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5 Reasons Creative Teams Should Adopt Systems Thinking
Project Management 7 min read

5 Reasons Creative Teams Should Adopt Systems Thinking

With an ongoing avalanche of information and data now available on a multitude of platforms, it’s easy to become more focused on tools than the creative side of work. It’s time to change your approach. Check out our list of 5 reasons why systems thinking can revolutionize the way you work.

The Step-by-Step Guide to Setting Up Your Agile Workflow in Wrike
Wrike Tips 5 min read

The Step-by-Step Guide to Setting Up Your Agile Workflow in Wrike

Agile teams are more productive, more satisfied with how their teams manage work, and can deliver results faster. But just because Agile is flexible, doesn't mean it's a free-for-all. In order to embrace the adaptability and speed of Agile, you need the right processes and an organized framework. And you need a work management tool

26 Sales Process Statistics & Best Practices
Productivity 5 min read

26 Sales Process Statistics & Best Practices

Did you know: Nearly 13% of all full-time U.S. jobs are sales positions? (That's 1 in 8 jobs!) [Source: SkilledUp via The Brevet Group] Over one trillion dollars ($1,000,000,000) are spent annually on sales forces. [Source: Salesforce Training via The Brevet Group] With all this money and energy going into sales, it's no surprise that there has been

Auto-Assign Workflows to Increase Speed and Simplify Processes
News 3 min read

Auto-Assign Workflows to Increase Speed and Simplify Processes

Today, Wrike announces Auto-Assigned Workflows — a new feature to automatically assign work to team members when it's ready for them to start.

Introducing the Wrike App for Slack: Empowering Workflow in Real Time
News 5 min read

Introducing the Wrike App for Slack: Empowering Workflow in Real Time

And now, with the new Wrike app for Slack, you can bring the two together. By enabling teams to quickly get work into Wrike and collaborate more effectively on Wrike projects right in Slack, you can ensure that your team’s productivity keeps up with their conversations.

5 Ways to Keep Leadership Involved Without Slowing Your Process
Leadership 5 min read

5 Ways to Keep Leadership Involved Without Slowing Your Process

Leadership is busy. When it comes time to get their input on a project, they often either lack enough previous knowledge to weigh in (without multiple hold-up questions) or take too long to complete their action step. This delays the project’s end date and can be incredibly frustrating for the team members who are involved in the project. They feel like they’re in a holding pattern and worse yet, may have to go back and make aggressive changes quickly when leadership finally weighs in.

Workflow Management vs. Project Management: Different but Both Critical
Project Management 10 min read

Workflow Management vs. Project Management: Different but Both Critical

Workflow and project are terms often used interchangeably, but they each have unique purposes. Knowing them will help you choose the most efficient system and adopt the right tools. Read more about workflow management, project management, and everything in between to help your team succeed.

New Enterprise Features: Visualize, Customize Your Product Development Workflow
News 3 min read

New Enterprise Features: Visualize, Customize Your Product Development Workflow

Workflows are unique to every organization. Each company creates and releases products in its own idiosyncratic fashion. That's why it's important to use tools that mold to your specific way of working, instead of struggling to do it the other way around. The latest features in Wrike Enterprise let users customize their experience so they

How Work Management Can Streamline the Decision-Making Process
Leadership 10 min read

How Work Management Can Streamline the Decision-Making Process

In business, leaders need to make various types of choices. A work management platform (and decision tree) can refine the decision-making process and help you make better choices for your company. Check out our guide on how streamlining your decision-making process can make you a better leader.

Wrike's WorkFlow Release: New Features Clear Productivity Roadblocks
News 3 min read

Wrike's WorkFlow Release: New Features Clear Productivity Roadblocks

At Wrike, we are obsessed with building the best tools to make your workday easier and more productive. Today, we're thrilled to roll out a set of new features to everyone in an update we call “WorkFlow.” WorkFlow features are designed to support you in a continuous flow of "getting work done."  Roadblocks to Productivity If you've

What Is an Information Silo?
Productivity 7 min read

What Is an Information Silo?

