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13 Icebreaker Ideas for More Dynamic Team Meetings
Temps de lecture : 10 mn20 minutes is all the time it takes to rinse and cook a pot of white rice, 🍚💨but did you also know it's all your audience needs to lose their attention in a meeting and stop listening to you. Nodding off in no time, right? 😅 Well, it's time to wake up all those...
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13 Icebreaker Ideas for More Dynamic Team Meetings
Temps de lecture : 10 mn20 minutes is all the time it takes to rinse and cook a pot of white rice, 🍚💨but did you also know it's all your audience needs to lose their attention in a meeting and stop listening to you. Nodding off in no time, right? 😅 Well, it's time to wake up all those...
Essential Meeting Room Equipment for Modernizing Your Workspace
Temps de lecture : 5 mnThe era of hybrid working completely reshaped how we meet up. Some things haven't changed, however—notably the amount of time spent in meetings, which remains high (23 hours a week for executives). However, the format of meetings is no longer the same: one study by...
Meta Meltdown: What Can We Learn from the Workplace Closure?
Temps de lecture : 5 mnMeta recently announced a surprising decision: its withdrawal of Workplace, the enterprise social network it had launched in 2016. Used by millions of professionals to facilitate communication and collaboration within their teams, the entire platform will be phased...
How Does This SaaS Work?
Temps de lecture : 6 mnDid you know that the concept of SaaS, or "software as a service," dates all the way back to the 1960s? That's when the IBM 360 appeared—a computer that could run a variety of software and tasks, without all the associated storage and maintenance costs. For the first...
6 Ingredients for Creating an Inclusive Workplace Culture
Temps de lecture : 7 mnInclusion is one of the three pillars of DEI—diversity, equity, and inclusion. Yes, it's important to include inclusion in your organization! Inclusive culture or culture of inclusion is based on the values each company holds, as well as its convictions and each...
6 HR Team-Building Activities to Keep Your Hybrid Teams Engaged
Temps de lecture : 4 mnTeam coffee, music quiz, or classic brainstorming sessions... These HR team-building activities are useful. Still, most companies have already experienced all of these at least once. When the usual forms of team building are boring, and the team needs to be shaken up,...
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Internal and External Communications: How to Ensure Alignment
Temps de lecture : 6 mnThey're often managed separately, but they share many common purposes. We're referring, of course, to internal and external communications! Aligning these two types of communication is essential to building a strong brand image and ensuring consistency across all your...
8 Tips for Managing a Franchise Network
Temps de lecture : 7 mnMcDonald's, Planet Fitness, 7-Eleven, Best Western Hotels... all these brands have something in common: they're franchises. In the United States today, there are more than 800,000 franchised stores in all sectors (restaurants, hotels, supermarkets, real estate, etc.)....
7 Ways to Improve Company Culture and Retain Top Talent
Temps de lecture : 7 mnFor any organization to thrive and retain top talent, it needs a company culture that’s thriving too. The significance of company culture is seen across every aspect of the workplace – and it shapes the attitudes and behaviors of employees. For example, statistics...
How Can You Support Change in the Workplace
Temps de lecture : 5 mnWe all know that business transformation often can freak teams out. We're afraid of not being able to adapt, of losing the wheel. Whether we like it or not, though, change is inevitable in the workplace! Simply recognizing you need to change—and then actually making...
What Role Does Internal Communication Play in Change Management?
Temps de lecture : 5 mnTo drive change, you'll need to lead your organization through several stages. One of those is internal communication. Most of us have one thing in common: we like surprises! 🎉 However, when it comes to a major transformation in the way we work, that can be a little...
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[Expert Opinion] Amicio’s Best Practices for Agile and Effective collaboration
Temps de lecture : 6 mnHow can you improve your teams' agility? What are the best practices for effective hybrid collaboration? Many companies and managers have been themselves these questions since the wane of COVID. To answer them, we asked Ron Spiering, CIO and Performance Manager at...
What Drives Company Performance?
Temps de lecture : 5 mnOn the road to better performance, which route will you choose? 🤔 If you're on a quest for growth and success, it's important to take the right road! Performance isn't just a destination—it's a journey dotted with strategic decisions and levers to pull. What are the...
Stop Working in Silos for Good (and for Your Own Good)
Temps de lecture : 7 mnCollaborative work is a gust of wind in the sails for your company's performance. Here's proof: a Stanford study showed that people who work collaboratively are 50% more efficient at completing a task than those who work alone. So why after the disappearance of...
