See this article from Slate which reminds “Employers relying on a newly remote workforce should be offering maximum flexibility in these difficult times.” Īppropriate or minimal technology (the lowest possible computational power that meets the core needs) are great to remember. Casual conversation and tools for fun conversation are fun and critically important.MS Teams has chat where people can have casual, timely conversation, and send stickers and animated GIFs.Implementing the work-focused daily meetings and a work-related and regular social time is a best practice for remote work. Many of us have experience with this in the form of online readings done with our professional communities. There are many articles online with ideas for team building for remote workers (e.g,, and ). Regular online social hour (can be work-related, like a reading group):Ĭreating designated social time for connection, often with focused activities like games or readings, are important for keeping teams together and supporting connection. These have developed from agile programming practices and because, with so many programmers working remotely across the world, programming management practices have evolved to support remote workers. Daily stand-ups are a best practice, and are very useful for productivity and connection. These are short daily meetings done at the same time each day, where people literally stand-up (to encourage folks to be concise) and give their updates and plans for the day ( ). Doing this gives space to breathe and be, and prevents an endless stream of Zoom meetings. Working from home means no time, even for walking from one meeting to the next, so people recommend that meetings that would be an hour should end after 50 minutes (and 30 minute meetings should end at 25 minutes). Meetings for 1 hour End After 50 Minutes (and 25 for 30 minute meetings) Programming, digital project management, and other digital teams offer these ideas: Socio-technical practices like daily stand-up meetings and shared readings are useful. Technical tools like MS Teams can help with chat features, and zoom for connecting on meetings. Working from home can be lonely and difficult. In addition to technical resources, it’s ideal to have socio-technical supports for folks who are/may work remotely.
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