Whether we work remotely or not, our companies should have the processes in place to be able to work from anywhere in the event that something were to happen like bad weather or just transportation problems. Being able to effectively work remotely in an anomalous or even emergency scenario is called being “remote first”. And being remote first will strengthen our businesses and makes them less vulnerable to the outside influences that inevitably come our way.

1. BECOMING “REMOTE FIRST”
Simple tips & tools to work online as if you were in an office together!
@lightling

2. The ability to access info
from anywhere creates
NEW WAYS OF
WORKING

3. Many of you
HAVE TO work
with distributed
teams.

4. In the past, REMOTE
COMMUNICATION
has been notoriously
BAD.

5. And let’s be honest,
SOME THINGS ARE
STILL BAD.

6. A lot has
happened in the
last five years.
TAKE
ANOTHER
LOOK!
IMAGE: MCSCROOGE Lunar Landing - Gardens of Time Blitz Puzzle

7. www.collaborationsuperpowers.com

8. THERE’S NO ONE RIGHT
WAY

9. BUT WHENYOU GET ITRIGHT...

10. FREEDOM

11. STRONGER, MORE
CONNECTED
WORKFORCE

12. Bad weather? Bad commute? No problem!

13. MAKE COMMUNICATING
EASY
DEFINE NORMAL
@lightling
CREATE PRESENCE

14. MAKE COMMUNICATING
EASY
DEFINE NORMAL CREATE PRESENCE

15. MAKE COMMUNICATING EASY
@lightling

17. People think they want
to be co-located
What they really want
is HIGH BANDWITH
COMMUNICATION.

19. Pay
attention to
SOUND
QUALITY.

20. KRISP.AI

21. Use GOOD
EQUIPMENT.

23. OLD SKOOL.

24. SHINY!.

27. MEETING OWL

29. TELEPRESENCE
ROOMS

30. MAKE COMMUNICATING
EASY
DEFINE NORMAL

31. WHAT IS NORMAL?
@lightling

32. You love chaos, and I love order.
“ ”
MAKE THINGS EXPLICIT

33. Make ONLINE COMMUNICATION the default

34. IN PERSON is A-OK, but DOCUMENT

35. Mostly PAPERLESS and ACCESSIBLEanywhere

36. Define your ETIQUETTES.
MEETING | EMAIL | CALENDAR | HOME OFFICE | TASKS | SLACK

37. collaborationsuperpowers.com/extras

38. MAKE COMMUNICATING
EASY
DEFINE NORMAL CREATE PRESENCE

39. CREATE PRESENCE
@lightling

40. Use VIDEO.

44. eteoBoard

45. Portal to China

46. Portal to China

47. Sococo

48. Kubi

51. BeamPro

52. rumii

53. Holograms
Tupac Shakur’s “hologram” at Coachella Christopher Polk/Getty

54. rumii

56. @lightling

58. MAKE COMMUNICATING
EASY
DEFINE NORMAL CREATE PRESENCE

65. YOU WANTED TO KNOW
HOWTO BE REMOTE FIRST

66. MAKE COMMUNICATING
EASY
DEFINE NORMAL
@lightling
CREATE PRESENCE

67. MAKE COMMUNICATING
EASY
DEFINE NORMAL CREATE PRESENCE

68. THERE’S NO ONE RIGHT
WAY

69. BUT WHENYOU GET ITRIGHT...

70. FREEDOM

71. STRONGER, MORE
CONNECTED
WORKFORCE

72. www.collaborationsuperpowers.com

73. collaborationsuperpowers.com/NEWSLETTER