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[Expert Opinion] How to Set Up a Digital Workplace
Temps de lecture : 7 mnWhat if you could use just one platform for all your communication and collaboration needs? That's the promise of the digital workplace, a cloud-based tool that centralizes all the organization's knowledge, documents, and exchanges. It includes most of the...
Collaborative Platform: Definition and Challenges
Temps de lecture : 5 mnOver 80% of employees have been using it since the Covid-19 crisis. We're talking, of course, about the collaborative platform! Today, this solution is indispensable for communicating and collaborating effectively—especially when your stakeholders are geographically...
How to Develop and Foster an Agile Workplace
Temps de lecture : 6 mnThe concept of agility in business refers to the ability to quickly adapt to change, innovate, and collaborate effectively. Achieving this can make all the difference in the world! Ready to round the bend and transform your company into an agile workplace? Here you'll...
Leading a Meeting: Best (and Worst) Practices
Temps de lecture : 10 mnUnproductive meetings, we know them all. It's a practice that many a company would love to banish, and yet they rarely achieve this noble goal. On average, 71% of our meetings are considered ineffective. The big culprits: insufficient preparation, trouble structuring...
All Clear: Ways to Improve Transparency in the Workplace
Temps de lecture : 6 mnYou remember it from elementary school: that "telephone game" where one child whispers a message to another child next to them, and on and on until the message has been passed around the room. Sometimes also called "Chinese whispers," it's the perfect example of a...
Skills Management: Unleash Your Employees’ Full Potential
Temps de lecture : 6 mnAccording to McKinsey, 87% of companies worldwide are facing an internal skills shortage, or will do so within the next few years. To overcome this shortage, HR managers need to deploy an effective skills management strategy. Skills management is one of human...
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[Expert Opinion] Steps for Achieving a Successful HR Transformation
Temps de lecture : 6 mnIn recent years, human resources have had to carry out several HR transformation projects to adapt to new organizational needs. Between the waves of lockdowns, the popularization of hybrid working, the return to the office, the quiet-quitting trend and all the related...
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[Expert Opinion] Overcoming Intercultural Communication Challenges in the Workplace
Temps de lecture : 6 mnDiversity is a key performance driver for today's workplace. There's proof: companies with the most diverse teams are 35% more likely to achieve above-average financial performance in their sector. However, diversity also brings with it a number of intercultural...
Best Practices for Ensuring HR Data Security
Temps de lecture : 5 mnThe digital environment that modern organizations operate in is a goldmine for hackers. This means that every department of the organization, including HR, is expected to maintain the highest standard of data security. It’s simply non-negotiable. A data breach report...
Why and how can you become a benevolent leader?
Temps de lecture : 6 mnToday's professional world is in constant evolution! In this context, the notion of "benevolent leadership"—as opposed to more traditional "authoritarian leadership"—is proving increasingly important! The figures speak for themselves: one survey conducted by the...
Resistance to change: how to overcome it (and turn it into an opportunity)
Temps de lecture : 7 mnChange is risky, but then so is standing still. To accelerate digital transformation, companies need to continually evolve their working methods and tools. However, many face resistance to change, which can derail their plans. In fact, 70% of change management...
How will artificial intelligence transform the way we work?
Temps de lecture : 7 mnAccording to Bank of America, artificial intelligence (AI) is the next great technological revolution! Whether it's how we move, communicate, or even eat (from ordering to paying), the omnipresence of AI is penetrating nearly every aspect of our society. That is why,...
How Can We Overcome Lack of Recognition at Work?
Temps de lecture : 6 mnIt's a gesture all employees appreciate but rarely address openly and proactively when it's missing: recognition. According to a study by the Jean Jaurès Foundation, 72% of British employees feel that their work is not properly recognized—either by their manager or by...
The winning strategy for attracting and retaining talent
Temps de lecture : 6 mnAccording to Gartner, 51% of global employees are now watching for or actively looking for a new job. Their objective is clear: they want higher salaries, access to more development opportunities, and above all, improved well-being at work. These expectations are key...
How Two-Way Communication Can Foster Organizational Success
Temps de lecture : 7 mnThe nature of traditional corporate structure means communication often flows in one direction. There is always a time and place for one-way communication in a professional setting. And it can have its benefits, helping managers and business owners share critical...
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[Expert opinion] How Can I Develop an Effective HR Strategy?
Temps de lecture : 6 mnDeveloping an effective HR strategy is a major challenge for all human resources managers. It involves careful consideration of teams' operational needs, the management's expectations, and the company's strategic objectives. How can you strike the best balance to...
