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OpenAI DevDay 2026 and the Agent Race in Task Management
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OpenAI DevDay 2026 and the Agent Race in Task Management

DevDay 2026 moved OpenAI’s agents from helping with project work toward carrying more of it. Dots can keep responsibilities moving, while ChatGPT Space gives teams and agents common working context. The opportunity is obvious. So are the governance questions.

Rebekah Carter · 7 Oct 2026
If You Blinked, OpenAI Shipped Half a Work-Management Stack
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If You Blinked, OpenAI Shipped Half a Work-Management Stack

A Data agent, task analytics, and research on workers doing jobs outside their roles: OpenAI rebuilt the work stack piece by piece while everyone watched the DevDay countdown. We round up the fortnight's shipping spree, the incumbents' response, and the bills coming due.

Rebekah Carter · 3 Oct 2026
Notion AI Project Management: Custom Agents and Productivity
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Notion AI Project Management: Custom Agents and Productivity

Rakuten France runs more than 80 Notion Custom Agents to check its backlog overnight and route exceptions before stand-up. Notion says a million agents have now been built, though the accuracy data buyers need before granting write access still comes from Notion.

Rebekah Carter · 1 Oct 2026
Cisco vs Microsoft Teams Rooms: The Room Management Battle
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Cisco vs Microsoft Teams Rooms: The Room Management Battle

Cisco Webex Control Hub and Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro Management now cover the same ground: deployment, AI fault detection, mixed-platform rooms and analytics. Microsoft has just pulled Android devices into one portal. Neither has published proof it cuts IT workload.

Rebekah Carter · 25 Sept 2026
Logitech Spot Now Integrates With 10 Workplace Platforms
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Logitech Spot Now Integrates With 10 Workplace Platforms

Logitech's presence and environmental sensor can now integrate with 10 workplace management platforms, including Zoom, VergeSense, and Robin. This will give enterprises more ways to automate rooms and analyze space - helping them to optimize their office.

Sean Nolan · 22 Sept 2026
The HR Mistakes That Can Derail International Expansion
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The HR Mistakes That Can Derail International Expansion

Global expansion can expose businesses to legal, operational and cultural risks before an HR function is prepared to manage them, making it essential to understand the right employment models, infrastructure and processes for scaling successfully across borders

Kristian McCann · 14 Sept 2026
Why the Wrong Exec Hire Can Cost Millions in the AI Era
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Why the Wrong Exec Hire Can Cost Millions in the AI Era

Kristian McCann speaks with Nada Usina, CEO of NU Advisory Partners, about why the burgeoning of AI has meant traditional skills have changed, and now organizations must look at assessing leaders for curiosity, judgement and learning velocity, not simply past experience

Kristian McCann · 3 Sept 2026
Mitel's State of Workforce Communication Report Unpacked
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Mitel's State of Workforce Communication Report Unpacked

A global survey of 2,000 IT leaders and employees reveals a stark disconnect between what organisations invest in and what workers actually experience on the ground. In this video, Mitel's CMO Eric Hanson unpacks the key findings and what they mean for the future of workforce communication

Christopher Carey · 25 Aug 2026
Workday Eyes AI Agent Issues With New Research Team
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Workday Eyes AI Agent Issues With New Research Team

Workday is turning to research to address the technical challenges that could determine whether AI agents can scale reliably across the enterprise, with a new research team that is focused on areas including agent memory, multi-agent collaboration, governance, and trust

Kristian McCann · 20 Aug 2026
monday.com Cuts 20% of Its Workforce as Its AI Work Platform Bet Deepens
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monday.com Cuts 20% of Its Workforce as Its AI Work Platform Bet Deepens

Why it matters: monday.com is cutting 20% of staff to deepen its AI work platform push, with Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot, ChatGPT and Gemini.

Marcus Law · 29 Jul 2026
Your Collaboration Strategy Isn't Failing — It's Just Designed So No One Owns the Outcome
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Your Collaboration Strategy Isn't Failing — It's Just Designed So No One Owns the Outcome

Most collaboration failures aren't culture problems — they're accountability problems. Learn why unclear ownership stalls outcomes.

Thomas Walker · 30 Jun 2026
Does Project Visibility Actually Improve Outcomes?
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Does Project Visibility Actually Improve Outcomes?

Discover why project visibility tools fail to drive outcomes, and what execution control actually requires.

