Tools


Do you have enough tools to collaborate?

or why Basecamp and Github so popular

Selecting good communication and collaboration tools for work, is just like having a solid foundation for the house: if it’s flawed then you can’t avoid the cracks in the walls.

  • Why there are 100 channels in Slack?
  • Why we’ve started using tool X but it does not work for us?
  • Why do I receive 50 internal emails every day?

Often it’s our ignorance of communication theory that caused all of that.

The article will give you a model which will help you understand why new tools don’t fit into your company and why existing tools are abused in their usage. I will describe the five main categories of collaboration and communication tools and explain their purpose and needs along with the tool examples.

Let’s start with something popular.