Brainstorming today looks very different. Teams are now spread all over the world—from headquarters and regional offices to home offices, branch offices, shared spaces and coffee shops.

Teams also look very different. Instead of just employees, teams might include partners, customers, patients, vendors and other external groups.

But the biggest difference is the tools we now use. Instead of easels and markers, we now have unified communications (UC) platforms. And those platforms are moving to the cloud.