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 | 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 | 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 | Sep 17, 2014 | Remote Working, Virtual Friendship
I met Abe at a party in 2006 and we’ve been close friends ever since. We have a lot of things in common, but one of those things is our mutual obsession for music. From the first day we met, we we’ve been sharing music. And we quickly started doing that on...
by Lisette Sutherland | Jul 23, 2013 | Collaboration, Employee Engagement, Remote Working
My boyfriend and I went to Switzerland again for a holiday. The plan was to do some epic climbing, but it rained almost every day while we were there. Because we couldn’t climb, we did a lot of epic walking (and running) instead… which gave me a lot of...