Kaleidoscope is 8am's (and the AffiniPay companies') first user conference and they are working hard at doing it right and being hospitable. Witt explained that the conference name was based upon the concept behind the children's kaleidoscope toy. When you first look though the toy, there appears to be random bits and pieces of objects. But when you twist the bottom, the pieces come together in an interesting geometric design.
When people envision the future of work, they picture cleaner dashboards, sleeker interfaces, and smarter notifications. But here's what teams actually need: software that doesn't just help them manage work, it executes the work. Over the past two decades, we've built robust systems to track, assign, and visualize tasks, and they've transformed how teams operate. But even the most organized teams still face the same fundamental challenge: They're managing work, not eliminating it.