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Get the latest trends in project management, team collaboration, data visualization and more. Here we share our knowledge, best advice, how-tos, research, insights, and more - all with the aim of helping you boost team results.

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A Beginner’s Guide to BI Software: Features, Benefits & Use Cases 

BI platforms are only useful if they help your team act, not just analyze. Traditional tools focus on dashboards and reporting, but modern organizations need real-time visibility, accessible insight, and immediate alignment across teams. The most effective BI tools now live inside the work, not alongside it. They eliminate delays, reduce manual effort, and surface what matters while there’s still time to respond. The difference is not just in features. It’s in outcomes that impact daily execution and long-term growth.

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Operational Analytics for Marketing Teams: Connecting Work and Data in Real Time

Marketing teams need current insight to guide daily decisions, yet scattered tools and slow reporting make this hard to achieve. Operational analytics solves this by showing work and performance in one place, giving teams a live view of pacing, spending, workload, and channel changes. Automatic updates replace manual reporting, which speeds up reactions and improves accuracy. AI and Natural Language data search help teams find answers faster and reduce the effort required for analysis. Slingshot enables this approach with a unified workspace that matches the speed and complexity of modern marketing work.

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What is Workflow Management and How to Master It

You might not realize it, but you are currently in a workflow. Workflows are what each of us is doing - getting stuff done in a process that has a beginning, a middle, and an end. But workflow management is so much more than that. Making work efficient, and allocating resources properly, while always keeping in mind the end goal that gets you to the result. It doesn’t sound so easy, but what if it could be?