Learn how teams are using SoWork to save time, build culture, and drive revenue.
Rocket Takeoffs helps realtors, engineers and contractors launch their construction projects. Their team is fully remote, spread across North America. Rocket loved the benefits of being remote, but something wasn’t working. They faced challenges with collaboration, communication, and maintaining a cohesive team culture. Productivity levels were inconsistent, despite teammates being talented. The quality of work suffered, and goals weren’t being achieved.
June 7, 2024
"Distributed and completely disconnected from each other” is how Alice Ferng, Director of Innovation & Technology at Microsoft, used to describe her team. Spread out across 4 countries and 5 timezones, teammates were isolated from each other day-to-day. Employees struggled with feelings of isolation and disconnection. Despite regular video calls and collaborative tools, something was missing.
September 20, 2023
Navigating efficiency challenges and staying connected hasn’t been easy for Guy Labaki and his team. Guy is an analyst at BY Venture Partners - a company that’s distributed across four different countries and multiple time zones. BY tried the usual meeting tools like Zoom and Microsoft Teams, but something was missing. Guy would send out meeting invites and spend a lot of time waiting, and then have to follow up, ultimately derailing productivity. It’s a very familiar story to most of us.
September 29, 2023
With a staff that’s dispersed throughout the United States, Europe, and South America, increasing efficiency has been a big focus for Founder/CEO Christoper Savage. Savage Global Marketing (SGM) is a digital marketing, design, and creative agency. They noticed that their company goals and business metrics were struggling, and - their team was feeling more disconnected than ever.
September 11, 2023
NetEase is a rapidly growing game development company. They have a distributed team working remotely across North America, spanning four time zones. Nate LaMartina, the Technical Art Director at their North American ADC, started to realize that his team wasn’t feeling like a cohesive unit. His team members felt disconnected and isolated. Collaboration suffered and the company's earnings potential went down. Nate and his team used practically every kind of communication software. Some people used Slack, others used Teams or Zoom, and some also tried the chat program made by NetEase. They talked through more formal channels, resulting in missed opportunities for spontaneous collaboration.
November 3, 2024
Pencil 9 is a software development and consulting company that works in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry. They are a small team of 5 people that are distributed globally, with teammates in Atlanta, Denver, and London. Here’s how Tim Reckseen, the cofounder of Pencil 9, tackled team connection and efficiency challenges while saving on costs.
May 8, 2024
