Digital Transformation
The high cost of knowledge hiding in teams
In many organizations, knowledge is power. But for some employees, power comes in hiding their knowledge rather than sharing it. This phenomenon is known as knowledge hiding, and it's more common than you might think. In this article, we'll explore what knowledge hiding is, why it happens, and the impact it can have on employees and businesses.
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Digital Transformation
5 ways to set your software transition plan up for success
There are two types of people in this world: the ones who embrace change, and the ones who run from it. Our team at Kintone loves you either way, but if you’re someone who identifies with the latter, we’re here to help you trade in your running shoes for a nice cozy pair of slippers.
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Workplace Productivity
What sets no-code platforms apart from other software?
No-code platforms have exploded in popularity in the last few years, with even big-name players like Microsoft and Walmart getting in on the pie. According to Gartner, no-code is expected to account for more than 65% of application development by 2024.
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Workplace Productivity
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How To Tackle 2023 Business Trends Using No-Code Software
2022 is coming to a close, and in addition to wrapping holiday presents, we’re going to guess that you’re also wrapping up a few last minute projects and preparing for the year ahead. But before you finalize your projects and finish building your business strategies for the new year, we want to make sure you’re in the know when it comes to 2023 trends – and no, we’re not talking about the reemergence of low-rise jeans.
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The high cost of knowledge hiding in teams
In many organizations, knowledge is power. But for some employees, power comes in hiding their knowledge rather than sharing it. This phenomenon is known as knowledge hiding, and it's more common than...
What Domino’s Pizza Can Teach Us About Workflows
If you’ve ever ordered a Domino’s pizza online, you’re probably familiar with their tracking system. In the early 2010s, Domino’s released a tracker for online orders that provides real-time updates a...
7 things any good workflow management tool needs to be effective
It’s fairly astounding how much time people spend on their emails. In fact, people in the workplace spend an average of a whopping three hours a day on emails (which adds up to 20 weeks and five month...
Common pitfalls when evaluating no-code software tools
It's easy to get excited about no-code software tools, especially when you're trying to find ways to streamline business processes and workflows. No-code software tools promise a faster, more efficien...
5 things to look for in your project management tool
With new project management tools cropping up all the time, it can be tough to narrow them down and figure out which is the right one for you and your team. The right tool will help simplify your proj...
Are spreadsheets cutting into your productivity?
We owe a lot to the spreadsheet. Since Excel’s release in 1985, spreadsheets have gone on to dominate the business world, with roughly 750 million to 1.2 billion monthly users around the globe.
5 ways to set your software transition plan up for success
There are two types of people in this world: the ones who embrace change, and the ones who run from it. Our team at Kintone loves you either way, but if you’re someone who identifies with the latter, ...
5 crazy ways people are using spreadsheets (for better & for worse)
Forget budgeting or project management–people are taking Excel, Google Sheets, and other spreadsheet software to a whole new level. We’re talking marriage proposals, college degree hacking, and more. ...
6 Digital Transformation Conferences To Attend in 2023
When it comes to conferences, your geographic location is no longer a limitation. While in the past you might have been limited to conferences in your metro, now you can attend a virtual conference in...
6 steps to redesign a broken business process
There is something so satisfying about fixing something that is broken. No matter your level of technical prowess or how complex the “something” is, it just feels good to fix things.
What sets no-code platforms apart from other software?
No-code platforms have exploded in popularity in the last few years, with even big-name players like Microsoft and Walmart getting in on the pie. According to Gartner, no-code is expected to account f...
How To Tackle 2023 Business Trends Using No-Code Software
2022 is coming to a close, and in addition to wrapping holiday presents, we’re going to guess that you’re also wrapping up a few last minute projects and preparing for the year ahead. But before you f...
2022 Blog Round-Up: Our Top 10 Most Popular Articles of the Year
Before we say goodbye to 2022, here’s a quick look back at some of our most popular blog posts from the past year. We’ve covered quite a few topics, ranging from project management best practices and ...
Why Businesses Continue to Use Excel Despite its Shortcomings
We may not be dating experts here at Kintone, but we know a terrible relationship when we see one: it’s comfortable but a bit stagnant, has quite a few downfalls, and is constantly justified because i...
Business Process Mapping: What It Is, Why It Matters & How to Use It
Did you know that 90% of the information transmitted to our brains is visual, and that visuals are processed 60,000 times faster than text?
What’s the difference between SaaS / IaaS / PaaS / aPaaS / HpaPaaS?
The growth of internet services over the last 20 years has introduced a new set of acronyms to describe different solutions, acronyms like SaaS/IaaS/PaaS/aPaaS/HpaPaaS. These acronyms can be a little ...
How Consolidating Software Subscriptions Can Cut Costs During a Recession
Hey Siri, are we in a recession?
5 Business Processes You Can Run Better Without Excel Spreadsheets
You've probably heard it before, but studies have found that 88% of spreadsheets contain errors—an alarming statistic considering data is at the core of most business operations.
No-code is the future of software development, but is it secure?
It’s no secret that no-code/low-code platforms are quickly becoming the future of software development.
