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Digital collaboration

20 top strategic planning tools and frameworks [templates & examples]

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Visual thinking

How to make a digital vision board: A complete guide

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Digital collaboration

5 ways visual task management benefits your team

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Digital collaboration

11 top tips for facilitating strategic planning sessions

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Digital collaboration

Why workplace flexibility is the name of the game

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Customer stories

Customer story: How AI will impact (and empower) collaboration at scale

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Digital collaboration

Meetings shouldn’t be monologues

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Digital collaboration

Teamwork 2024 Report: This isn't working

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Design thinking

The 5 steps of the strategic planning process

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Digital collaboration

Collaborative leadership: What it is and why it works so well for distributed teams

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Trust your people — you hired them for a reason

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5 practical tips to build rapport with your team members

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Nice silo — now, how do we get out?

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Visual thinking

5 effective strategic planning models for your business

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Our latest releases: January, 2024

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Tactical vs. strategic planning: Why you need both

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Digital collaboration

Virtual strategic planning: How to plan and run successful meetings

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6 strategic planning activities for your organization

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How to run an impactful team offsite — the Mural way

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Digital collaboration

What is process documentation (and how can it help your team?)

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10 templates to set your team up for success in 2024

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Digital collaboration

How to succeed at team planning: 6 best practices

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Digital collaboration

Let’s rethink how to measure productivity

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7 tips for providing constructive feedback to your team

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3 fun holiday icebreaker templates to kickstart your team meetings

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Digital collaboration

End-of-year retrospectives: better projects for the new year

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Digital collaboration

Understanding team effectiveness: Mural’s guide for managers and team leaders

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How to build company culture: Definitions, examples, and next steps

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Digital collaboration

What is brainstorming? Definition, guide, and methods

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Digital collaboration

3 strategies to solve for common meeting problems

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3 Thanksgiving Day templates to break the ice with your team

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Digital collaboration

4 steps to build better virtual meetings

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Take teamwork to new heights with Mural and AI

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Where does our basic notion of a workday come from?

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How to improve remote meetings with your team

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When to hold in-person meetings with your team

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Digital collaboration

4 virtual activities for celebrating Halloween with your team

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Meeting goals: 5 steps for setting up meetings that matter

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Sprint planning: How to ace your sprint planning meeting

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Digital collaboration

Why team building is important for exceptional teamwork

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Digital collaboration

10 best practices for running better remote workshops

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A complete guide to running hybrid meetings

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Digital collaboration

6 essential steps for building an async-first culture

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Digital collaboration

How to improve teamwork in your workplace: 5 easy tips

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Digital collaboration

Hybrid work styles: the new common sense

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6 best practices for managing distributed teams

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Digital collaboration

How to set effective team goals (with examples)

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Our latest releases: September, 2023

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Digital collaboration

Why hybrid collaboration is harder than you think

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Digital collaboration

Make the most of async meetings: 5 tips and tricks

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Digital collaboration

6 tips to improve onboarding for new employees

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How to decide on the perfect meeting cadence

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Digital collaboration

Virtual brainstorming: 7 tips for better remote ideation

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Design thinking

How to create a stakeholder map [templates & examples]

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Digital collaboration

What you need to ace the all-hands meeting

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Digital collaboration

Where work is going: challenging the status quo

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Digital collaboration

How to use the rapid ideation technique for brainstorming

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Digital collaboration

5 ways to improve weekly meetings with your team

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Design thinking

How to create a team working agreement

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How to get started with the stepladder technique

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Customer stories

How Mural supports Agile, from learning to development

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Digital collaboration

Designing a hybrid work culture that will last

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Visual thinking

What is a mind map? Tips, examples, and templates

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Digital collaboration

To reimagine teamwork, reframe it as co-creation

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Visual thinking

How to run a starbursting exercise for your next brainstorm

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Digital collaboration

Welcome to Mural: how to get your team started

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Design thinking

A complete guide to the design thinking process

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Digital collaboration

How to lead better team huddle meetings

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Digital collaboration

Customer success in 3 minutes or less: delivering value & powering innovation

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Design thinking

How to run a sprint review meeting [+ templates]

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How to use reverse brainstorming with your team

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Hybrid vs remote: which working model is the right choice?

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Design thinking

Fixing bad meetings isn’t enough: it’s time to reimagine them

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Digital collaboration

Structured brainstorming: a guide to intentional ideation

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Digital collaboration

How to use the brain-netting method for better brainstorms

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Digital collaboration

How to avoid groupthink in teams: 5 tips for better teamwork

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Digital collaboration

25 fun icebreakers for virtual meetings

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Imagination work

What is brainwriting? Methods, instructions, & templates

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Digital collaboration

How to use the rolestorming brainstorming method

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Our latest releases: August, 2023

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Digital collaboration

How to improve knowledge sharing among teams

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7 Tips to Take More Effective Meeting Notes

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Digital collaboration

How to create better action items to follow up on

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Digital collaboration

8 best practices for successful asynchronous brainstorming

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Visual thinking

Visual collaboration: What it is & how to get started

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Visual thinking

Round robin brainstorming 101: guide, tips, and best practices

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Why you need ground rules for meetings (with examples)

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How to design better stakeholder engagement plans

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Design thinking

Prototyping: a guide to the 4th stage of design thinking

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Digital collaboration

Group decision-making: 9 frameworks for success

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Design thinking

Human centered design vs. Design thinking: an overview

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How to run better design sprints with your team

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What is agile in project management?

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How to understand your clients' needs and challenges

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Digital collaboration

How to Create Better Team Charters (Free Template)

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Shaping how we work: 6 digital transformation trends to watch

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Design thinking

A guide to problem framing: best practices & templates

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Design thinking

4 examples of human-centered design to inspire your team

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How to build trust with stakeholders for better outcomes