Thomas Walker · 26 Jun 2026
Why Priority Overload Is Killing Your Projects
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Why Priority Overload Is Killing Your Projects

Too many high-priority tasks? Learn how prioritization failure causes delays - and how leaders can fix it.

Thomas Walker · 17 Jun 2026
Could Custom AI Tools Be Project Management's Answer to the Productivity Gap?
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Could Custom AI Tools Be Project Management's Answer to the Productivity Gap?

Off-the-shelf AI tools aren't enough. Here's how custom project management tooling could finally deliver ROI.

Thomas Walker · 17 Jun 2026
Adobe Just Raised the Bar for AI Project Management
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Adobe Just Raised the Bar for AI Project Management

Adobe Q2 2026 earnings put hard numbers behind agentic project management. Here's what IT leaders need to know.

Thomas Walker · 15 Jun 2026
Your Projects Aren’t Slow. Your Teams Are Losing Hours Switching Between Tasks
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Your Projects Aren’t Slow. Your Teams Are Losing Hours Switching Between Tasks

There's nothing wrong with your project management strategy, it's the context switching productivity problem that's holding teams back.

Rebekah Carter · 15 Jun 2026
Is Slack Replacing Your Project Management Tool?
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Is Slack Replacing Your Project Management Tool?

Is your team already managing projects inside Slack? Agentic AI is reshaping enterprise software and workplace collaboration

Thomas Walker · 11 Jun 2026
Only 5% of Companies Are Closing the AI Productivity Gap. Asana Thinks It Knows Why.
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Only 5% of Companies Are Closing the AI Productivity Gap. Asana Thinks It Knows Why.

Asana's new Agentic Work Management platform puts humans and AI agents on the same plan, with the same context, under unified governance.

Marcus Law · 8 Jun 2026
Why Your Team Is Always Busy, But Nothing Important Gets Done
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Why Your Team Is Always Busy, But Nothing Important Gets Done

Task completion isn't progress. Learn the PMO metrics and mindset shifts that turn activity into real business outcomes.

Thomas Walker · 5 Jun 2026
The AI Project Management Boom: Productivity Myth or Reality?
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The AI Project Management Boom: Productivity Myth or Reality?

Does AI actually boost project team productivity? The evidence is more complicated than vendors admit...

Thomas Walker · 2 Jun 2026
Asana Acquires StackAI for $75M to Power Cross-System AI Agent Workflows
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Asana Acquires StackAI for $75M to Power Cross-System AI Agent Workflows

Asana has acquired no-code AI workflow platform StackAI for $75M, adding cross-system agent execution to its human-agent teams strategy

Marcus Law · 29 May 2026
Is Your Task Management Tool Hurting Productivity?
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Is Your Task Management Tool Hurting Productivity?

Is your task management tool adding admin burden? Learn how to evaluate enterprise platforms for real productivity ROI.

Thomas Walker · 28 May 2026
Monday.com Interview: How AI Agents Are Changing Sales
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Monday.com Interview: How AI Agents Are Changing Sales

AI agents could cut sales admin and logging, helping monday.com shift sellers back to customers. Published on UC Today, with monday CRM and Gartner.

Marcus Law · 21 May 2026
How to Build a Task Management System That Eliminates Status Updates and Speeds Up Delivery
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How to Build a Task Management System That Eliminates Status Updates and Speeds Up Delivery

Learn how workflow visibility automation eliminates status updates and accelerates enterprise delivery.

Thomas Walker · 21 May 2026
Why Your Next Jira Assignee Might Not Be Human…
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Why Your Next Jira Assignee Might Not Be Human…

Atlassian's Q3 confirms AI agents can now be assigned work in Jira. What does this mean for enterprise project teams?

Thomas Walker · 20 May 2026
Why Do Projects Slow Down Exactly When They Need to Move Faster?
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Why Do Projects Slow Down Exactly When They Need to Move Faster?

Why do projects slow down under pressure? Learn how PMO leaders can fix velocity by redesigning decision flow.

Thomas Walker · 14 May 2026
AI Project Management Tools Are Everywhere. The Productivity Gains Are Not.
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AI Project Management Tools Are Everywhere. The Productivity Gains Are Not.

Every major project management vendor now ships AI agents. Deloitte's data shows most enterprises can't demonstrate ROI. Here's what IT buyers need to know.