How No-Code Platforms Are Filling the Developer Gap
In case you haven’t heard, there’s an ongoing and growing shortage of software developers in the United States, and even worldwide. Currently, the U.S. Department of Labor estimates that around 40 mil...
3 Ways No-Code Platforms Help Startups Manage Software Costs
What if we told you that your company could save time and better manage projects while also cutting software costs? If your first thought is “well, yeah, that’s the dream but obviously not possible,” ...
Why a Good Database is Essential to Improving Our World
Now that you’ve read the title of this article, you’re probably thinking to yourself “Seriously? Out of everything the world needs right now, a database is your first choice?” – but hear us out.
What We Can Learn From the Top 5 Project Management Fails of the 20th Century
Did you know that only 2.5% of companies successfully complete 100% of their projects?
3 Ways Spreadsheets Get in the Way of Your Projects
Let’s talk about spreadsheets: the business world’s favorite tool used for project management, data tracking, accounting, and more.
‘A World Without Email’: Escaping the Workplace Monster of Our Making
For decades, email has been the chief instrument by which most of the business world communicates. Since becoming widely available back in the early nineties, email communications have steadily increa...
What Are No-Code Platforms and Why Are They So Popular?
So you’re getting ready to kick off a new and exciting project, but the actual management piece of it isn’t quite as new or exciting. Trust us, we’ve been there–your project management process involve...
The Top Three Worst Mistakes Project Managers Make
“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
The Challenges of Having Too Much Business Software
So. Much. Business Software. By any measure, we're living in an increasingly software-defined world. We live, work, and play inside applications, and they take seem to consume more of our time and att...
Why Workflows Matter More Than Ever for Successful Remote Work
When the pandemic forced many people to work remotely for the first time in their lives, no one really knew how this change would be embraced. Two years later there’s much more clarity–turns out peopl...
Project Management Pitfalls & How to Avoid Them
Any undertaking—big or small—runs the risk of failing. And a poorly planned project is doomed to meet the same fate as Ross’s couch on the show Friends.
How to Go Paperless: A Step-By-Step Guide
In the 1960s, people were fascinated by the idea that someday paper might be replaced by computers. Fast forward 50 years, and now people wonder why paper is still hanging around in the digital-first ...
Is Workflow Management Your Team’s Secret to Success?
Imagine this: you’re a manager at a bustling startup, it’s 5:00 p.m. on a Friday, and you’re ready to head home for the day—but you still need to check your email to make sure the expense report has b...
The Number One Way to Improve Your Team Communication
Does your team have good communication? It’s a question you should ask often—and don’t dismiss any problems if the answer isn’t “absolutely.” Why? If you do, it will likely cost you.
5 Ways Centralizing Your Workflow Can Transform Your Workday
There’s a sense of comfort that comes with a good routine—knowing where to go and what to do can provide a sense of security and confidence. But how can you tell when your work routine is not doing yo...
[Infographic] Are You Using Too Many Software Tools?
It’s a busy Monday that’s speeding along—and it’s looking like getting to a new, exciting project isn’t going to happen today. Frustrated, you stop and think for a minute about all the ways smaller ta...
Survey Results: 2000 Employees Respond to Remote Work
When it comes to remote work, it’s not terribly hard to see some of the reasons why employees might prefer it to the office (no commute, more autonomy), but some of the results to come out of this sur...
Americans' Number One Workplace Attribute Is a Flexible Work-From-Home Policy, New Research Shows
American employees say that the number one workplace feature they’ll be searching for post-COVID is the ability to work remotely when they please.
The Hidden and Overt Costs of Email
As email has matured into the standard tool for modern professional communications, its shortcomings have made themselves much more apparent. In response, much more scrutiny has been placed upon the m...
5 Highlights From Our Transformation Talks: Remote Work In A Post-Pandemic World
If you missed our most recent Transformation Talks: Remote Work in a Post-Pandemic World, check out our top five highlights below and be sure to watch the webinar recording here.
3 Things Ruining Your Team's Collaboration
The world is awash in team collaboration tools of every kind—video conferencing software, project management apps, email clients, and chat apps are just a few of the categories that collaboration tool...
[Infographic] Are You Falling for These Project Management Pitfalls?
Did you know that only 2.5% of companies successfully complete 100% of their projects? If your team doesn't have standardized project management practices to keep things flowing smoothly, you're setti...
10 Statistics on Organizational Change to Help Your Initiative Succeed
Many organizations are making moves to implement changes to the way they work. Everything from work policies to organizational structures, and all of the systems and tools in between are being conside...
Why Email Is Making You Miserable
Does your heart sink every time you get an email notification? Are you full of dread every time you open up your inbox? When someone asks you what you’re doing, is “answering emails” a regular reply o...
9 Digital Transformation Statistics You Don’t Want to Ignore
If your team’s processes and software have changed in light of the pandemic, you’re certainly not alone. The scramble to go remote has left many companies patching together various new tools and scrap...
5 Signs Your Data Management Setup is Failing You
Data management systems are absolutely critical to any company’s long-term health and viability. If you’re working with multiple spreadsheets, manually entering data into cells, or storing your data o...
What Is A Database? And What Is It Not?
