Annie Dean

Annie Dean, Vice President and Global Head of Team Anywhere at Atlassian, discusses her transformative work in modern workplace experiences. She shares insights on rationalizing meetings and fostering productivity through asynchronous collaboration. Annie highlights the importance of empathy and values in supporting distributed work and how flexible practices emerged pre-pandemic. She reflects on her journey from law to workplace transformation, advocating for a culture that embraces change, driven by data and technological advancements.

Annie Dean, Vice President of Workplace and Future of Work Transformation at Atlassian, shares insights from their journey as a distributed company. She discusses how behavioral science and AI are reshaping workplace dynamics, revealing that AI power users save up to 7 hours a week. The conversation highlights the benefits of asynchronous collaboration for productivity and well-being, alongside lessons learned from five years of flexible work. Dean also provides strategies for integrating AI into team workflows and emphasizes the need for data-driven flexibility in HR.

Annie Dean, VP of Team Anywhere at Atlassian, shares their learnings from 1,000 days of distributed work, including a calendar redesign experiment, the impact of in-person gatherings on team connection, and the ROI of real estate at Atlassian.