X4 2025: Inside Atlassian’s Teamwork Lab: What Makes Hybrid Teams Thrive

How do you create a thriving team culture when colleagues are spread across time zones and may never share a room? At the X4 Summit in Salt Lake City, I caught up with Molly Sands, Head of the Teamwork Lab at Atlassian, and Emma Crockett, Head of People Insights, to explore how one of the world’s most data-driven companies approaches this challenge head-on.

In this episode, we examine the intersection of behavioral science, workplace design, and people analytics. Molly and Emma explain how Atlassian builds distributed work environments that prioritize both performance and connection. They share real-world strategies for setting clear goals, improving asynchronous communication, and designing physical workspaces that actually support modern team dynamics.

We also dig into Atlassian’s scrappy approach to experimentation, including how t ...