Marcus Law · 14 May 2026
Your Task Prioritization Isn’t Broken. It’s Designed to Reward Urgency Over Importance
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Your Task Prioritization Isn’t Broken. It’s Designed to Reward Urgency Over Importance

If your task prioritization strategy is still set up to reward urgency over importance, you're creating your own workflow problems.

Rebekah Carter · 14 May 2026
Is Per-Seat SaaS Pricing Dead? monday.com’s Consumption-Based Pricing Pivot
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Is Per-Seat SaaS Pricing Dead? monday.com’s Consumption-Based Pricing Pivot

Could monday.com's Q1 2026 results quietly signal the end of per-seat SaaS pricing, and the rise of AI consumption-based pricing models?

Thomas Walker · 12 May 2026
The Visibility Layer: How AI Agents Are Finally Solving the Manager's Blind Spot
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The Visibility Layer: How AI Agents Are Finally Solving the Manager's Blind Spot

72% of managers can't see their team's real workload in real time. AI agents are changing that by seeing what work is being done.

Thomas Walker · 8 May 2026
Enterprise Project Performance - The Hidden Reasons Delivery Keeps Slipping
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Enterprise Project Performance - The Hidden Reasons Delivery Keeps Slipping

Your project plan isn't broken - it's just optimized for reporting, not results. Here's why delivery keeps slipping...

Thomas Walker · 7 May 2026
Asana AI Teammates: Why the Future of Enterprise AI Is a Team Sport
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Asana AI Teammates: Why the Future of Enterprise AI Is a Team Sport

Victoria Chin, Senior Director of Product Strategy for AI at Asana, tells UC Today why Asana AI Teammates are built to scale AI across entire teams.

Marcus Law · 7 May 2026
monday.com Repositions as AI Work Platform, Putting Agents at the Centre of Project Execution
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monday.com Repositions as AI Work Platform, Putting Agents at the Centre of Project Execution

monday.com has rebuilt its platform around native AI agents that execute work autonomously. Here is what it means for project and task management buyers.

Marcus Law · 6 May 2026
Asana AI Teammates: Why Collaborative AI Is the Key to Scaling Productivity Across Entire Organisations
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Asana AI Teammates: Why Collaborative AI Is the Key to Scaling Productivity Across Entire Organisations

As AI copilots hit their limits, Victoria Chin, Senior Director of Product Strategy for AI at Asana, explains how Asana AI Teammates promise to move the needle where it matters most

Marcus Law · 29 Apr 2026
Why Project Management Tools Fail Without Enterprise Adoption Strategies
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Why Project Management Tools Fail Without Enterprise Adoption Strategies

Project tools fail without adoption. Learn rollout, governance, and automation tactics that embed workflows into daily enterprise work.

Thomas Walker · 28 Apr 2026
Will AI Agents Break the Project Management Software Model?
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Will AI Agents Break the Project Management Software Model?

As the SaaSPocalypse wipes $285 billion from SaaS valuations, we examine whether project management software vendors can survive.

Thomas Walker · 27 Apr 2026
Adobe Workfront Makes AI an Assignable Project Resource
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Adobe Workfront Makes AI an Assignable Project Resource

Adobe Summit 2026 revealed how project managers can now add Workfront AI agents to project plans as assignable resources to automate setup and approvals

Marcus Law · 23 Apr 2026
Coordination Tax: The Hidden Cost That's Draining Enterprise Productivity
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Coordination Tax: The Hidden Cost That's Draining Enterprise Productivity

The coordination tax is quietly draining enterprise productivity. Discover how AI work management can help your company.

Thomas Walker · 22 Apr 2026
World Creativity and Innovation Day 2026: Why AI Project Management Is Redefining Enterprise Execution
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World Creativity and Innovation Day 2026: Why AI Project Management Is Redefining Enterprise Execution

World Creativity and Innovation Day 2026: How AI project management tools are automating planning and transforming enterprise delivery.

Thomas Walker · 21 Apr 2026
How to Fix Project Management Failures Before They Derail Enterprise Workflows
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How to Fix Project Management Failures Before They Derail Enterprise Workflows

Stop project tools from failing. Use governance, workflow standards, and integration steps that make enterprise adoption stick.

Thomas Walker · 21 Apr 2026
Dropbox Brings Files, Enterprise Search and Calendar Scheduling Into ChatGPT
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Dropbox Brings Files, Enterprise Search and Calendar Scheduling Into ChatGPT

Dropbox has launched three apps inside ChatGPT covering file access, enterprise search via Dash, and AI calendar scheduling via Reclaim

Marcus Law · 21 Apr 2026
AI Project Management Is Changing What “Priority” Means
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AI Project Management Is Changing What “Priority” Means

AI project management is changing prioritization. Learn how AI copilots and workflow automation reduce bottlenecks and improve delivery.

