Up and down Utah’s Wasatch Front, where Workfront is headquartered, a series of billboards featuring oversize images of human ears have assaulted the eyes of those who travel I-15 for years.

“We Hear You” is the slogan of local car dealer Ken Garff, and they have extended the visual metaphor almost

By Jon Ogden | Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Workfront

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It was the early 1980s, and Intel was bleeding money. Memory chips — the staple of their business for more than a decade — had become an insanely competitive market. They weren't keeping pace.

As a result, they had to make a

This interview is part of a series with masters of modern work. Also see our interviews with Scott Shippy, Josh Blackwood, and Greg Stine.

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Cameron Masters studied communications in college and then worked in digital marketing. Like others we’ve interviewed for this series, he didn’t initially

Companies are spending millions on digital transformation, yet studies find many leaders feel their projects aren’t achieving their objectives. Why? Workfront CEO Alex Shootman says digitization is happening in most companies on a function-by-function basis, leaving teams to work in silos instead of

Alexander Graham Bell once noted that “the inventor … looks upon the world and is not contented with things as they are.” I could say the same of most business leaders I’ve met. With rare exception, they’re not satisfied with the status quo and are driven to innovate and change.

And yet that drive

When I look back at all the successful people I’ve met in my career, one characteristic stands out: They don’t think of work as a four-letter word. For successful people, hard work is inspiring. Great business leaders understand this and know hard work doesn’t always mean endless hours at the job,

By Scott Duehlmeier | Senior Communication Manager

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Is EQ more important than IQ when it comes to determining success in the modern workplace? According to psychologist Daniel Goleman’s 1995 book, Emotional Intelligence: Why it Can Matter More than IQ, the answer is a resounding yes. Over the

Greg Stine, whose career has taken him from companies ranging from Comcast to Equifax, started his career at NASA.

He had studied biomedical engineering in college, but shortly after starting at NASA he realized that as much as he loved the agency, he didn’t love engineering. “I realized I’m just

The workplace is evolving. Forward-thinking, innovative people are at the helm of that change, ensuring that enterprises thrive through digital transformation and the ongoing digital work crisis. That’s what the Workfront Lion Awards are all about. These annual awards showcase the groundbreaking

By Heather Hurst | Senior Director of Corporate Communications

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I find it ironic that we call these mini super computers we carry in our pockets “phones.” The voice calling feature has long since ceased to be the primary purpose of the device. Just check your screen time data. You likely spend

By Jon Ogden | Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Workfront

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Business consultant and author Patrick Lencioni once consulted a CEO who constantly discouraged conflict across his company. “As a result,” Lencioni writes in his book The Advantage, “his staff meetings were generally boring and

When taken to extremes, almost any virtue can turn into vice. This is true even for the well-established virtue of streamlining work processes.

Is this a surprising opinion coming from a person who promotes work-management software for a living? It shouldn’t be. After all, the whole point of