{"id":74429,"date":"2019-12-18T02:02:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T09:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/empowering-teams-to-work-better-together\/"},"modified":"2019-12-18T02:02:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T09:02:47","slug":"empowering-teams-to-work-better-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/empowering-teams-to-work-better-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering Teams to Work Better Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxmatters.com\/authors\/archives\/2006\/03\/janet_m_six.php\">Janet M. Six<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this month&#8217;s edition of <em>Ask UXmatters<\/em>, our panel of UX experts discusses how to help teams work more effectively together. 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