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Reducing Asynchronous Miscommunication(friday.app)
2 points by lukethomas 6y ago|1 comments
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FlexWork: The new rules of the modern workplace(medium.com)
2 points by lukethomas 6y ago|0 comments
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Why Project Management Tools Fail(friday.app)
2 points by lukethomas 6y ago|0 comments
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The Open Secret of Remote Work(friday.app)
1 points by lukethomas 6y ago|0 comments
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What will happen to remote work after Covid-19?(medium.com)
3 points by lukethomas 6y ago|1 comments
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Remote Work is an exercise in behavior change at scale(digg.com)
2 points by lukethomas 7y ago|0 comments
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by lukethomas 7y ago
When collaborating over ambiguous topics where the potential to be misunderstood is high, you need to use the "richest" communication channel possible. Body language, facial expression, and the fast feedback loop can help you quic
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The easiest way to feel connected as a remote team(friday.app)
1 points by lukethomas 7y ago|0 comments
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How to operationalize remote team communication(friday.app)
1 points by lukethomas 7y ago|0 comments
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Tips on how to work remotely with your significant other(medium.com)
3 points by lukethomas 7y ago|0 comments
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by lukethomas 7y ago
I'm the founder of a startup with 6 employees (FT/contractors) and have one 1-1 meeting every week (30 min) + a "coffee shop session" for an hour where we shoot the breeze and talk about non-work stuff.
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Bootstrapping to $10k/month with a day job(lukethomas.com)
4 points by lukethomas 7y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Friday – Slack complement for distributed teams
3 points by lukethomas 7y ago|0 comments
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by lukethomas 7y ago
A couple thoughts: 1.) communicate asynchronously as much as possible. If you have a synchronous conversation like a meeting, make sure there is a written representation of what was discussed. If it doesn't persist, it doesn't exi
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Why are fast-growing remote companies building their own intranet?(friday.app)
1 points by lukethomas 7y ago|0 comments
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Why we don't serve alcohol at our events(friday.app)
3 points by lukethomas 7y ago|0 comments
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Synchronous daily standups are a waste of time(friday.app)
2 points by lukethomas 7y ago|0 comments
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by lukethomas 7y ago
This is great advice. As an employee, I've found success with the following: - Send an agenda beforehand. This gives your manager an idea about what you'd like to discuss, so then they can prepare themselves and/or not get ca
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How the office dictates how we communicate at work(medium.com)
2 points by lukethomas 7y ago|0 comments
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How to get hired for a remote job(learn.g2.com)
2 points by lukethomas 7y ago|0 comments
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by lukethomas 7y ago
A lot of this depends on people on the maker's schedule vs. the manager's schedule. Or put another way, some people like the office environment because it matches how they communicate and get things done. The office environment is
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Office vs. Remote: how distance changes the way we communicate at work(friday.app)
2 points by lukethomas 7y ago|0 comments
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Navigating Remote Work Communication Challenges(friday.app)
2 points by lukethomas 7y ago|0 comments
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by lukethomas 7y ago
If anyone wants to dig into when to use sync vs. async, I strongly recommend learning about "grounding" when communicating: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grounding_in_communication#Gro...
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by lukethomas 7y ago
Totally agree - I wrote a rebuttal to the concept of "virtual office" tools for distributed teams a few minutes ago: https://www.friday.app/remote-work-virtual-office
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Remote work doesn't need a “virtual office”(friday.app)
1 points by lukethomas 7y ago|1 comments
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by lukethomas 7y ago
I used Sqwiggle back in 2013 and while I appreciated the idea in theory, as an employee, it felt like an employee oversight tool. Essentially, it gave the impression that my boss didn't trust that I was doing my work. This tool made it
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Remote Team Meetups: A Complete Guide(friday.app)
3 points by lukethomas 7y ago|0 comments
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by lukethomas 7y ago
Author here - the point of the article was to outline a super basic process to understand what people are working on and what can be expected of them. You may notice in the article that the individual opts-in to what they'd like to acc
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Results vs. Hours: creating a results-focused work environment(friday.app)
56 points by lukethomas 7y ago|31 comments

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