Silence isn't golden, it's deadly!
summary
A company survey finds a third of a 20‑person remote Pivotal Cloud Foundry Solutions team does not feel part of a team. Experiments include one-to-ones every week, a 30‑minute weekly standup plus 30‑minute "teach me something", monthly retros with PostFacto, quarterly virtual offsite whole day on Zoom, and low‑tech rituals like a talking goose mascot, stickers and public Slack shoutouts. Results: a new hire reports strong team feeling, while pitfalls include regional exclusion, internal silos and a failed book club.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Intro
- 3:00What's my problem?
- 5:29How are we trying to improve?
- 5:52Communication: One to One
- 6:28Communication: Weekly standup
- 7:35Communication: Weekly teach me something
- 8:16Communication: Monthly retro
- 9:09Communication: Quarterly virtual off-site
- 10:12Trust: Psychological safety
- 11:17Trust: Active listening
- 12:04Trust: Mindful communication
- 12:46Trust: Resilience
- 14:47Team culture: Team mascot
- 16:42Team culture: Virtual coffee break/happy hour
- 17:44Team culture: Celebrate achievements
- 19:14What didn't work?
- 22:04What's next?
- 23:22Any ideas?
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