Gartner’s 10 technology trends for 2024
Temps de lecture : 6 mnArtificial intelligence (AI) has completely revolutionized the way we work. All teams can benefit from it—from human resources to internal communications and right on to the good folks in IT. Not surprisingly, AI is one of the key technology trends highlighted in...
Why HR Digital Transformation is Crucial in Modern Businesses
Temps de lecture : 6 mnIn the age of Big Data and an ever-growing hybrid and remote workforce, modern businesses have to embrace digital transformation to survive. The digital revolution has reshaped business processes and cultures across multiple industries. Human resources (HR) is no...
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[Gartner study] HR Trends to Track in 2024
Temps de lecture : 5 mnThe year 2024 promises to be full of challenges for human resources. Even with the COVID pandemic behind us, many companies are still struggling to re-engage their employees and get them to return to the office. The talent shortage also remains acute, making...
What if AI could boost your company’s productivity?
Temps de lecture : 4 mnThese days, everything’s game when it comes to boosting employee productivity. Some companies try to invest in workplace well-being. Others try to dial meetings down a notch or rationalize their application portfolio. Now there’s a new kid on the block that can amp up...
Sustainable performance: the art of combining productivity and social responsibility
Temps de lecture : 6 mnWhat if implementing a CSR approach (Corporate Social Responsibility) could also improve your company's productivity and bottom line? That's what the concept of sustainable performance is all about! Far from the traditional "make-a-profit-at-any-cost" models, this...
8 Essential Tools for Effective Change Management
Temps de lecture : 5 mnChange management can cause some serious headaches for people in organizations and businesses. Among employee resistance, hidden costs, and unexpected delays, the process can quickly turn into a minefield… To get beyond these challenges, we'd like to stress...
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[Expert opinion] How HR can improve psychological safety in the workplace
Temps de lecture : 4 mnHuman Resources (HR) has many roles within a company. One of these is managing the quality of work life (QWL)—a topic that remains a priority for 49% of employees!¹ In response to these high expectations, more and more companies are introducing workplace well-being...
Digital accessibility: why is it important for businesses?
Temps de lecture : 5 mnAre you looking to make access to your digital tools and services easier, and your communication more inclusive? There's one simple solution: invest in digital accessibility! According to the World Health Organization, more than a billion people worldwide live with a...
Transparency: cornerstone of Talkspirit’s own talent retention strategy
Temps de lecture : 6 mnMany organizations are faced with a steady stream of resignations and turnover that can be hard to control. According to one study, 36% of people who changed jobs did so mainly because they were dissatisfied with their work environment or company culture. To retain...
Quiet quitting: the telltale signs
Temps de lecture : 5 mnFor some time now, you've been noticing that one of your colleagues is only doing the bare minimum at work, and is becoming increasingly disengaged. This phenomenon is known as quiet quitting. On average, it affects 6 out of 10 employees worldwide, according to...
How to Develop a Great Agile Work Environment
Temps de lecture : 6 mnDid you know that companies who adopt agile work environments can see a 237% growth in commercial performance? It's no wonder organizations are increasingly turning to an agile work environment to leverage this flexible and effective approach. However, developing a...
10 Ways To Enhance Your Diversity Recruiting Strategy
Temps de lecture : 6 mnWhen you look around your workplace, do you find that everyone appears suspiciously similar? Perhaps they might all be a bit like you? Same ethnicity, same gender, same background. It can happen all too easily. The thing is, a lack of diversity could be...
How to Successfully Implement an Employee Recognition Program
Temps de lecture : 6 mnOne area of business management that organizations should be prioritizing is employee recognition. The reality is that it is no longer as simple as offering the best benefits package out of your competitors. If you want to have a cohort of happy and motivated...
How can you boost productivity with a collaborative platform?
Temps de lecture : 5 mnDoes your team already use a collaborative platform? Are you perhaps pondering one? Maybe you're simply curious about finding a better way to boost your productivity. For whatever reason, you've come to the right place! Collaborative work platforms offer considerable...
Psychological safety at work: why it’s important and how to promote it
Temps de lecture : 8 mnDo your employees seem to avoid taking initiative? Promoting psychological safety at work can unleash their potential! This term is used to describe an environment where employees are not afraid to speak up : something that 89% of all American employees consider...
Change Management: Our Three-Step Method
Temps de lecture : 7 mnAccording to Gartner, half of all change management projects end in failure! The cause: too much resistance to change, a lack of strategy, poor communication, or an over-ambitious timetable. The solution to these obstacles? Methodology... and, of course,...
