Building Efficient
teams through remote
working.
Shodipo Ayomide - Studio 14 Company Workshop
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HELLO!
I am Shodipo Ayomide (developerayo)
Formal Lead Dev Advocate & Engineer @VanHack
Founder and CEO @fremer
find meat @developerayo
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What is remote
working?
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Understand This:
REMOTE IS NOT
ABOUT WORKING
FROM HOME
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It is about
FLEXIBILITY
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Remote is not
easy.
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Remote is worth
it.
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Remote working is a totally
different way of working,
with different constraint and
processes.
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Remote working brings you
the freedom to spend as
much time as you can with
your family and the places
you love
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Remote working permits a
flexibility and freedom that
increases your quality of life
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Remote working increases
team productivity by
encouraging focusing and
reducing time wastage
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Remote working can
drastically cut down company
costs and expenses.
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Talent is equally distributed
around the world but
opportunity is not.
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But only if it's done well
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Remote working is not
suitable for everyone
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Does it work?
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Dispersed teams can actually
outperform teams that are
collocated. — MITSloan
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By telecommuting, 83 percent of employees
said their ability to communicate and
collaborate with coworkers was the same as,
if not better than, it was when working on-
site.
— Cisco via Help Scout
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Dispersed teams can actually
outperform teams that are
collocated. — MITSloan
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Does it work for everybody?
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NO
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Communication
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Don’t use email internally
unless you want to send a
proposal or something.
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Make sure every team
member is at least sometimes
remote
-mental health
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Time zones
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Schedule your day wisely
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Personality
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Remote work is not for
everyone
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Get people that don’t need a
manager to do what they
have to do.
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Remote working requires a
proper and stable mindset
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Meetups
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Face to face team meetups
are !important
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Encourage company retreats
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Encourage company
zoom/skype or hangout
meetings for sync.
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Remote Working Tools
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The CCAI of remote work
Communication is everything
Collaboration is everything
Automation is everything
Integration is everything
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Communication
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History is crucial for referral
on what a team mate said, do
not clear cache or history.
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Zoom/Skype or Hangout call,
if necessary.
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No emails unless it’s a very
serious proposal and requires
one. If not everything else
goes in the team chat.