Thomas Walker · 14 Apr 2026
How Governance Fixes Enterprise Work Management Failures
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How Governance Fixes Enterprise Work Management Failures

Work management governance is the key to making sure your workplace actually thrives in today's era. Here's how to get it right.

Rebekah Carter · 14 Apr 2026
Monday.com’s Shift Away From SMBs Signals a SaaS Industry Realignment
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Monday.com’s Shift Away From SMBs Signals a SaaS Industry Realignment

Monday.com is shifting away from SMBs toward enterprise clients. Discover what this means for SaaS pricing, and AI investment.

Thomas Walker · 13 Apr 2026
Jira "Projects" Are Now "Spaces." Atlassian Says It's Clarity. Users Aren't So Sure.
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Jira "Projects" Are Now "Spaces." Atlassian Says It's Clarity. Users Aren't So Sure.

Atlassian has renamed Jira "Projects" to "Spaces" and "Issues" to "Work." The platform change is automatic, but the enterprise impact isn't.

Marcus Law · 9 Apr 2026
The Great Microsoft Project Migration and Why The April 2026 Deadline Changes Everything
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The Great Microsoft Project Migration and Why The April 2026 Deadline Changes Everything

April’s Microsoft Project Online deadline matters because legacy SharePoint workflows and reporting APIs are breaking, pushing buyers to Planner Premium, Smarts

Marcus Law · 3 Apr 2026
Project vs Task Management Tools Explained: Key Differences, Use Cases & Common Mistakes
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Project vs Task Management Tools Explained: Key Differences, Use Cases & Common Mistakes

Most teams use the wrong tools for the job. Learn the difference between project and task management tools - and how to choose the right one.

Thomas Walker · 31 Mar 2026
What Do Project Management Tools Do? Benefits & Enterprise Use Cases Explained
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What Do Project Management Tools Do? Benefits & Enterprise Use Cases Explained

Learn how project and task management tools improve visibility, reduce costs, and drive ROI with workflow automation and AI.

Thomas Walker · 31 Mar 2026
Choosing Project Management Software - The Enterprise Evaluation Checklist Most Teams Miss
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Choosing Project Management Software - The Enterprise Evaluation Checklist Most Teams Miss

The ultimate project & task management tool checklist to evaluate integrations, automation, governance, reporting, and scalability.

Thomas Walker · 31 Mar 2026
Why Most Project Management Tool Rollouts Fail (And How to Fix Adoption in 2026)
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Why Most Project Management Tool Rollouts Fail (And How to Fix Adoption in 2026)

Learn how to successfully adopt project management tools with proven strategies for rollout, governance, integrations, and measurable ROI.

Thomas Walker · 31 Mar 2026
How 'Hybrid Creep' is Forcing Asana, Jira and Microsoft to Reinvent Project Management
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How 'Hybrid Creep' is Forcing Asana, Jira and Microsoft to Reinvent Project Management

As hybrid creep brings staff back to the office, enterprise project management tools like Asana and Jira are using AI to capture physical workplace decisions.

Marcus Law · 31 Mar 2026
Project & Task Management Tools Explained: Why Your Workflow Is Falling Behind
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Project & Task Management Tools Explained: Why Your Workflow Is Falling Behind

The best project and task management tools, hybrid task and project management platforms, and how they support asynchronous collaboration.

Thomas Walker · 26 Mar 2026
monday.com Opens Its Platform to AI Agents: Here's What That Means for Project Teams
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monday.com Opens Its Platform to AI Agents: Here's What That Means for Project Teams

monday.com has built dedicated infrastructure for AI agents to sign up, access project data, and execute work alongside human teams

Marcus Law · 11 Mar 2026
Asana Posts 9% Revenue Growth, But Is Its AI Project Management Platform the Real Story?
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Asana Posts 9% Revenue Growth, But Is Its AI Project Management Platform the Real Story?

Asana Q4 FY2026 earnings show 9% revenue growth and improving margins — but the bigger story is the AI project management platform it's building for the enterprise.

Marcus Law · 3 Mar 2026
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The enterprise communications industry's annual reckoning. Vendor claims meet buyer questions in the same room; our favorite week of the year.