How to Ensure Knowledge Capitalization within your Company?
Temps de lecture : 7 mnAn employee has just announced he's leaving the company, and one question springs to mind: how do you ensure that his knowledge is capitalized on and shared with colleagues? Unfortunately, that employee usually doesn’t have time to pass along a neatly organized...
What are the Best Practices for Digital Maturity Assessment?
Temps de lecture : 6 mnWith the ever-more-rapid rise and proliferation of digital technologies, businesses can quickly get overwhelmed. Among all the social networks, artificial intelligence plugins and updates, big data, the cloud, IoT and on and on, it's easy to fall off the wagon....
How to Improve Cross-functional Team Collaboration
Temps de lecture : 9 mnAll innovative businesses will prioritize group collaboration on projects, particularly for design and company-wide changes. In fact, research from Deloitte shows that 83% of digitally maturing companies use cross-functional teams. And with 69% of companies reporting...
How Do I Set Up My Internal Communication on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)?
Temps de lecture : 6 mnAccording to a study by Cegos, 57% of employees believe that their company's approach to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is primarily a communication initiative rather than a firm commitment. This figure can be explained by a lack of concrete initiatives, but...
How Can You Improve Your Teams’ Well-Being at Work?
Temps de lecture : 5 mnAccording to a Deloitte study, 60% of employees in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia would consider switching jobs to improve their quality of working life (QWL)—proof that companies still have a long row to hoe to stabilize retention....
Networking the New Generation: Place aux jeunes en région
Temps de lecture : 6 mnHow do you connect members of an organization scattered across the four corners of a region as huge as Quebec so they can still share files and information effortlessly and efficiently? Such was the challenge Place aux jeunes en région solved thanks to Talkspirit!...
6 advantages of a unified communications platform
Temps de lecture : 6 mnHow can we work efficiently without clear communication? It's hard to imagine, when you know that communication is essential to effective business collaboration. Whether you work in an SME, a middle-market company, or a large corporation, you can't miss this...
How to Build a Collaborative Culture at Work
Temps de lecture : 5 mnIt doesn’t matter how good you are at your job – if you’re not able to work collaboratively, you’re not going to be very productive. Ergo, it’s imperative that your teams feel comfortable working together. However, in 2023, remote working means that creating a...
What software can help you foster well-being at work?
Temps de lecture : 5 mn57% of employees are considering quitting their job to work for a company that better supports their well-being at work¹. Faced with this growing challenge, more and more companies are now investing in initiatives to improve their team’s well-being and restore meaning...
Turn your employees into ambassadors for your enterprise social network!
Temps de lecture : 6 mnToday, more and more businesses are calling on ambassadors to attract and retain talent, promote their products and services, facilitate their communities or boost the adoption of new collaborative tools. These ambassadors can be active on social networks such as...
The merger of Talkspirit and Holaspirit will help us create a new collaborative solution
Temps de lecture : 3 mnA new blend’s brewing at Talkspirit... and Holaspirit. 👀 Both part of the Mandarina Group (comprising Talkspirit, Holaspirit, and NextGen), our two companies share a common goal: to unleash organizations’ full potential . In other words, help organizations boost...
Streamlining Army marketing projects with Talkspirit
Temps de lecture : 4 mnThe French Army is no exception to the challenges of digital transformation. And with 16,000 new recruits every year, it’s one of the country's most dynamic employers. At the head of this crucial mission, the Recruitment Sub-Directorate relies on some 1,000...
Talkspirit: best alternative to Google Workspace?
Temps de lecture : 5 mnUsed by over 6 million organizations worldwide, Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) has become a must-have for communicating, collaborating and managing team projects. But it's far from the only collaborative suite on the market. Other tools can be tailored to...
5 examples of posts for your enterprise social network
Temps de lecture : 6 mnThe enterprise social network is an extension of the workplace designed to optimize internal communication and information sharing throughout organizations. It’s an opportunity to create connections between teams, to facilitate and offer them a space for open...
Talkspirit: the best alternative to Microsoft 365?
Temps de lecture : 4 mnThere are many collaborative suites on the market today, including one you're probably familiar with: Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365). Used today by millions of businesses, Microsoft 365 has swallowed up almost half of the office suite market.¹ However, this...
Gartner: 5 trends for HR to watch through 2023
Temps de lecture : 5 mnRising inflation, the Great Resignation, the war for talent, supply chain problems... HR managers have had to confront many challenges in the post-COVID age. The most important one is to strike the right balance between the needs of the organization and those of...
