The Remote Agency Toolbox

More and more businesses are adopting the distributed company model – they hire the best talent, no matter where in the world they are. Following the example of WordPress, built by thousands of volunteers, more WordPress businesses go remote today than ever. Location independence provides many opportunities, but can also be challenging and frustrating unless executed right.

This talk provides a quick list of useful tips, tricks and tools to help you make the most of remote working. It shares the experience and know-how of Human Made, a distributed WordPress agency and WordPress VIP partner that has more than 30 employees scattered across the globe and does enterprise work for clients in 4 continents.

This talk was presented in July 2016 and September 2016 at WordCamp Bilbao and WordCamp Frankfurt.

Transcript

1. @PETYEAH | #WCFRA THE REMOTE AGENCY TOOLBOX
4. 4 1994
10. once a year
11. every day
16. 26.7% OF THE WEB
20. How do you make it work?
23. no more email
24. real time communication
25. we live in Slack
26. we live in Slack • 109 channels • Client communication channels • Product development channels • Travel channels • Personal interest/groups channels
27. Slack + screenhero
28. Real time collaboration
29. Real time collaboration
30. Asynchronous communication
31. blog from the fronted
33. New business development
35. meetings
38. Design & Development
39. Project management
40. Project management
41. time management
42. communication is oxygen? then too much can kill you too
43. Working hours - 24/7?
44. Learn & Optimise
45. people management
46. Accounting & payroll
48. resource management
50. resource management Harvest forecast
52. culture is everything
53. bi-weekly company hangouts
55. getting to know each other
56. facts against humanity - the human database
57. virtual coffee breaks
58. face to face communication
59. team retreat
60. travel together
62. meet & co-work around word camps
63. remote!=alone
64. shared values
65. the tools you use only go so far there’s something more important
67. Always assume no harm is meant
68. it’s not personal
69. cresource management don’t take yourself too seriously
70. cresource management don’t take yourself too seriously, petya!
71. don’t be an asshole
72. kindness is a universal language
74. Welcome to the future
75. Thank you #WCFRA