[Srijan Wednesday Webinar] Finding success with a distributed workforce
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Distributed Teams, Systems & Culture
Harrison Dahme@isthebaron // [email protected]
Finding success with a distributed workforce
-Who works with someone who- works remote, full time?- works from a separate office?- works from home occasionally- would like to?works from home occasionally
Quick Poll!
Distributed Culture?
● Give autonomy to teams so they can function independently in space and time.
● Ingrain that in company culture
Wait, but why?Organizations which design
systems ... are constrained to
produce designs which are copies
of the communication structures
of these organizations
—M. Conway
Wait, but why?
● More time!
30 minute commute= 1.5 hours a day= 7.5 hours a week= 370 hours a year= 3 weeks of vacation
Resources● https://www.lullabot.com/articles/yahoo-best-buy-and-telecommuting-
advice-from-a-distributed-company● https://www.lullabot.com/articles/what-is-a-distributed-company● Remote: Office Not Required, by Jason Fried and David Hansson● http://hanselminutes.com/375/on-culture-and-remoteness-at-github-
with-paul-betts-and-justin-spahr-summers