Distributed Teams

Remote work is here to stay: follow distributed teams best practices to encourage your team to work well wherever they are. This story was originally published on voltagecontrol.com The remote work revolution is here and it’s more important than ever for remote companies to follow distributed teams’ best practices to keep their teams connected. As 82% of US businesses encourage their team members to work remotely, it’s essential that distributed companies…

The most impactful 30 minutes of your week — Your team is doing challenging work. There are a variety of inputs and frequent conversations, and complexity and change are both running at a high level. How do you help your team stay focused, effective, and engaged? 1on1s are a vital tool in your leadership toolbox explicitly designed for this…

MistyWest has delivered some of our most complex technical projects since the start of the pandemic; here’s how we’ve maintained our hardware development pipeline while working with a distributed team. — Written by Mark McAllister, Firmware Engineer and Tech Lead at MistyWest Although popular in the software industry for years, remote work was uncommon in hardware development until the start of the pandemic. Manufacturing physical products requires testing, debugging and iterative design, which often relies on specialized equipment and sufficient space…

A distributed team offers a lot of advantages but to make it work well you need to be thoughtful. Clear communication, centralized sources of information, and a focus on results will enable your team to succeed. Distributed teams have become much more commonplace over the past two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the trend toward remote work doesn’t appear to be slowing down. Working remotely rather than on-site offers multiple benefits to teams and managers, but it also comes with some challenges. …

The year is 2022 — as a society, we are finally emerging out of our collective cocoon after two long years battling a global pandemic. …

Blockchain, Kubernetes, and even Remote Work have one beautiful thing in common — the concept of distributed work. At their best. Also, the fact that they are still software development buzzwords even today…but let’s just skate past that. Dare I say, we know what distributed systems are — multiple linked…

Communication is one of the main challenges for remote teams. It’s crucial to find a balance between synchronous and asynchronous communication, too many and too few meetings, and so on. But communication isn’t just between people on your team. Your brand communicates with the world. The key to overcoming obstacles…