The Workshare Blog - Posts in Productivity

Understanding content changes Workshare has been in the business of understanding how content changes since creating DeltaView in 1999. Changes to content affect the meaning of documents and agreements; they have implications for people and busin...

 It's fair to say we've been a bit giddy with excitement at Workshare over our advertising campaign - "Think outside the inbox". But we're serious about the message behind the videos, ads and social media promotions.  Here's a little taster of...

 The silent time-killer Oliver is an Associate at a prestigious law firm in the UK. After years of studying at university and law school, followed by in-house training, he finally made the first steps towards becoming a Partner. He loves his job...

Some law firms can have a reputation for being reluctant to adopt new technology and workflows. The reason for this is often that they are risk adverse, which is appropriate given the nature of what they do. Teams are confident that the way they ...

When designing and developing software, there are countless meetings and discussions (and occasionally a few arguments) as we strategize about the best way to improve our products. Much like our users, we edit and re-edit our strategy as new inf...

"Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to bill an average of 2,000 hours per year as an individual contribution.” For any mere mortal, this would feel like mission impossible. For Associates and Partners in large, corporate law firms t...

The Version Monster made a big impact at ILTACON 2016, spreading his document chaos around the exhibition, occasionally even posing for a few selfies!  Luckily the Workshare Monster Tamers were on hand to contain this document proliferation beast...

The Version Monster is Alive in your Law Firm   Nearly everyone behind a keyboard has come face-to-face with the “Version Monster” and it’s not a pretty sight. Legal professionals are no exception and perhaps feel the weight of the Version Mons...

Every year, the average U.S office worker can go through as many as 10,000 sheets of paper, costing their organisation approximately $7500 (All Associates). That’s over 4 million tons of paper used annually in the U.S alone. Most likely, many of t...

On your commute this morning, how many people around you were totally engrossed in their phone? I’d be happy to bet at least 70% of them, or you might not have noticed as you were one of the 70%! Today, we are part of the smart-phone generation; c...

Process efficiency has climbed up the agenda ladder as the ‘efficiency challenge’ continues to rattle the legs of the legal industry. In my blog ‘Law reaches its limit’, I discuss how legal professionals are being pushed to their limits, with fi...

With the new year upon us, many of us are making resolutions for a more productive and efficient 2015. So to help kick off the new working year, here are our productivity tips for 2015; 1. Distract yourself It may seem a strange tip to improv...