by Lisette Sutherland | Jul 22, 2015 | Collaboration, Interviews, Remote Working
The Collaboration Superpowers book “Stories Of Remote Teams Doing Great Things” is on its way! It’s been a fun group process. I re-listened to all the interviews on the Collaboration Superpowers podcast (thanks Nick!). And I pulled the gold nuggets...
by Lisette Sutherland | Jun 30, 2015 | Community Management, Employee Engagement, Online meetings, Remote Working
In college, I was a member of a student group where each meeting began with a short opening question. I didn’t know anything about meeting facilitation at the time, but I remember liking that part of the meeting. Fast forward to when I became a manager leading a...
by Lisette Sutherland | Mar 24, 2015 | Remote Working
I just returned from 10 days of vacation. This time, I felt I really needed the time off. My boyfriend, Florian, and I name all of our trips before we go – and from the beginning, this vacation was called the “Grumpy burnout tour”. We had both been working crazy...
by Lisette Sutherland | Mar 5, 2015 | Remote Working, Retrospectives, Uncategorized
Retrospectives are meetings held at regularly scheduled intervals where teams can reflect on how things are going to be more effective. There are many styles, but some typical questions are: What is going well? What could have gone better? What have we learned? What...
by Lisette Sutherland | Jan 25, 2015 | Online meetings, Remote Working, Telepresence
In order to solve the issue of bad online meetings, we need to address the specific pain points that we are having on our team. Does someone have a bad connection? That has to be fixed. Do we need headsets? Lets solve that. If someone has bad etiquette, that also...
by Lisette Sutherland | Dec 9, 2014 | Remote Working
I recently worked with a freelancer who did not pay the invoice I sent. It’s now been more than 60 days. After several emails and some gentle shaming on social media, I received an email promising that the check would be sent soon. This is not an isolated...
