In 2018 the green technology market was valued at $6.85 billion.

This figure is projected to increase to $44.61 billion, with a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 26%.

This change comes as a response to our present-day environmental crisis. In this sense, green technology provides a knife for our noose, to help us move forward, past plastic pollution, poisonous chemicals, and climate degradation.

“The concept of ecological modernism, which sees technology as key to solving big environmental problems, is getting a lot of buzz these days.” – The Guardian, Technology as Our Planet’s Last Best Hope

Like The Guardian, at Process Street we also believe technology plays a vital role in helping society move forward, to work with the environment and our planet… rather than against it.

In this article, you will learn what green technology is, why it is important, and 6 easily applicable ways you can utilize green technology in your business or line of work today.

In addition, Process Street as a green tech solution gives you free access to our leading business sustainability templates. Sign up to Process Street here for free and check out our ISO 14001 Environmental Management Self Audit Checklist below for a taster.

Click here for free access to our ISO 14001 Environmental Management Self Audit Checklist!.

Click on the relevant subheaders or scroll down to find out how to be both lean and green in business.

• What is green technology?
• Green technology as a positive and proactive approach for solving our environmental crisis
• Green technology examples: 6 top examples of green tech for your business
• Using Process Street to become more sustainable

Right tech-perts, let’s get started!
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I’ve written before about how we collect feedback on our marketing material and how that helps us write useful posts for our subscribers, but the other reason we gather user feedback focuses on expanding and improving the Process Street app.

With user feedback data, we can:

• Choose which features to build based on the frequency they’re requested
• Get data on bug reports which helps our engineering team build fixes
• See the most common industries and use cases for our product, which guides our marketing in the right direction

Whether you’re in software or not, you still need to be gathering and processing feedback from everybody possible: leads, prospects, free users, and paying customers.

In this post, I’m going to outline the three methods you can use to gather feedback for your company. These are three methods we’ve used ourselves in the past as our business has evolved, so the complexity and usefulness of each method is higher than the last. Which method is right for you?

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Spreadsheets are so outdated. 

C’mon, spreadsheets are the same awkward, frustrating tool that never quite does what you need it to that I first learned to use way back.

You end up spending more time inputting formulas to make your data work than entering the data itself – and that’s presuming there isn’t a mistake in the formula that screws up your whole day.

Sure, spreadsheets are okay for some things, but can’t we do better by our information? Can’t we do better for ourselves? Don’t we deserve more efficiency, better automation, and time for that extra cup of coffee Monday morning? 

Of course we do. And that’s why Process Street created data sets. 

Who says we can’t have nice things?

Here’s what we’ve got:

• So data sets are fancy spreadsheets?
• Data sets: A knowledge base of possibilities
• Power tips from Process Street
• Work smarter, not harder

Every decision in an M&A is dependent on a number of variables. Making the right decision in the moment may not be the right decision down the road, but making no decision at all is worse.

The most impactful decision, though, is how the two companies will integrate (or not) once the deal closes. To some extent, this will be determined by your motivation for starting the M&A process to begin with. The similarities and differences between your business model and the business model of the company you’re acquiring will play a large role as well.

In this Process Street post, I’ll do a quick rundown of the two primary strategies, tuck-in and bolt-on, as well as everything you need to know in order to determine which is the strategy for your business.

• Round 1: Tuck-in vs. bolt-on: Debrief
• Round 2: Tuck-in vs. bolt-on: Pros
• Round 3: Tuck-in vs. bolt-on: Cons

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“The global property management software market size was valued at USD 1.58 billion in 2019 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.2% from 2020 to 2027.” – Grand View Research, Property Management Software Market Size

Real estate is evolving. And technology – or to be more specific – top property management software is the driving force behind the evolution.

Fortunately for all of you real estate market players, this post is here to help you get clued up on all things tech, so you can stock your property management digital toolkit.

To find out about top property management software and to understand how it can help you mitigate human error, enhance communication, save time, and automate recurring tasks – keep on scrolling.

Or alternatively, to skip to a specific section, click the links below:

• An introduction to property management software
• How can top property management software streamline your processes
• Top property management software
• Useful real estate tools
• Further resources for your real estate toolbox

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Being neurodivergent can mean many different things.

For me, it means struggling with anxiety and social interactions. For others, it could mean processing information differently than someone who is “neurotypical.”

In any case, being neurodivergent can influence our choices, decisions, and lifestyles.

This is especially true when it comes to career options. 

For example, I chose to be a writer for a reason. And it’s not only because I love to write! Pursuing this career allows me to express myself in a way I otherwise couldn’t. 

Unfortunately, not everyone gets the opportunity to do what they love, especially those in the neurodivergent community.