If you search the web for "Database," the only non-technical result that pops up is a Wikipedia entry that reads, "A database is an organized collection of data, generally stored and accessed electron...
Why Excel Is A Terrible Database For Your Business
Repeat after me: Excel is not a database. I’m sorry to deliver the news like this. I know it may be a tough pill to swallow for some of you. Many folks in your department will likely argue that we’re ...
Quickbase vs. Airtable: What’s the Difference?
It feels like everyday there’s a new software tool on the market that’s touted to improve the way your team works. No-code/low-code database builders are a growing segment of the software industry, an...
To Build Your Own Software Or Not To Build?
To build or not to build? For any business looking to scale up, that is the question. When a company moves beyond the capacity of consumer software, choosing between enterprise-level point solutions a...
The Way You Use Business Apps Isn’t Sustainable
In the past twenty-five years or so since the first dotcom boom, the general approach to business software has largely been the same: more, more, more. Software has transformed the way we live—and it’...
[Part 2] How You'll Become a Software Programmer With No-Code Tools
In our last piece, we explored why software development is 1) becoming an increasingly important skill for all business professionals and 2) is easier to learn and master now with the development of n...
The Next Big Thing in Enterprise Software: Integrated Chat Tools
Even before the Covid-19 lockdowns, digital communication tools were gaining popularity in the workplace for keeping productivity humming along. What is the appeal for built-in chat tools versus a sta...
[Part 1] Why No-Code Will Make Us All Software Developers
No matter what industry you’re in, your job title, your specialization, or educational background, software is likely a fundamental part of your daily life. But getting your software to deliver better...
7 Ways No-Code Platforms Can Drastically Improve Your Workflows
With the introduction and proliferation of visual programming, the problem-solving capacity of custom-built software is now well within anyone’s reach.
7 Digital Transformation Conferences To Attend Virtually in 2021
One of the many things 2020 taught us, is that you can do anything and go anywhere virtually, from the comfort of your home.
Why Our Introverted Colleagues May Be Struggling More With Remote Work
Day #748,634,432 working from home, 8:15am: I have my usual morning coffee chat with my dog before I settle in at my desk to get to work. While he’s not the chattiest companion, like many extroverts o...
Can Drag-And-Drop Really Get You the Custom Software You Want?
Drag-and-drop interfaces aren’t new. But their usage has rapidly expanded since their original role of file manipulation and clipboard actions. Now, drag-and-drop interfaces are used to give the avera...
Why Projects Fail: Unreliable Estimates
Cost estimation, typically filled with uncertainty, can be one of the most tedious steps to get a project off the ground. But it's a job you don't want to skimp on. Unreliable estimates, whether for c...
What Are Data Silos and How Do They Affect Your Business?
Introduction If you have searched online for "what are data silos?" you'll notice a fair amount of articles about how bad data silos are. Some titles say something to the effect, "What is a data silo,...
No. 1 Impact on Your Culture? It’s Not the Pandemic.
This article was originally featured in HR Professional Magazine, Volume 10 Issue 9, pages 32-33.
Why A Better Remote Work Experience Demands Less Software, Not More
Now that we’re all working remote, we depend on our software and digital tools to stay connected. But for most of us, the move to 100% digital wasn’t strategic: it was reactive. We threw together what...
What Are Hybrid Jobs & How Can They Help Us Stay Relevant?
Creative Destroyer, The Industrial Revolution Job Engine Industrial revolution is not something you might think about often, but humans are living through their fourth industrial revolution (4IR) righ...
How to Create a Culture of Transparency & Openness at Your Organization
We've all worked at or know of organizations where transparency around operations, decisions and information is an exception—not a built-in expectation. But how your leadership communicates informatio...
How No Code/Low Code Unlocks Your Company's Problem Solving Potential
A Really Brief History of Software Development Thinking No code/low code software development is a straight forward technology. It grants the ability to produce applications through visual interfaces,...
Why the Future of Software Is “No-Code”
There’s no question that software has completely transformed nearly every aspect of our everyday lives—the evidence is there whether you’re hailing a Lyft to meet friends, bingeing a show on Netflix, ...
How to Improve Your Company Culture Through Conflict
In his 1986 book, Finite and Infinite Games, published scholar and former Director of Religious Studies for NYU James Carse argued that all engagements are either “finite” or “infinite” in nature. At ...
Why Shadow IT Exists and How To Use It To Your Company's Advantage
Have you a Shadowy Movement in Your Midst? There's a part of your business you've never seen—and likely don't know exists. It operates from the shadows, filling the gaps between company-approved appli...
Why Projects Fail: Lack of Accountability
We've covered how poor communication can kill a project, but unclear expectations and roles can cause just as many issues. Accountability starts with clearly defining project objectives and ensuring t...
This or That? What to Consider When Upgrading Your Business Software
Guess what? Even without a single developer on staff, your business is a software business. And before you disagree, think about the absolutely critical role it plays in how your people connect, colla...
Tackling the Challenges of Shadow IT with No-Code/Low-Code Solutions
When faced with rebuilding your outdated custom software solution from scratch or re-creating it via multiple existing SaaS solutions, it's no shock that many business experts choose the latter. SaaS ...