According to CMS Wire, workers, on average, spend 36% of their day looking for and consolidating information. But 44% of the time, they can't find the information. This wasted time and effort are caused by information silos.  Information silos are costly, but they are also fixable. Although they’re often thought of as unavoidable, the truth is

Low Code & No Code Development: What You Need to Know
Leadership 7 min read

Low Code & No Code Development: What You Need to Know

Low code no code platforms make software development easier. Learn how these tools can improve internal processes and workflow automation in your business.

5 Features Your Work Intake Process Tool Should Have
Project Management 7 min read

5 Features Your Work Intake Process Tool Should Have

The right tool can help refine a work intake system for how you and your team accept project requests without additional headaches and hassle. Sound good? We thought so, which is why we’re sharing what to look for when starting your search for a work intake process tool.

How to Manage HR Workflows for Ultimate Productivity
Productivity 7 min read

How to Manage HR Workflows for Ultimate Productivity

Improving your HR workflows can help your business grow and be more productive. Make Wrike your HR workflow software and see the difference.

Why Visibility is Critical to Improving Your Team's Workflow
Leadership 5 min read

Why Visibility is Critical to Improving Your Team's Workflow

At any one time during a project, do you know who is doing what? What happens when your team experiences delays in turning work around, or mysterious bottlenecks in production? Can you figure out how to solve these problems?

Collaboration to Configuration: How Connecting Workflows Impacts the Customer Experience
Collaboration 7 min read

Collaboration to Configuration: How Connecting Workflows Impacts the Customer Experience

Behind every successful cross-functional relationship is a set of tools to advance communication and productivity. Here are 3 workflows every company should connect to optimize the customer experience.

5 Workflow Mistakes That Plague A Fast-Paced Marketing Team
Marketing 7 min read

5 Workflow Mistakes That Plague A Fast-Paced Marketing Team

You're busy staying on top of the latest and greatest marketing technology, generating content, building out campaigns, identifying buyer personas, or being a resource for your team (the list goes on and on). All of this activity makes it difficult to worry about how work is getting done, as long as it gets done.

Why Smart CMOs Are Making Workflow Automation Their Top Priority
Marketing 5 min read

Why Smart CMOs Are Making Workflow Automation Their Top Priority

Imagine this: You’re sitting in a meeting, discussing progress on a new campaign. The creative director, Julie, says she’s still waiting on final approval for the design budget. "Oh, finance approved that last week," you say. "Didn’t you see the email?"  Then Mark, the Head of Product Marketing, announces, "I’ve just heard from Sales that they

6 Steps to Managing the Marketing Chaos Using Workflows (Video)
Marketing 3 min read

6 Steps to Managing the Marketing Chaos Using Workflows (Video)

The chaos is real: your marketing team is working on complex, long-term plans while new requests keep streaming in. Meanwhile, a global conversation is happening online involving your brand and your industry — yet another thing to track. In addition, your team must be constantly learning new strategies and integrating new tools into what is

How to Bake Data Handling Best Practices Into Your Project Workflows
Collaboration 7 min read

How to Bake Data Handling Best Practices Into Your Project Workflows

Want to know the secret ingredients to highly successful projects? Learn how to bake the data handling best practices into your workflows.

Task Dependencies vs. Custom Workflows: When to Use Each in Wrike
Wrike Tips 7 min read

Task Dependencies vs. Custom Workflows: When to Use Each in Wrike

Wrike is an incredibly flexible tool, offering several ways your team can set up your projects, track your progress, and reach your goals. But have you ever had too many options? Using Wrike can be like walking into an ice cream shop with 20+ flavors and wanting to try all of them. One of the most

Accelerate Your Business with Wrike's New Custom Workflows
News 3 min read

Accelerate Your Business with Wrike's New Custom Workflows

Your teams all have their own specific workflows. You need a platform that supports all of them. Today we're excited to introduce Custom Workflows, letting your teams structure their work so it moves faster and everyone knows where things stand. Now you can create workflows for everything from approval processes to bug tracking to content

Absolute Workflow Transparency? Easy with Wrike.
News 3 min read

Absolute Workflow Transparency? Easy with Wrike.

and find out why Absolute.org chose Wrike over other project management tools.

How to Make the Most of a Workflow Report
Productivity 7 min read

How to Make the Most of a Workflow Report

With Wrike's workflow reports at hand, you can understand just where your team is progressing. Learn about workflow improvement and find out how to get the best out of your team.