Remote Is a Four Letter Word
summary
Argues that “remote” is the wrong word and that successful teams have long been distributed not remote, citing a 1990s support rota with offices in London, Stamford CT, Chicago, Singapore and Zurich using IRC, telephones and on‑call laptops to provide 24/7 coverage. Notes pandemic acceleration in 2020, widespread use of Zoom, Slack, Discord and Teams, and recommends an asynchronous-first base with lightweight synchronous calls when needed. Advocates hybrid, iterative changes and hybrid fluidity so communication rules stay constant as distribution shifts.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 0:53CONSULTANT
- 1:51TAM NOT AN EXPERT
- 4:20NEGATIVE
- 11:26MARCH 767TH 2020
- 13:28COMMUNICATE
- 14:24HYBRID
- 17:27agile
