I dread offboarding. I don’t know any manager that enjoys this process. Sure, sometimes the employee moves on to bigger and better opportunities. I’m thrilled for them but it is very bittersweet. I always hate seeing them go. Or the employee is being forced out. No matter the circumstances, it’s always heart-wrenching. I’ve found that… (more) The 8 Step-by-step Process for Offboarding Employees Gracefully

When Bret Taylor and Kevin Gibbs founded collaborative document-editing platform Quip in 2013, they didn’t just want to build a better word processor. They wanted to redefine the entire concept of online documents and how people worked together. Quip has grown rapidly since being founded six years ago. Quip is a strong product with a… (more) Quip: The Social Word Processor the World Didn’t Even Know It Needed

Legendary investor, programmer, and Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham once wrote that one of the best ways to come up with ideas for your next startup is to ask what product you wish someone else would make for you. For Stepan Pachikov, founder of Evernote, that product was a way to help him remember things.… (more) Ahead of Its Time, Behind the Curve: Why Evernote Failed to Realize Its Potential

Whenever I’ve started a new job in the past, I’ve had one all-consuming fear. “I don’t want to look stupid.” I never tell anyone this. But it’s absolutely true. Am I reaching out to the right person? Is this project done the right way? Am I prioritizing the right things? I’m hesitant to complete even… (more) The Onboarding Secret that Your New Employees Aren’t Telling You

We decided to find out how people feel about the most popular document apps by surveying 249 people to calculate Net Promoter Score® (NPS) of 9 popular apps. Net Promoter Score is one the best indicators of customer satisfaction. That’s because they allow you to quickly understand how people feel about a product, plus exactly… (more) Why are the Net Promoter Scores of Document Apps so Low?

Companies are eager to deploy generative AI assistants like Google Gemini and Microsoft Copilot, but security professionals have concerns. Privacy issues, manipulation by threat actors, and exposure of sensitive data are all risks organizations must be aware of when using these tools.  The time savings and economic gains of AI chatbots are enticing. Gemini and… (more) Security Risks from Deploying Generative AI: Google Gemini vs. Microsoft Copilot

As information security risks increase, so do the rising pressures felt by IT and Security leaders. Despite solutions and teams tasked with addressing these threats, a lack of bandwidth is placing immense stress on organizations of all sizes.  Nira utilized Gartner Peer Insights to sample 500 IT decision-makers and understand their perspective on information security… (more) The State of Information Security: Tools, Budgets, and Bandwidth

Access Management has become a critical issue for IT and Security leaders, as they are tasked with safeguarding millions and even upwards of billions of sensitive assets. With an increasing number of cyber threats and data breaches, IT and Security teams must maintain control over who has access to what valuable information, and must understand… (more) The State of IT Access Management

Zero Trust is the idea of blanket skepticism regarding network access—even from internal users—requiring verification at all entry points and never assuming access privileges. But while Zero Trust is gaining significant momentum as a strategic ideal, rearchitecting the network to achieve Zero Trust is not so straightforward.  As more companies adapt to distributed work and… (more) The State of Zero Trust Strategy Adoption