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One thing my remote team does that I think helps massively with this is we have a zoom room that's always open and we use it for regular meetings like standup,
by willio58 3y ago
One thing my remote team does that I think helps massively with this is we have a zoom room that's always open and we use it for regular meetings like standup, sprint planning, etc. When the meeting is over, you can hop (many do) but you can also stay as long as you want. Even as a write this, I'm in the zoom meeting. You can go camera off, but if you ever have even a small question it's encouraged to ask. This has helped massively with keeping an open communication channel that feels organic and synchronous. I highly recommend this, but the key is it's fully optional, it's camera optional, it's mic optional, and there's zero punishment for not being there.
- umeshunni 3y agohow does the zoom channel help over a team slack channel or something like that?
- willio58 3y agoslack is great, we have that too. But it's asynchronous by design. Async communication is great, it's super useful for getting work done. Synchronous communication is important for things like brainstorming, when ideas are half thought out and that's a good thing because it gets gears turning. Slack is too easy to sit there and edit your own words out of existence when maybe those ideas could have been helpful in a group branstorming session.