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Anecdotal but my otherwise-entirely-remote (small) company just finished a 5 day week of all-day in-person meetings and did an incredible amount of planning for
by treyd 3y ago
Anecdotal but my otherwise-entirely-remote (small) company just finished a 5 day week of all-day in-person meetings and did an incredible amount of planning for the next ~year that would have otherwise taken at least a month if we tried it over video calls and didn't work at a pace that would have burned us out. It was not particularly exhausting as one would expect.
- jen20 3y agoSo get people together once a year for an offsite in a central-ish city. Not that hard. Almost every team which is naturally distributed (sales is a good example, where regional coverage is required) do this once per quarter.
- j45 3y agoOnce a quarter is not nearly enough for any group executing vs planning all the time. Once or twice a month? Sure. Once or twice a week? Can be ideal especially as a company is finding it's repeatable and scalable path. I love remote, but it's just a tool. Same for hybrid, and being in the same office.
- jen20 3y agoRemote detailed planning on a weekly basis is fine. Quarterly meet-ups is perfectly sufficient for setting a roadmap. That's how my entire team operates (since before the pandemic!) and have never had an issue with it.
- erik_seaberg 3y agoI've seen planning marathons, but not the way I would do them. How much peace and quiet did people have to think about the plans and take notes, before the talking? Did they record the final decisions and reasons to refer to next year?