As it turns out, 79% of companies in the US believe that the need to train and support neurodivergent employees is much greater than their neurotypical counterparts. But around 80% of people with mental health problems and disabilities remain unemployed.

So if companies believe the support is needed, what are they doing about it?

In this article, I’m going to tackle the subject of how to effectively onboard and support neurodiverse individuals.

I’m also sharing some expert advice from Dr. Clare Mulligan-Foster, a chartered occupational psychologist with over 10 years of experience in the field.

So keep on reading!

• Challenges neurodivergent individuals face in the workplace (+ solutions)
• How to build a company culture that supports neurodiversity
• Tools to help neurodivergent employees
• Benefits of having a neurodivergent team
• What do neurodivergent people think?

Growing up on an island, my favorite food was in abundance: Fish.

However, whenever I ate at a restaurant there was always a voice in the back of my head wondering if the fish had been mismanaged and, due to that mismanagement, I’d get sick.

My anxiety around food safety wasn’t exactly unfounded. Fish is the most commonly impacted food group when it comes to disease outbreaks, and a quarter of a million people in the U.S. get sick each year from contaminated fish. And when it comes to all food groups, the CDC estimates that a whopping 1 in 6 Americans (which equates to 48 million people) become ill each year due to foodborne illness.

However, by not coming at food safety with a HACCP approach – and by creating and following a solid HACCP plan – these figures could be far, far higher.

Ergo: HACCP is important and, as a business in the food industry, you can even be required by law to go about HACCP properly.

To help you out, in this post I’ll discuss what HACCP and a HACCP plan are in detail, HACCP’s history, the benefits, and how Process Street can help you with all-things HACCP and food safety.

Just read through the following sections:

• What is HACCP (and what is a HACCP plan)?
• The incredible history of HACCP
• The benefits of HACCP (and having a HACCP plan)
• Use Process Street for all-things HACCP!

Let’s swim through the rest of the post!

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This is a guest post by Adam Hempenstall, who is the CEO and Founder of Better Proposals – simple proposal software for creating beautiful, high-impact proposals in minutes. Having helped his customers win $500,000,000 in the last 12 months alone, he’s launched the first Proposal University where he shares best practices on writing and designing proposals.

A great business proposal means the difference between an unsigned contract and a successful deal. A poorly written business proposal will get turned down, even if the offer is good.

Business proposals are considered to be an art form that only the extremely skilled can write.

However, after analyzing over 189,000 successful business proposals, I can tell you that there’s no secret to writing a great proposal.

Allow me to elaborate as I take you through our analysis findings, and run through the following topics, in this Process Street post:

• What is a business proposal & how do you create one?
• Business proposal finding #1: Visuals matter
• Business proposal finding #2: Video makes no difference
• Business proposal finding #3: Live chat increases conversions
• Business proposal finding #4: A single offer is better than a package
• Business proposal finding #5: Kiss PDFs goodbye
• Business proposal finding #6: People open proposals on their phones first
• Business proposal finding #7: It doesn’t matter when you send your proposal
• Business proposal finding #8: Clients love paying directly from the proposal
• Business proposal finding #9: Length matters
• Business proposal finding #10: The title of the pricing section makes a difference
• Business proposal finding #11: Act quickly
• Business proposal finding #12: Use a template
• Key takeaways: The magic business proposal solution

Let’s get started.

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Finding ways for remote teams to bond can be a real challenge. So much so that it’s often neglected by leadership.

However, it’s incredibly important to make team bonding a priority. It makes employees feel more engaged and increases morale. This goes for any company, but it’s especially true for remote companies where employees have little to no opportunity to meet in person.

We at Process Street had the chance to meet all together for the first time in 2022. The bonds we made on a three-day retreat were stronger than the ones we made after years of Zoom meetings. And those bonds have changed how we work together. 

In this post, I’m walking you through what team building is, how to do it successfully, and how we at Process Street were able to fly our team to Portugal for a team bonding retreat.

• What is team bonding?
• Why is team bonding important?
• Challenges of team bonding
• Bonding activities for remote teams
• Process Street’s Porto retreat
• What the retreat did for our company
• Start team bonding activities today

This article is based on a segment from Process Street‘s Highway 2021 virtual event, where Leverage CEO Nick Sonnenberg shares with us how his team kicked their operational efficiency into overdrive from start to finish.

Supercharging Operational Efficiency with Leverage CEO Nick Sonnenberg was the fourth segment of Highway.

You can check out our playlist of the full Highway event here, and don’t forget to create a Free Account with Process Street!

Here’s the Supercharging Operational Efficiency with Nick Sonnenberg segment in full:

• The scavenger hunt problem
• How fast should you scale your business?
• Complexity scales exponentially with team size
• CPR: Communicate, Plan, Resource
• Static knowledge vs. dynamic knowledge
• Pro-tips for optimizing company processes

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