Slack is at the center of your team's best work.

A dairy farm in California, an e-commerce platform in New Jersey, a dental office in England, a mobile gaming company in Japan: They may not seem to have a lot in common, but they're all among thousands of companies that are turning to transparent, centralized communication and bringing all of their work into one place on Slack. From organizing work into channels to integrating the other tools they use every day with our platform, here are just a few ways that teams are using Slack to make their working lives simpler, more pleasant, and more productive.

At Salt Lake City digital marketing agency Experticity, Slack helps foster company culture, serving as a central gathering space for offices spread across three states. It also increases trust and transparency between employees and company leadership, who use public channels in Slack to answer questions about the thinking behind processes and decisions.

"Slack enables Experticity employees to not only work together on work problems, but work together on just life," says Experticity's CMO, Kevin Knight. "And they get to know each other as real people, which results in a stronger culture."

When an Experticity employee recently announced her intention to leave her job to spend a year traveling the country with family, upper management realized there was another option. Their response was, "Hey, that's an awesome plan. But you don't need to quit--you can work for us remotely, because of technology like Slack." Today, months later, she's still on the road exploring the nation while representing the company's outside partnerships.

For Denver-based food company Cappello's, it was a real challenge to keep their kitchens, shipping warehouses, and marketing staff on the same page along with the farmers supplying food. Before Slack, it was almost impossible for everyone to access all the information they needed as immediately and as often as they needed it.

Jeff Fierberg, Creative Director at Cappello's, introduced Slack last year and created project-related channels based on marketing events, shipping and logistics, and food production. He added integrations for Slack from Dropbox and Trello, bringing that work into one place, to help employees stay organized and able...