Look before asking
Check the board for current context before sending a message or scheduling another check-in.
For team leaders
Visibility without hovering over the team.
A standup provides one glimpse of the day. Repeatedly asking people for updates can feel awkward for leaders and exhausting for teammates. desk.fm offers a live, voluntary view of current work and availability between those moments.
Stay informed without turning awareness into surveillance.
Each teammate chooses their status, brief details, and current focus. Leaders can see the same shared board as everyone else. desk.fm does not infer productivity, monitor activity, or create performance reports.
See who is available
Know whether someone is reachable, focusing, in a meeting, taking a break, or out of office.
One view for everyone
The board is not a private management dashboard. Teammates and leaders see the same team context.
Standups still have a purpose.
Teams can keep standups for priorities, blockers, decisions, and coordination that benefits from conversation. desk.fm covers the quieter hours afterward, when plans change and people need current context without reconvening the group.
Less reporting. More useful awareness.
Instead of asking teammates to produce another end-of-day summary, desk.fm encourages small updates when status or focus changes. The result is helpful to leaders while remaining simple for the people doing the work.
That balance matters: awareness should support autonomy, not undermine it.
Keep the team visible and the work uninterrupted.
Try a shared desk.fm board with your team during the live beta.
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