are not working to the best of their abilities because they’re disengaged. And that the U.S. economy loses up to $350 billion annually due to the lackluster productivity levels of disengaged employees. But

Digital Workplace: Emerging Theme at the #GartnerPCC Summit L.A.
News 3 min read

Digital Workplace: Emerging Theme at the #GartnerPCC Summit L.A.

This past Monday, Gartner analysts Tom Austin and Mike Gotta talked about the new ways people and technology engage one another, demonstrating four new "Cool Tools" -- including Wrike. In fact, at the end of the session when the audience was asked which of the vendors looked like a keeper, the people responded with your #1

Why is U.S. Productivity So Low? (Work Management Roundup)
Productivity 3 min read

Why is U.S. Productivity So Low? (Work Management Roundup)

Welcome back to the weekly Work Management Roundup, where we collect and curate the standout business-related articles of the past week or so. This time, we lead off with a shocking headline: according to government labor measurements, recent US productivity hasn't been this low since Jimmy Carter was in the Oval Office. Don't believe it? Read on.

New Mass Action Options: Faster Task Handling
News 3 min read

New Mass Action Options: Faster Task Handling

When editing multiple tasks at once, the Mass Action tool is a practical timesaver. It allows you to quickly change tasks: mark them completed, set them as backlogged, tag them, move them to a different folder, reassign them, reschedule them, or delete them. And now the mass-action panel has been updated with new options to save

51 Chrome Browser Extensions to Amplify Your Productivity
Productivity 10 min read

51 Chrome Browser Extensions to Amplify Your Productivity

As more and more knowledge work gets done within a browser, and more work tools migrate to the convenience of the cloud, it makes sense to enhance your browser with extensions​ that help you get work done faster. We've listed these 51 extensions for Google Chrome that will help amplify your productivity.

3 Productivity Secrets: Sleep, Deep Work, No Multitasking (Work Management Roundup)
Productivity 3 min read

3 Productivity Secrets: Sleep, Deep Work, No Multitasking (Work Management Roundup)

Welcome back to the weekly Work Management Roundup, where we collect the week's best reads in work, business management, and productivity to inspire you to work smarter. This week, we open with three articles that tackle why we're not performing at our best: we lack sleep, we don't schedule time for deep work, and we're addicted to multitasking. Read on!

How These 3 Teams Manage Work Chaos Using Agile & Wrike
Wrike Tips 5 min read

How These 3 Teams Manage Work Chaos Using Agile & Wrike

What can be done to alleviate the constant burden of being overloaded? The answer is Agile. Here's how 3 customers implemented Agile using Wrike and what their successes were.

The Rise of the Network of Teams (Work Management Roundup)
Collaboration 5 min read

The Rise of the "Network of Teams" (Work Management Roundup)

Welcome back to the weekly Work Management Roundup, where we collect and curate the best reads from around the web regarding work, leadership, and —this week especially — teamwork. It turns out that hierarchies are out and functional teams are in, and those who are finding success engaging their workers do so by focusing on

10 Books for Marketing Operations Mastery
Marketing 7 min read

10 Books for Marketing Operations Mastery

If you're looking to learn more about marketing in general and marketing operations specifically, the following 10 books should give you a solid understanding of the field.

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