What Every Leader Can Learn from Netflix's High-Performing Company Culture
Managing talent within a company is no easy feat. Everyone thinks a bit differently, works a bit differently, has different skills and ambitions. Conflict is bound to happen, and as a leader, your dai...
5 Steps to Successful Change Management
When it comes to transformation, it's easy to focus solely on technology. Which makes sense: it’s exciting to dabble with new tech and imagine its impact on your current processes. But if change is an...
Purpose, Respect, Fairness: The 3 Ingredients for Happiness at Work
In this time of global crisis, work can seem more stressful and overwhelming than ever. Many of us are confronted with a new daily reality, whether it's having to work in isolation, being afraid for o...
Why Projects Fail: Why Weak Communication Kills Projects & How to Solve It
What’s behind weak communication You're probably already aware of the fact that poor communication is a notorious project killer. But good communication isn’t just about timeliness and tone; it’s abou...
What is Operations Management?
Operations management is a useful piece of business jargon you’ll see bandied about in presentations, your COO’s LinkedIn page, and the resume of everyone in your HR department. But what does it mean ...
6 of the Best Tech Conferences in 2020 for IT Professionals
It’s 2020—and with the new year comes a new opportunity to take your knowledge further and make an even bigger impact for your team. Attending IT and tech conferences is a great way to stay abreast of...
Is Coding a Required Skill in Our Increasingly Automated World?
When my friend leaves her house, she leaves her keys at home. For most of us, the thought of leaving our keys at home, even on purpose, makes us apprehensive. The process of searching for our keys in ...
Work From Anywhere: The Next Phase of Work From Home
In 2019, I spent 44 days in Asia, 30 of which were business days and 16 of which I worked.
Software Development Changed with New Solutions Like No Code Tools
We live and work in an increasingly software-led world. This means more and more businesses that don’t consider themselves software shops are, in fact, dependent on software to succeed. But changes in...
(Part 2) How to Say Goodbye to Email Overwhelm: A 7-Day Plan
We think email is the worst. If you want to know why, take a look at part one of this blog post series here. In a nutshell, email has become the junk drawer of our workflow (with important files burie...
(Part 1) How to Say Goodbye to Email Overwhelm
You open your email inbox. That red notification icon steadily ticks upwards. You go in and take care of three emails, but five new ones come in.
8 Company Culture Conferences to Attend in 2020
When you think of company culture, what comes to mind? An endless supply of snacks, happy hours on Friday, shared core values -- perhaps all of the above!
Move from Ideas to Actionable Solutions with No-Code/Low-Code Platforms
Each year, thousands of business professionals navigate TSA checkpoints, hotel reservations, and badge pickups to attend trade shows they hope will offer them solutions to the business challenges they...
9 Digital Transformation Conferences for Operations Managers in 2020
As an operations manager, it's your job to keep your organization running like a well-oiled machine. Across multiple departments. With limited resources.
A Crash Course: Who Are Citizen Developers and What Can They Do?
What is Citizen Developer? The term, first coined by analysts at Gartner, refers to non-development staff who take on traditional development tasks. With easy to use tools and limited support from tra...
What Is Shadow IT and What Is It Costing You?
So what is Shadow IT? In short, it’s any IT product used by a company that’s not vetted or officially approved by the IT department. This can include hardware, software, and web services and applicati...
Understanding Agile Project Management
There’s a lot of buzz about Agile software development. But Agile is more than just a process for creating software: it’s also a mindset and a management method. For a company or team to become truly ...
Digital Transformation: Getting There (And Surviving the Ride)
Some people say we’re in the middle of the fourth industrial revolution—others say it’s the fifth. What we know is that technology is changing how the world works, plays, and lives. Technology is resh...
The Rise of Business Developers
Times change. Technology advances. Work evolves. For most of us, these changes have been gradual. Maybe you bought an Alexa. Maybe your office switched from hard drives to Google Drive. Maybe you star...
What is Agile?
The most enthusiastic Agile advocates believe it can save the world. Skeptics think it’s an industry built on turning basic ideas into complex and costly processes. The truth is somewhere in the middl...
What Is Rapid Application Development (RAD)?
Whether it’s a consumer-facing app or an internal business tool, software development is guided by two questions: what and how. Choosing what to build should be driven by product and market strategy s...
The 7 Best Places to Read Business Management Software Reviews
Review sites are nothing new. But if you haven’t searched for business management software before, you might not know which to trust.
What HR Managers Need to Know about Generation Z
By 2020, more than 80 percent of the workforce will be post-Boomer. Generation Z (those born after 1995) will constitute over 20% of the North American and European workforce. As they hire more Gen Z ...
7 Conferences for Project Managers to Attend in the Second Half of 2019
In a competitive and chaotic global economy, companies turn to project management to obtain sustainable indicators. On the one hand, project management is a science, in that it follows proven and repe...
CRM for SMB: Why SMB Owners are Building No-Code Database Apps
Digital transformation through the implementation of Customer Relationship Management systems has been a topic of discussion and debate for years. As far back as 2014, Forrester identified this as a g...
