A small-team workflow that doesn't need a dashboard
Dashboards summarise work for people who aren't doing it. Here is a workflow for teams of two to twenty built around one desk, three task states and a short daily note.
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Running a small team, calmly
Practical notes on tasks, reminders, journals and the daily routines that keep small teams organised without a heavyweight project management tool.
Small-team workflows
How to run a small team without heavy project management software
A practical routine for teams of 2–20: one place to land in the morning, a three-column task board, sticky reminders and a short end-of-day note — without configuring a project management tool.
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Virtual office organisation
How to organise a virtual office your team can actually find things in
Folders, shared boards, request queues and a place for who is around: a practical layout for a virtual office that a small or remote team can navigate without asking.
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Task management
Task management for teams of two to five people
What tiny teams actually need from task management: three states, one owner per item, dates only where they matter, and a weekly ten-minute clean-up.
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Task board vs to-do list: which one a small team actually needs
To-do lists are best for individual days; task boards are best for shared work in flight. Here is how to tell which one your team needs — and how to run both without extra tooling.
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Remote collaboration
Five remote collaboration rituals that survive a busy quarter
Async-friendly rituals for distributed teams: a written morning start, visible requests, a weekly board review, an end-of-day note and a monthly clean-out.
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Journals & routines
The five-minute work journal: a routine that survives busy weeks
How to keep a work journal that you actually maintain: what to write, when to write it, and how to use past entries in reviews, client calls and handovers.
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Take it further
- Everything on the desk — the full feature list.
- Pricing — the free Solo Desk and what a team adds.
- The demo desk — usable without an account.