Remote friendly or unfriendly?

One other thing about meetings in remote companies: working remotely has made me realize how unimportant and ritualized so many meetings are. Often times, I will get 90% of the way through scheduling a meeting in Google Calendar only to ask myself “can’t we just update each other on this project throughout the week via Slack?” Even staff meetings s... See more

3) Work Communication: Purpose-built communication tools help enable more effective team stand-ups (Standups), ongoing team communication (Tandem), working sessions (Remote HQ), and spontaneous watercooler chats (Snack). Others are enabling sales calls (Demodesk), asynchronous communication (Loom), workplace training (Hone), and less-distracting co... See more

For remote workers:

- 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