The Creativity & Productivity Blog
The Creativity & Productivity Blog
It’s been eleven years since Till and I founded MeisterLabs and since launching, we’ve come up against our fair share of hurdles. Fortunately, we’ve weathered each storm and at every plateau discovered new ways to breathe life into the business and our approach […]
Read article "4 Challenges Every Growing SaaS Business Will Face"
When you spot an exciting job opportunity, it’s only natural to feel a little anxious about what the recruitment process might involve. However, at MeisterLabs we believe that hiring processes should never be scary. They should be a reciprocal exercise into judging […]
Read article "How We Hire: 3 Interview Approaches for Sourcing a Great Team"
2017 has been a rollercoaster for many of us. However, hearing from teams around the world who are using MindMeister and MeisterTask to achieve inspiring things has been a high point for us here at MeisterLabs. So, whether you’re counting down the […]
Read article "MeisterLabs Community Round-Up: 5 Inspiring Team Workflows"
Sometimes less is simply less – at least when it comes to work environments. While the ‘lean enterprise’ approach has optimized manufacturing processes in companies for decades, some firms have taken it a step too far by adopting the ‘lean’ philosophy in […]
Slack is a great productivity tool but when you’re part of a decent-sized team, it can feel like you’re constantly trying to catch up. It’s a bit like a never-ending mission to reach inbox zero but instead of emails, it’s a notification […]
At MeisterLabs, we did our first usability test last year on our mind mapping product, MindMeister. As a team that focuses on designing attractive and easy-to-use software, the test was an eye-opening experience. It forced us to think long and hard about […]
Read article "Slave to the Ribbon: 4 Tough Questions in Software Design"
Your team can say goodbye to manual updates and hello to supercharged team productivity, with MeisterTask and new Zapier for Teams. Following the latest release from app automation platform Zapier, it’s now easier than ever to set up powerful workflow automations with […]
Read article "Boost Team Productivity with MeisterTask & Zapier for Teams"
Developing a product that’s valued by your customer is pretty much the bread and butter of Agile project management. To achieve this, you need to be sharing project progression and prototypes with your stakeholders (and end-users, if separate) at every iteration of your project.
Read article "An Agile Guide to Integrating Customer Feedback"
In terms of People Management, we have quite a big challenge ahead of us at MeisterLabs. For starters, we have the ambitious aim of growing our workforce from 30 to 50 employees within the next four months. Plus, we’re not just looking […]
Read article "Let’s Grow: 4 Steps for Successful Employee Development"
When launching a new software project, the chances are it’s been proposed for one of two reasons: either your stakeholder has a groundbreaking idea that they feel will bring unique value to users, or they have a pain-point that they need help […]
Read article "Staying Agile: 5 Best Practices in Software Project Management"
