If you’ve ever worked for company that’s very “meeting-driven”, you’ll appreciate the frustration of spending endless hours in, more often than not, pointless discussion.
Yes, meetings are an essential part of any enterprise but if some of the discussion meanders without ending up in any result, then it’s time to act.
This is exactly what happened at the HTEC Group Inc, a global software development company headquartered in San Francisco, USA. With offices in Serbia, Scandinavia, & the UK, HTEC was growing exponentially & its remote working environment made it difficult to collaborate & coordinate effectively.
The team there tried to use some available tools & platforms for collaboration, but found them ineffective. As a result HTEC developed a communication platform that would allow remote teams to focus on conclusion-driven discussion & effectively store & distribute the results within their organization.
9mCollab was born out of this effort & proved so effective that the developers believed many other organizations could benefit from its non-linear, conclusion-based framework.
One of the key concepts 9mCollab uses to separate itself in the crowded communication tool environment is what it calls “non-linear discussion”. This is a topic-based communication tool that clearly defines issues, using a branch-based thread system, which allows users to “see” at a glance all replies & decisions. If a new issue is proposed that might be off-topic, users must define it as such.
9mCollab’s developers believe employing this method eliminates “noise”, offering users the opportunity to get to the core of the discussion & draw “meaningful” conclusions, rather than expend their efforts circling the matter without result.
Another salient feature of 9mCollab’s software is their feedback tool, which allows users to view decisions & react to them for all participants to review. Eliminating noise is, obviously, one of the best methods to use if conclusions must be reached quickly, & 9mCollab’s tools encourage users to only invite team members with the requisite skills associated to the problem on hand.
During this difficult time, under threat from the coronavirus pandemic, 9mCollab is offering all tools free of charge for new users. The offer includes access to their support team & full training. So, there’s no better time than now to revitalize your team’s collaboration structure & give 9mCollab a trial run.
Image credit: HTEC
