Improve Productivity with Birdie

A team working on a crucial project for one of the company’s major clients faced several challenges when they transitioned to a completely remote way of working. This transition resulted in a lot of time being spent on constant follow-up calls, thus affecting the team’s collective productivity and in some cases miscommunication. With the introduction of Birdie – a virtual assistant available on Slack, Teams and Google Chat the team was able to see productivity improvements within just two weeks of deployment.

Organizations that have teams working remotely are faced with the daily task of team meetings. While it is arguably one of the critical aspects of working together, it has its downside for being long and repetitive while yielding underproductive results. Often called “metalwork” a term that is now recognized across industries, it is a necessary evil that is required.

Some argue that the emergence of Collaboration tools has eliminated the need for constant stand-up calls. Apps like Slack and Teams have a proven record of improving the productivity of teams across industries.

However, the need to track progress and an organized platform to manage inter-team dependencies are still at large.

Do we have an answer?

The growth of Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Assistants seem to be the light at the end of the tunnel. For organizations handling multiple teams across continents and for team members who are heavily reliant on their to-do lists and email correspondence, Virtual Assistants can be the solution. Intuitive and user-friendly, could these cloud-based assistants mean the end of ritualistic morning catch-up calls?