X-Ray Vision: Talkspirit Finds Cure for IM du Biterrois’ Internal Emails Illness
Temps de lecture : 4 mnHow do you streamline communication between a hundred or so employees spread over several sites—all constantly on the move—and who don't all have a professional email address? To meet these challenges, IM du Bitterois, a major medical imaging operation, decided to...
Should you use email for internal communication?
Temps de lecture : 5 mnAccording to Lecko's latest study, 64% of employees say email remains one of the primary tools they use to communicate and collaborate with colleagues. This proves the use of email is still a firmly entrenched practice—even after three decades. But let's face it: we...
Setting up your community facilitation tool: the 10 Commandments
Temps de lecture : 6 mnWhether you're looking to launch a business community or a membership network, dedicated tools have become essential for every organization. Yet many fail to launch projects due to a lack of knowledge on the topic. What's the best way to successfully set up such a...
9 best practices to facilitate and engage internal communities
Temps de lecture : 6 mnToday, communities play a key role in all our personal and professional spheres. We rely on them to share our opinion on a brand's products as well as to share good business practices, ask for help from experts, and even build our networks. Of course, these...
Accelerate your company’s digital transformation with 8 best practices!
Temps de lecture : 6 mnAccording to a Harvard Business Review study, 90% of executives around the globe replied that they believe the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation of their organization. A transformation that has helped boost team productivity, centralize...
How can companies combine digital sobriety with well-being at work?
Temps de lecture : 6 mnWhat if we could reduce our energy consumption by using digital technology in a responsible way? That's what the concept of digital sobriety—which companies are talking about more and more—is all about. Yes, contrary to what we might think, digital technology has a...
Why implement a CSR strategy within your organization?
Temps de lecture : 5 mnFaced with the climate crisis, CSR (corporate social responsibility) is becoming more and more important for organizations. What's behind the trend? Implementing sustainable initiatives that have a positive impact on the environment, our society, and/or the economy is...
Why choose a secure digital workplace
Temps de lecture : 4 mnEnsuring data security and sovereignty is one of the main concerns of organizations today, particularly in sectors such as defense, finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and government. Despite this, 9 out of 10 companies still don’t sufficiently protect their data,¹...
How can you reduce information overload associated with work tools?
Temps de lecture : 5 mnIn today’s work world, 80% of employees worldwide experience information overload, a surplus of information that they are not able to process.¹ The cause: the constant drizzle of data coming from our digital tools. In the long run, this barrage of information can...
How to reduce your company’s digital carbon footprint
Temps de lecture : 6 mnESG—environmental, social, and governance—is a framework increasingly adopted by organizations with an eye on eco-friendliness, diversity and inclusion, and sustainability. This concept took off in 2021, with many organizations looking for ways to reduce their...
Gartner’s 10 tech trends for CIOs to watch in 2023
Temps de lecture : 6 mnLooking to reign in your IT budget? Guide the growth of your company? Modernize your information systems? Implement new working methods and tools? Whatever your goals, one thing is certain: the 10 tech trends identified by Gartner for 2023 should help guide your...
How to implement an enterprise social network in your company
Temps de lecture : 5 mnWhen you think of a social network, what comes to mind? Sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are used by 59 percent of the world, but their business use is typically limited to marketing and networking—not fostering employee productivity or collaboration. An...
How Smart Team Collaboration Can Boost Productivity
Temps de lecture : 5 mnCollaboration is a key part of success in any workplace. Working together allows employees to share ideas, brainstorm, and more effectively find solutions. However, collaboration is not always easy to achieve; it requires clear communication, trust, and common goals....
Collaboration software: Speed Up Your Company’s Digital Transformation
Temps de lecture : 6 mnDigital transformation benefits organizations with increased operational efficiency, a faster time to market, and the ability to meet changing customer expectations. But 70 percent of complex and large-scale change programs fail to achieve their desired goals. For...
4 best practices to develop collective intelligence in your company
Temps de lecture : 6 mnThere’s an old saying that a team is only as strong as its weakest player. But, if you subscribe to the school of collective intelligence, a team’s strength isn’t necessarily dependent on how strong or weak individual players are—but instead, on how strong those...
20 collaborative tools to improve employee productivity
Temps de lecture : 5 mnWe’re living in an era of remote work, where it’s increasingly important for teams to be able to collaborate effectively. And a big part of that effective collaboration? Having the right collaborative tools. Collaborative tools have become a must-have for successful...
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