You can "solve" the timezone issue by having chain of command changes. Think about all those distributed teams that are all over the place, how do they work? T

You can "solve" the timezone issue by having chain of command changes. Think about all those distributed teams that are all over the place, how do they work? They've been doing this for years now, are successful, and they must have done something right. From what I have seen: reporting structures are different, team sizes tend to be smaller. In some circumstances, particular cities have "hubs" for employees if anything needs to be done on-site. It's not rocket surgery, it's not blindly obvious either, but there is a solution here. I don't like the tone of these articles because they have such a negative, fear-porn driven bait title that it mars whatever good wisdom the author wants to impart.