Working remotely has many benefits but also some obvious and non-obvious challenges. Discussions about remote work also often tend to be generic, however each discipline require its own kind of variations, and design isn’t different.
A lot of the tools available to designers are meant to be used in person, but what if we happen to work remotely, or we want to switch a product team to being remote? How to build trust, gather feedback and craft a unified vision? This talk takes inspiration from some of the practices of Automattic’s teams to overcome some of the unique challenges of remote working.
These solutions will also be beneficial to any designer who desires to engage with open source projects, as they are by definition remote.
This talk was done the first time at WordCamp Brighton 2017.
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S. Graber for Harvard Business Review
Many companies
focus too much on technology
and not enough on process.
S. Graber (2015) Why Remote Work Thrives in Some Companies and Fails in Others
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A. Furnham
Research shows unequivocally that
brainstorming groups produce fewer and
poorer quality ideas than the same number
of individuals working alone.
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A. Osborn, the person that formalized brainstorms
The fact is that group brainstorming is
recommended solely as a supplement to
individual ideation.