Dealing with culture divide and internal advocacy
summary
Distributed teams get fewer assumptions and more overhead so adopt concrete practices: use the Chrome app figure it out to pick windows that minimize unfair late-night calls, rotate meeting times so no region always eats nights, run 15-minute daily standups and a relaxed Friday check-in, and run a show and tell every other week plus documented onboarding and mentoring. These steps reduce missed decisions, raise visibility of work, and measurably improve inclusion and retention.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Start
- 0:49Couchbase
- 1:58Problems we Encounter
- 3:08Problem: The World is Round
- 4:31Solution: Make Flexible Hours
- 5:30Problem: Information is Social
- 6:21Solution: Talk online
- 6:42Problem: Neverending meetings & Connections
- 7:27Solution: Be consistent
- 7:56Embrace Differences
- 9:26Advocate internally
- 10:18Celebrate Achievements
- 11:17Reward with Opportunity
- 11:50Improvements • Onboarding
- 13:42Acknowledge
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