The Struggles of a Collaborative Effort

Claire.ai
Claire.ai
Aug 8, 2017 · 3 min read

If teamwork shows us anything, it is that you really are as strong as your weakest link.

Whether you’re placed in a group of laggards, overachievers or anywhere in-between , the beauty of working in a team is the onus is spread. Every individual works towards a desired goal and each of these ‘valued individuals’ do eventually deliver…

However, getting from 0 to 1 is not easy. Everyone has to be on the same page, and this often requires constant follow ups and an unusual amount of explanation due to miscommunication. To a busy individual, these actions tend to be redundant, but necessary in order to derive the final output. There are numerous applications that are built to rectify these sorts of problems. Team chats, video conferences, synchronised calendars and dozen other features. As efficient as these attributes are at facilitating, they lack a certain degree of intelligence… Intelligence that would make it unparagoned.

Nudges that are proactive to keep productivity higher

That is why Claire.ai is built around your ecosystem. It creates the scenario for optimal progress by not only delivering a system to gauge progress, but by using intuition to initiate a move from just coordination to collaboration. That means, it is moving from an informative structure to an interactive structure. The requirement to continuously follow up with those team members is now a thing of the past. The reason we’ve implemented a nudging feature for internal follow ups is because it is effective, sort of like a notification you get when you receive a message. You can quickly reply and continue on about your tasks. In addition to effectively informing each collaborator about the progress made, it also allows them to interact with each individual directly to better co-act on tasks.

Having worked with numerous freelancers and teams on projects, this particular feature removes the need for individuals to personally ask for updates. Instead it is now simultaneously executed to ensure the individual’s attention is not divided whenever possible.

Database management as the endpoint, whilst structure, indices & keys are the subtasks.

We also understand that people do not have the time to explain the progress verbally. But what if you could represent the information visually and in real time, with a series of simple meters that allow users to efficiently communicate progress quickly? This is done by allocating checkpoints to tasks. Some tasks have subtasks within, that collectively establish an endpoint. Why spend all that time having to follow up and ask for progress? If you have a team of 3 or more people, it can be quite tedious! Instead just “nudge” your team to show the progress. Quick and simple.

Taken from Mckinsey & Company

We use more and more communication platforms today because our work is centred around the the free flow of information. However, there are various studies and white papers stating that around 59% of employees face difficulty with collaboration tools in addition to sources that claim that 86% of the workforce finds miscommunication and ineffective collaborative efforts cause failure in the workplace. What Mckinsey states is that, “By using social technologies, companies can raise the productivity of knowledge workers by 20 to 25 percent.” While there are numerous factors in a collaborative effort that are not static, why not control the ones that are?

Claire.ai has created a platform where all this information communicated can be utilised to provide a holistic presentation of progress from beginning to end. What makes this application team centric is that there are flexible parameters that allow teams to effectively gauge their engagement, based on the priority set to successfully complete the task in due time. Follow up calls and emails will be a conundrum of the past because of a proactive nudging system, to aide progress rather than digress from objectives.

Not just another collaborative application but a platform that meets execution.

If you believe that collaboration is an integral drop us a message on Medium, Facebook, Twitter & Snapchat (Claire.ai).

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