Apr 6, 2017
In today's episode, Lisette and Pilar continue their conversation about how the collocated space can evolve by adopting virtual teamwork practices.
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Quite a long catch-up today, but it's all related to our
theme...
How Sococo is now the first place where Pilar looks for Lisette
when she needs to speak to her online and how the different rooms
can induce a different mindset. (Hello, Terrance!)
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Lisette met Voranc and Ralph in person at a Management 3.0 retreat
and it confirmed how much of a bond they'd already built just
through online communication.
Pilar went to a launch party of a game she voiced and she noticed
how strange it feels to watch photos of people working in the
office together.
We talk about this recent article in Quartz about the mandate from
IBM to bring remote workers into the office, with some dodgy
research.
https://qz.com/924167/ibm-remote-work-pioneer-is-calling-thousands-of-employees-back-to-the-office/
Pilar's article in response: https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/blog/ibm-back-to-the-office
24:00mins
Ways in which the Collocated Office can change by absorbing
practice from virtual teams.
Feedback
Ongoing feedback vs performance management.
If we only come into the office sporadically, will we take the
opportunity to seek feedback when we are in the same physical space
together?
What works in virtual, might not work in collocated and vv (the
processes, the tools).
(We have a really old episode on Feedback, episode 5!)
Celebrations
Don't forget to get together to celebrate group and individual
successes!
(We have a really old episode on retrospective-style meetings,
where we talk about celebrations, episode 19.)
Meetings
The virtual space accomodates the number of people at a meeting
better than the office. eg you might have a large room and only a
few people turn up, you can really feel it in the physical space,
not as much on a video meeting tool.
Starting on time and ending on time.
Is physical presence enough? Is there more acknowledgement of who
is there in virtual meetings?
Can each person make the decision of whether they want to be
present to contribute or just to be informed?
Recordings and summaries.
The end of presenteeism?