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Slack was meant to herald in a new era. For many teams, it falls short. Here are the most common pitfalls teams run into, and some Slack tips to fix them.
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How do we approach user research? At Parabol, research can be done by any team member, and we regularly share quotes and feedback with each other.
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Are your colleagues empathic? How would you design an interview process to select for coworkers who are? This is part of how we interview folks at Parabol
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Executing a retreat during the vaccinated phase of the pandemic is hard. Here's how our product team managed to get everybody together in Mérida, Mexico.
Our leadership team’s salaries are transparent to one another, here’s how we set our pay as an organization. Plus this week's metrics and progress.
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This week we celebrate 250 consecutive weeks of “building in public” publishing our Friday Ship series.
Our fully-distributed team experimented with bringing our tried-and-true quarterly retreats to a new remote reality. Here's what we learned.
Strategy is about choice - one good thing or another. The choice isn’t, “cake or a shit sandwich?” but “cake or ice cream?” Enter: even over statements.
We were hired to help a team stem a 30% attrition rate. Why were they leaving? Not enough transparency. Here's why it mattered and how to get it right.
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We had idea of what to make, but not enough customer understanding to start building, so we ran a UX research study. How we did it may help you too.
Without happy hours, break-room chit-chat or post-meeting small talk, building strong team relationships requires some new habits - and new tools!
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How do you trust an employee you’ve never met? Here's our 6 step process for reducing hiring risk, countering bias, finding culture fit and testing skills.
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Last week our team at Parabol got together in Los Angeles, California for our 14th quarterly team retreat.
High-performing teams make good decisions quickly. Our distributed team uses this Slack Workflow to make quality decisions fast, even across time zones
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