Building bridges beyond the screen: Cracking the code of remote team-building
summary
A six-person dev team spread across four countries and three time zones runs a rolling set of experiments: a weekly team coffee (renamed from virtual breakfast for inclusivity) moved into the planning as the first agenda item to force participation, Gather Town is tried and abandoned but converts people to webcams, and short icebreakers plus gartic phone drawings reset mood before retrospectives. The rule is pick one goal, iterate, and stop what fails.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Remote team-building intro
- 1:08Team-building goals
- 4:10Shift to remote work
- 7:26Four remote activities
- 9:09Virtual coffee inclusivity
- 12:42Balancing participation
- 15:58Gather Town webcams
- 17:43Icebreakers in retrospectives
- 21:19Activity considerations
- 22:44Online afterworks challenges
- 26:26Key takeaways
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