11 Inspiring Quotes on Company Culture by Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey
Can workers’ mistakes and weaknesses become opportunities for their personal growth? Can they positively influence the development of the business? Can a company’s culture become its strategy? By expl...
What is aPaas: a Win-Win for IT Departments
Businesses are looking for IT departments to lead their company through the increasingly urgent demand for digital transformation and innovation. But data shows that the average IT department saw a me...
Gen Z Has a Lot to Say When It Comes to What They Want in a Workplace
Move over, millennials, there’s a new king in town.
Going Paperless Is More Than Just a Process, It's a Mindset
Almost every office job uses digital applications in some form or another. Most companies see the value of digital platforms and are eager to embrace the benefits that come with them. But switching fr...
Cooking Up Business Transformation? Two Must-Have Ingredients For Empowered Teams
Leading operations and business transformation are comparable to designing a gourmet meal: chefs need the right ingredients and methods to create a winning recipe that leave people coming back for mor...
No Coding? No Problem -- How aPaas Solutions Empower Business Leaders
What are some of the pain points that your organization experiences? While many of can be solved with new technology, the difficulty is not identifying the problem. It’s not even identifying the solut...
How to Build Purpose-Driven and Inclusive Workplaces that Serve Our Community
There’s no “one size fits all” approach when you’re trying to make your company more inclusive. The challenges of diversity and inclusion go beyond just ticking boxes and fulfilling metrics.
How the Cloud is Impacting BPM: What Every Business Leader Should Know
As with everything else, the cloud is having a big effect on business process management (BPM). The software that was once hosted on local servers and required IT professionals on site can now be run ...
6 Irresistible April Fools' Day Pranks To Try at Work
Upside down clock? A drawer full of fake spiders? Coworkers wearing their shirts inside out at the office? What’s going on? It’s April Fools’ Day! Don’t be alarmed by any breaking news you’ll hear tod...
Protect The Details of Your Data With Kintone's Nitty-Gritty Permission Controls
Sensitive information and software don’t always go together. Many database solutions don’t give their users the ability to track and monitor data on a granular level. Kintone does.
How to Create an Inclusive Work Culture for Empowering Diverse Leadership
Creating an inclusive workplace based on respect, belonging and empowerment may not be top of mind for many organizations, but the research and business benefits present compelling reasons for making ...
How to Effectively Evaluate New Technology for Your Educational Institute
In 2013, the Los Angeles Unified School District began an ambitious project: supply its students and teachers with approximately 700,000 iPads loaded with curriculum at a cost of $1.3 billion. The pro...
Best Practices Every Workplace Needs For Onboarding Remote Employees & Contractors
The office is changing, and many believe for the better. Workplaces are becoming as much virtual spaces as physical, and the shift to remote workers and working continues to gain momentum.
5 Reasons to Make Your Entire Team Citizen Developers
John Rymer is a Principal Analyst at Forrester, one of America’s top analyst firms and trend watchers in the low-code industry. Rymer is one of Forrester's leading experts on the subject of low-code a...
What Happens When You Let Employees Shape Company Culture?
Most companies follow standard procedure when it comes to creating a low turnover company culture: competitive salary, great benefits, extra vacation, or all-expenses-paid company outings. But for som...
Hiring the Wrong People? It's Probably Not Your Recruiter's Fault: Part 2
In part one of this series, we took a look at common traps companies fall into that negatively impact their hiring process. In part two, we'll discuss three key steps companies can take to resolve mos...
Social Enterprise 101: The Basics of Business Doing Good
What is Social Enterprise? Social enterprise can be challenging to define, in large part because the concept has evolved rapidly in recent years and increasingly blurs the lines of the traditional bus...
Hiring the Wrong People? It's Probably Not Your Recruiter's Fault: Part 1
In 2006, the University of South Wales in Australia ran a behavioral studies test on the impact of “bad apples” on group productivity. The setup was simple: give a group a project to complete while si...
Is Your Company Culture Repelling Job Seekers?
Osamu Yamada knew his company had a culture problem.
5 Low-Code Influencers To Follow
Ask Google a question, you’ll get a lot of answers. But you don’t need a lot of answers—you need one. In an age where information is like water and everyone’s got a glass to share, finding the right a...
Low-Code: It's Not a Question of What Can Be Done but What Can't Be Done With It
“If you’re not at least considering low-code platforms in place of traditional SaaS/Cloud solutions, you’re making a big mistake.” –Abdul Karmach
10 Low-Code Industry Terms Explained
If you’ve ever run a Google search on no-code or low-code platforms, you’ve probably run into a handful of industry-specific terms that had no accompanying definition. For those trying to learn about ...
Low Code vs. Customized Software: What's the Difference?
While the battle between low-code platforms and customized softwares might not have the legacy of Coke vs. Pepsi, Apple vs. Samsung, or Star Trek vs. Star Wars, it’s a comparison worth weighing for co...
IT for Business: The Rise of No-Code Business Software Solutions
Technology continues to make itself more accessible, and business software is no exception. Once the domain of IT departments, business applications are now available to people with low to no coding c...
