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Having worked entirely remote for a decade, I side with remote with a bit of regular in office. In office can be helpful and there is some serendipity which can
by atwebb 7y ago
Having worked entirely remote for a decade, I side with remote with a bit of regular in office. In office can be helpful and there is some serendipity which cannot be accounted for remotely. People will also just ask someone else rather than send you an email/IM.
However, meetings are terrible onsite. Most meetings do not require strict attention or presence of mind (for my role at least) for the entirety of the meeting. You can gauge when to lean in and when you can work on something else. It can be a great time to handle installs, catch up on small tasks, or follow up on other conversations. I'd attribute a lot of my productivity boost to being able to leverage meeting times as productive minutes. Folks in the room tend to zone out as well, they just can't be as obvious with their lack of focus.
- wayoutthere 7y agoI think you’re describing the type of meetings that should be e-mails :) For creative activities like design sessions where engagement is high, being co-located in the same room is essential. Virtual product design often ends up as design-by-committee after the team grows beyond the size of close personal relationships.
- atwebb 7y agoI half-agree, I love online meetings for visualizations (not strict color design) because everyone is seeing the same thing on their screen and not a whiteboard or presentation. There's more engagement and most tools allow for easy sharing and markup as well as video recording and transcribing. Some sessions are easier in person absolutely but there are not plentiful enough to consider requiring butts in seats everyday.
- cpeterso 7y agoI spend a lot of time in meetings, as both host/facilitator and guest, and work remotely 99% of the time. I highly recommend the book "The Surprising Science of Meetings: How You Can Lead Your Team to Peak Performance" [1] ("One of the top business books everybody will be reading in 2019" — Business Insider) or, for a quick summary, the author's webinar "The Surprising Science of Meetings: Evidence-Based Insights Leaders Need to Gain a Competitive Advantage" [2]. [1] https://www.amazon.com/dp/0190689218 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0190689218 [2] https://youtu.be/8rDuumUtfAM https://youtu.be/8rDuumUtfAM