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Tiny Details for Effective Remote Work

Tal Safran
October 13, 2018

Tiny Details for Effective Remote Work

My talk about effective remote communication from Nomad City 2018 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.

The entire video can be found here: http://keynotes18.nomadcity.org/300041427

Tal Safran

October 13, 2018
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  1. Work Lunch Work Work Lunch Work Work Lunch Work Work

    Lunch Work Work Lunch Work Work Lunch Work
  2. Work Lunch Work Work Lunch Work Work Lunch Work Work

    Lunch Work unch Work Work Lunch Work
  3. Work Lunch Work Work Lunch Work Work Lunch Work Work

    Lunch Work unch Work Work Lunch Work % %
  4. How We Communicate Mostly written Video meetings and 1-1s ⏱

    Large meetings are recorded Meetings are infrequent and often optional
  5. • It's urgent! • Hashing things out • Personal relationships

    • The actual work! Asynchronous Synchronous
  6. • It's urgent! • Hashing things out • Personal relationships

    • The actual work! • Making decisions Asynchronous Synchronous
  7. • It's urgent! • Hashing things out • Personal relationships

    • The actual work! • Making decisions • Referencing past work/decisions Asynchronous Synchronous
  8. Work Pong Prioritize blockers Make it actionable (or reduce hops)

    Provide tons of context Show your appreciation
  9. Asynchronous Standups At your own time * Written record Can

    include links! ✏ Can be edited! ↩ Can be followed up on!
  10. Slack At Its Worst Constant distraction < Half baked thoughts

    = Hard to reference False urgency Information overload
  11. Remote Relationships H ⏱ Be generous with 1-1s Don't only

    talk about work Keep notes! Follow up!
  12. Remote Relationships H ⏱ Be generous with 1-1s Don't only

    talk about work Keep notes! Follow up! Slack is for personality!