The Hidden Risks of Using Excel To Manage Your Projects or Data
Many Excel users are familiar with this scenario: you enter your data into a shared spreadsheet. You try to save it and receive a notice that the workbook is currently in use. You decide between closi...
Technology Didn't Change So Your Business Could Stay the Same
Technology changes. Why shouldn’t the way companies do business? Business process redesign (BPR) is the act of overhauling an existing business process using new enterprise software as the catalyst fo...
Four Things Administrators Want You to Know About Their Work
Maybe you have friends who work in administration or operations management. And in between drinks and starters they tell you a couple of stories about their work. Some of those stories are funny, some...
Remote Work Is Changing How Businesses Think About Employees. And That's a Good Thing.
The trend of employees working remotely continues to grow. According to a 2016 Gallup poll, nearly 43 percent of employees work remotely “at least sometimes” -- a four percent increase since 2012.
What & Who Are Low-Code Business Application Platforms For?
Enterprises moving at the speed of innovation can't wait around for lengthy application development if they expect to exceed their customers' expectations.
Six Signs Your Project Management Workflow Process Needs a Refresh
We’ve all been there. A project deadline is looming, half the project members are nowhere to be found, and you’re in a copy room printing the latest report for a meeting that seems designed to waste t...
11 Features Successful Teams Need in a Workflow Management Platform
Carl Sagan once said, “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.”
Workflow Automation and Data Sharing Made Easy with Citizen Developers
Enterprise citizen developers live and work in interesting times. In the past, “end users” could not build important business applications on their own.
How to Design a User-Friendly Business Database with Workflow Applications
Whether you’re in sales, HR or finance, designing a database system system to help your team manage data, stay on top on tasks, generate reports and share project updates doesn’t have to be in pain in...
What Not To Do At Company Off-Sites and Retreats
When it comes to work related events, emulating events from The Office is usually not the best idea.
How To Plan a Company Offsite Your Team Will Love
At Kintone, our goal is help companies and teams love their data. We aim to change the way you work and interact with your data, and ultimately create more opportunities for your team to innovate.
How Kintone Helps You Love Your Data
Kintone isn’t just another low-code data platform system; it’s a catalyst for change.
Shadow IT? Surprising Results from Recent Low-Code Adoption Survey
As the low-code/no-code movement continues to explode, skeptics look askance at the trend and wonder if we’ve been down this road before.
11 Digital Transformation Quotes To Lead Change & Inspire Action
Digital transformation isn't just for Silicon Valley companies or young startups. It's a way of life for organizations expecting to survive in the next decade.
Need a Breakthrough Idea?
Or Elon Musk. Or Tina Fey. Heck, even Darth Vader himself. Any of these public figures will do - it doesn’t matter if they’re fictional or not. It might sound crazy, but if you take twenty minutes and...
Crafting Custom SaaS Solutions That Answer the Why, What, and How of Business
Whether you’re a small business or a mid-size enterprise, a $100 million company or a multinational, there’s always a better way to do things.
How Kintone Makes Teamwork and Time Management Not Just Another Lofty Goal
Improving your company’s work experience by optimizing efficiency and alleviating stresses related to day-to-day operations is what Kintone does -- but our vision, we realized, is much broader than th...
Misconceptions & Myth Busting When It Comes To Digital Transformation, Low Code Apps and Millennials
Our CEO Dave Landa spoke at the Gartner Applications Strategies and Solutions Summit, busting myths about millennials, digital transformation and low code platforms.
Essential Factors To Consider When Choosing Your Workflow Automation
As a business leader, how many times do you find yourself wondering this: "If we could get smaller tasks done, we could focus on bigger issues," or "If only my team could find the info they need insta...
18+ Digital Transformation, Tech and Company Culture Conferences in 2018
Here at Kintone, we aren’t your typical tech company, so we’ve compiled a list of 18+ not-so-typical events, outside of google.io or SXSW or Dreamforce or OpenWorld (well you get the picture) to help ...
What's a No-Code Business App Anyway?
The rapid proliferation of enterprise cloud computing is empowering lines of businesses to produce their best work with lightning speed access to data, analytics, information and processes from deskto...
Why You Should Start Using The Kaizen Method To Achieve Your Most Challenging Goals
What do Starbucks, Toyota, Nestle, and Gujarat Government all have in common?
The Rise of the Empowered Citizen Developer: Is IT possible without IT
In today’s digitally driven economy, IT has become the lifeblood of enterprises. At the same time, it requires many people across organizations to be able to design and build applications that help mo...
What is No-Code/Low-Code App Development and Why Should Business Care?
No-code/low-code solutions enable line of business managers to handle technology needs to automate workflows, develop shared document repositories, construct reporting dashboards and process data with...
Making HR & Workforce Management Seamless with Low-Code Business Apps
If you're a Human Resources manager or director leading a team while juggling recruitment, employee engagement and workforce operations, you need a custom workforce solution that helps you work smarte...
7 Quick & Easy Ways to Increase Productivity at Work
We all want to find ways to get more from the time we have. It can often seem like there is never enough time in a day to do what needs to be done. In this post, we are going to look at some of the to...
21 Shareable Quotes To Inspire Business Transformation
Business transformation can feel like a busy standing-room-only subway train.
