The London-listed global investment firm Man Group is by no means new to the world of finance: it served its first clients in 1783. Even though it’s a centuries-old business, however, it can still quickly adapt to change.

We were eager to hear how the company onboarded its 1,400 member organization, from Beijing to Boston, onto Slack so quickly. So we sat down with Tom Price, Man Group’s chief technology officer responsible for core technology, to learn how Slack helped the firm’s teams break out of departmental silos and power productivity.