Jori Lallo on Working Effectively Across Different Timezones

We’re also all remote, which sparked some other new ideas about how to work together. The most meaningful for us being metablogging, or having an internal blogging system where we all share deeper thoughts and explorations of what we’re working on, and which we use as our collective brain to debate priorities, build on each other’s ideas, and maint... See more

I have tried all the models described. Personally, I’d recommend you avoid hybrid approaches and act as distributed as possible - or just don’t do remote at all and be co-located. Both are fine.

- Lower the barriers to communication ○ Elect tools that encourage easy communication and transparency § Slack § Zoom § Figma - Make shared objectives explicit ○ Common cause is the glue that binds a team together ○ Before launching your team, start by specifying the why § 2 months: ask "what should our team accomplish in two months?" □ Encourage d... See more