How to Turn the IT Corporate Ship Around with Change-Embracing Employees Aboard
This week, we're speaking to Michael Krigsman, internationally-recognized business analyst, keynote speaker and host of CXOTalk.
Turn Your Clunky Spreadsheets Into Custom Business Apps With No Code Or IT Team Required
Enterprise managers dealing with an endless stream of tasks, reporting and business processes are no stranger to the sentiment of ‘I need it yesterday!’
How to Get Your Team To Execute (and Love) Agile Digital Transformation Practices
This week we're speaking to Isaac Sacolick, CIO Digital Transformation consultant and writer.
A Company of Owners: 5 Ways to Promote Intrapreneurship in Every Employee
What if everyone who worked for you treated their job like they owned the company?
Dave Landa on the Solution Revolution & Creating Teams Full of App Builders
This week, we're speaking to Dave Landa, CEO of Kintone and champion of cloud computing and digital transformation.
Best Change Management Practices For a Collaborative Digital Workplace
This week we're speaking with Beth Laking, an expert on the digital workplace, including change management and collaboration.
How to Build a Business Culture of Crowdsourced IT Innovation to Empower Employees, Support Collaboration
For this week's Transformation Talk, we're speaking to Martha Heller, one of the most widely-followed voices on the role of a Chief Information Officer.
Purpose Meets Profit: 3 Companies Transforming Their Industries with Social Impact Missions
Why does your company exist? How will it improve the world? And what is your role in making those improvements happen? Each of these questions relate to company purpose.
Flex Workplaces: Helping Women with Career and Beyond
For female job seekers, the option of flex work is their number two consideration when choosing a job or employer, according to a FairyGodBoss survey.
FlexWork Paradigm Shift: Corporate Social Responsibility Starts with Your Employees
In a global marketplace, a company’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) is as tied to its brand as the ‘secret sauce’ of its ingredients. We look at CSR as a bonus – something we can feel good abou...
Confessions From a Remote Employee: Yes, I Sometimes Work From Bed
Forty-three percent of Americans worked partially or fully remote in 2016 and that percentage is projected to rise as a flexible work style has become the most desired extra benefit employees seek.
How to Hire For an Inspired Values-Driven Company Culture
If you look at Glassdoor, a site where employees rate their company, culture comes up a lot.
10 Details to Consider When Designing Workspaces for In-house and Remote Workers
By 2020 1 of 3 workers will be remote employees. The trend is “one of the biggest drivers of transformation of business models,” according to the World Economic Forum.
Citizen Developers on the Rise: IT Skills Gap Creating New Career Opportunities for Business-Focused Employees
Companies and enterprises face a key shortage of information system technologists. This IT skills gap increases the career value and organizational impact of business-focused employees who implement r...
7 Innovative Events Not to Miss at Digital Workplace Experience 2017
The revolution is here: companies are making the move to digital workplaces. The challenge, for those just beginning to those at the forefront, is to make the shift seamlessly & profitably.
Studies Show Skipping Change Management Harms Agile Project Management Efforts
Change is happening every day, if not every moment, at your organization. New projects are constantly in motion to increase profits and improve your competitive advantage.
4 Ways Traditional Software Fail Business Managers and Delay Digital Transformation
Digital disruption is big and will not be denied. Organizations of all sizes are being forced to adopt a digital strategy that is nimble and agile or risk being left behind as a relic.
Digital Disruption Forging New Breed of Problem-Solving Process Excellence Superheros
Rapid changes in IT are being driven by customer focus, the consumerization of applications, technology budgets moving to lines of business and the rise of citizen developers -- a new kind of problem-...
Why Projects Fail: How to Handle Unclear Objectives and Goals
It’s unlikely you’d begin a road trip without first identifying where you want to go, mapping out your route, and making a budget. The same logic applies when you're planning a project.
Does Your Organization Have Enough IT Resources For Digital Transformation?
While a vast majority of global companies are prioritizing digital transformation in the next year, few have the right resources to get the job done according to several recent studies.
6 Tips for Creative Problem-Solving and Better Team Productivity
Big ideas change the world. Someone imagines something that didn’t exist before the moment they imagined it. It might not even have a name yet.
Want to Drive Process Transformation? Start Bottom-Up
Adopting a bottom-up ‘service orientation’ perspective can make things easier for business process reengineers, developers and users.
Community First, Profit Second: Rethinking the Corporate Model So Everyone Wins
Is it true that a successful company has to make a profit? Before you answer, I invite you to think about this question: What is a company’s purpose in the world?
Transformation Talk: How To Move Your Org Toward a Process Excellence Culture
2017 is proving to be a make or break year for IT and operations leaders involved in digital business transformation.
Manage Stuff, Lead People & Other Practical Advice For Stimulating Company Change & Innovation
This week’s Transformation Talk features Chuck Blakeman, a successful entrepreneur, an internationally acclaimed speaker, weekly Inc. Magazine contributor, best-selling author and a world-renowned bus...
How These Leaders are Building Company Culture and Stellar Teams
Prior to 2000, company cultures weren’t explored and appreciated as a core asset. Sure, they existed, but their study and development was not considered important in meeting a company’s goals. The con...
