The Integrify Blog

“I’ll Slack it to you.” “Make sure you start a Google Hangout for the meeting.” “Have you checked Trello?” Today’s workplaces are fueled by the many technology tools that have become available in recent years. As technologies continue to advance, they have entirely reshaped modern organizations by… View More

While workflows (and workflow automation) are often thought of for processes that involve approvals of some kind, there is a workflow type you may not have considered—incident reporting. Incident Reporting in Your Business When something critical and unexpected happens in the business, your company should have a mechanism in place to report it so action can be taken. That action might include… View More

The natural world offers a number of lessons in leadership, productivity, and efficiency—all of which can be applied to help your business thrive. As a business owner, executive, or department manager, you’re always on the lookout for ways to make your organization more productive, efficient, and successful. And one of the best places to look?  Nature. The natural world offers a number of… View More

As more and more companies embrace the idea of automated business workflow, we thought we'd stop and document some of the great ways we've seen customers incorporate workflow automation throughout their organization. Looking to inspire the rest of your company to get on the automation wagon? Print it out and just casually leave it lying around the office. They'll get the hint. Automation… View More

Efficient or Productive? People often confuse "efficiency" with "productivity." Let's differentiate the two. Setapp covers it nicely here: "Put simply, productivity is the quantity of work produced by a team, business or individual. Efficiency, on the other hand, refers to the resources used to produce that work." So you… View More

Music and other audio can boost physical performance, improve efficiency, and make it easier to work through tedious, repetitive tasks—so what should you listen to? Everyone has days where getting things done feels next to impossible. Maybe you’re tired. Maybe you’re stressed out. Or maybe you’re just feeling overwhelmed by all the tasks on your ever-growing to-do list. You try to motivate yourself to start tackling your… View More

How Not to Collect Data and Information When an organization depends on a loosely-structured format like email or spreadsheets to collect information it runs the risk of the employee self-editing out valuable information. The lack of structure in gathering information typically results in costly rework or critical decisions made on incomplete information. It also makes maintaining compliant procedures and running audits a… View More

After fifteen years of working with customers on improving workflow efficiency and productivity, we can honestly say that every workflow situation is truly unique. There are similarities among every new hire process, expense request process, change request process, etc., but no one handles the same process exactly the same… View More

Why Visibility Matters If you ponder technological advances over the last 50 years, you will see how much of the benefit is really about increased visibility. Improved resolution in medical imaging allows earlier intervention into disease processes. Manufacturing processes benefit from real-time visibility into product quality… View More

You've had that feeling. A key team member or executive unexpectedly announces they are leaving the organization for "new challenges" and gives their two-week notice. Your first thought is, "Uh oh. Who is going to replace them? How is their work going to get done?" Sometimes there is a clear replacement who can step… View More