by Lisette Sutherland | Apr 29, 2016 | Remote Working
In my interviews, I’ve been asking people and companies why they are going remote. Needless to say, people and companies have different reasons. I’d like to share with you some of the most common reasons I’ve heard for why we are making the decision...
by Lisette Sutherland | Mar 30, 2016 | Community Design, Employee Engagement, Remote Working
One of the benefits of remote working is being able to hire the best. But how do we find them? And how will we know if they’ll be good a good fit? Hiring someone to work on a remote team is slightly different than hiring someone who will work in an office with...
by Lisette Sutherland | Feb 24, 2016 | Collaboration, Experiments, Remote Working
I like working with people, but I like being in my own space. I like my comfortable chair, my electric sit-stand desk, my multiple monitors, my music, my neighbor cat who comes over to visit… I could go on and on. At a coworking space, I’m distracted by the...
by Lisette Sutherland | Jan 10, 2016 | Remote Working
It was a Thursday night around 10pm. I had just finished participating in a remote work panel discussion in Las Vegas via the Revolve Robotics Kubi. I turned on a podcast, got up to get a glass of water, and then broke my own #1 house rule: no liquids near the...
by Lisette Sutherland | Dec 5, 2015 | Employee Engagement, Online meetings, Remote Working, Retrospectives, Virtual Friendship
From differences in opinion to flat out misunderstandings, conflicts with our virtual teams are inevitable. Differences in language, culture, and working styles can cause all kinds of issues. So what can we do to prevent and resolve these conflicts when they arise?...
by Lisette Sutherland | Sep 23, 2015 | Remote Working, Telepresence
I will be traveling a lot over the next three months for both presentations and Work Together Anywhere workshops. Lined up before me are Greece, Spain, France, Belgium, Vietnam, and Germany (not to brag ;). I’ve written before about my ultimate recipe for...