Digital Transformation Podcast Launches for IT and Operations Leaders Tackling Organizational Change
After a great first round of interviews with transformation leaders from Fortune 500 and SMB companies excelling in operations, change management and digital strategy, we're back for more with a podca...
What Google Learned While Creating the (Almost) Perfect Team
Individual employee performance isn’t where to look today to improve productivity and innovation. In our increasingly global world, teams are where things happen.
Extending Corporate Culture Beyond Your Walls
Your brand identity may be the most valuable asset your company owns, and with it, the culture that supports everything you do and represent.
With Everything in Reach, Anything is Possible
As a sales engineer at Kintone, not only do I use our internal applications on the Kintone platform, but I also build out prototypes for our prospective clients. This means, I get a first-hand look at...
Working Well with Flex Workers: Managing Different Schedules in a 9 to 5 World
Your innovative company is considering flexible work shifts, or you’ve been juggling them for years.
3 Keys to Fostering Productive Conflict to Improve Collaboration
Conflict and collaboration seem to be in direct opposition to one another, but a closer examination of these two concepts reveals how essential conflict is to have truly effective and meaningful colla...
How Yelp is Building an Extraordinary Culture of Teamwork
With fully stocked kitchens, Friday beer keg parties and one on ones over high quality coffee, it’s no surprise Yelp employees love their jobs. But providing more than just fun perks is what keeps Yel...
10 Quotes on Organizational Change To Inspire Teams
Change is the only constant in life. So it goes with business as well. Whether you're looking to make a personal transformation or an institutional change, keeping your eye on the prize is absolutely ...
3 Must-Have Features of Business Databases
Take a tour of the most powerful features that every business database needs.
3 Teamwork Lessons from Barack Obama and Joe Biden
As we reach President Obama and Vice President Biden’s last day in office, it seems fitting to reflect on teamwork in the context of their time in office.
Corporate Managers: Business Process Automation Made Easy
Company managers have key leadership responsibilities that include increasing employee productivity, improving process efficiency and allocating budgets to achieve optimal business outcomes.
Citizen Developers: The Experts in Digital Transformation for Success
Business process automation, workflow management and cutting-edge software technologies.
How to Get IT to Approve the Solutions Your Team Needs Now
As a superstar manager tasked with bringing greater efficiency to your team, you've identified some of the biggest workflow redundancies and know what needs to be changed.
Leverage Your Company's Work Culture to Drive Digital Transformation
Many companies still using Industrial Age management practices struggle with digital transformation. Steep hierarchies, environments of excessive rules and distrust, and a reinforced command-and-contr...
Avoid These 6 Common Mistakes When Starting Your Bimodal IT Project
IT teams are faced with a new surge of disruptive technology as an evolving, more advanced workforce requests more of their attention. To efficiently manage demands coming from multiple directions whi...
Project Management Essentials: Strategy Before Automated Solutions
In our fast pace world today, flight delays and cancellations can cost an economy billions of dollars. With over 40,000 employees serving more than 52 million passengers a year, companies like Japan A...
How Groupware Fosters the Creative Thinking & Collaboration Your Company Needs
Collaboration is the name of the game as far as enterprises are concerned.
Overcome Productivity-Killing Email Habits With These 5 Tips
It’s almost difficult to imagine a world without email, one of the most ubiquitous business tools for communicating between partners, clients and executives.
How to Simplify Workflows and Evolve Your Business
Creating good workflows, a process that a company uses to get things done, tend to be simple ones that boost productivity.
3 Common Reasons Why People Love Low-Code Business Applications
As a sales and business development representative here at Kintone, I talk to customers and prospects all day about the struggles they are trying to overcome in their organizations. I hear all kinds o...
Drive Lean Process Transformation with Low-Code Business Apps
As a company’s business changes and grows, processes that worked years ago could now be a stumbling block to growth.
How Pepperidge Farm's Leadership and Employee Engagement is Driving Operational Excellence
Pepperidge Farm is responsible for producing iconic brands such as Milano cookies and Goldfish crackers, but also a culture of high employee engagement.
Want to Improve Your Company? Encourage Honest Disagreement
I love how this Cars.com commercial digs at a gigantic flaw in most traditional companies.
Innovative CIOs Using No-Code/Low-Code Application Development Tools To Combat Shadow IT
Once seen as a threat by IT, no-code/low-code (NCLC) tools are helping to reduce project backlogs, free up developers to work on other assignments and drive digital transformation.
What a Radical Japanese Tech Company Can Teach Us About Retaining Happy Employees
If we want better, smarter, customer-driven companies, we must start by asking ourselves and one another these questions:
CIO the New Chief Integration Officer? What Happens When Cloud Computing Decisions Leave the IT Department
Traditional IT is wading through a massive sea of change as companies fight to stay relevant in an age when digital disruption equates to new, higher expectations from customers.
Lessons From the Amazon Jungle For Overcoming Business Operation Challenges
It’s not everyday you meet an executive coach who takes his survival lessons from the Amazon jungle and an Afghanistan prison into billion-dollar boardrooms.
