How Givex manages a global workforce with technology that takes care of the details
For companies with employees who work remotely, task management tools can automatically break down and distribute work, which allows for greater inclusivity.Getty Images
When Don Gray and his wife, Debra Demeza, co-founded Givex as a part-time project in 1999, they also built a little piece of software to help stay on track.
The “JobJar,” as they called it, gave the founders – and later, the employees – a clear rundown of what they were responsible for and when, automatically breaking down big projects into small tasks and assigning them to individual contributors.
“Let’s say we’re onboarding a new client; we have a template of jobs that have to be looked after,” explains Mr. Gray, chief executive officer of Givex. “There’s a series of maybe 10 or 15 jobs that go out, and depending on the nature of the client they’re automatically assigned to the