Slack

What it is

Slack is team messaging software: conversations organized in channels by topic, direct messages, huddles for quick voice, and search across all of it.

Ways to use it

Ideas from real executive operations work. Take the ones that fit.

• Create an executive requests channel where new asks can be triaged.
• Keep project questions and updates in a channel with the people doing the work.
• Use a private leadership channel for time-sensitive coordination.
• Send alerts from forms, calendars, or task tools into the channel that owns the response.
• Use a quick huddle when an issue needs ten minutes of live discussion.