Remote: Hacking the World’s Genius
summary
Argues that a staged experiment actually works: a one-day-a-week pilot grows into company policy and at TIG 60→100 people now allow one day/week remote and eight full-time remotes; fully distributed Fuse runs 13 people across time zones. Uses concrete tools and rituals: Slack with standardized statuses and private project channels, Trello + Harvest time tracking, Zeplin/GitHub/Dropbox/InVision, Gel-style standups, Donut pairings and an annual hack retreat. Reports tangible wins (productivity, hiring reach) and real costs (loneliness, leadership gaps) and how processes mostly mitigate them.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Start
- 9:35INTEGRATING REMOTE LIFE
- 12:44FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH INTEGRATING A REMOTE WORKING POLICY
- 18:27CASE STUDY #3
- 22:44KEY: A CULTURE OF GOOD COMMUNICATION
- 23:33THE VIRTUAL WATER COOLER
- 24:50WEEKLY TEAM
- 27:39MAGIC VS WORK
- 28:01YEARLY RETREAT
- 28:29EXPERIMENTING WITH REMOTE LIFE
- 29:02DISCPLINE & PERSONAL COMMITMENT
- 30:42SETTING BOUNDARIES.
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