Hi HN!
I'm curious what unexpected team rituals have been helpful for your software development teams as you've been working remotely.
Rituals that are expected:
- everyone on the team writing up weekly summaries.
- record every video conference
- have lots of 1:1 meetings to maintain relationships
Rituals that have been unexpected:
- Posting once a week about what I did for fun over the weekend, usually with photos.
- Setting up longer phone call 1:1s where both attendees are walking.
I think the future of our working relationships will be increasingly remote, but I'm struggling to see interesting creativity for tightly integrated dev teams.
If new ways of working aren't established, I struggle to see how remote teams will compete with teams that meet in person on a weekly/daily basis.
I'm curious what unexpected team rituals have been helpful for your software development teams as you've been working remotely.
Rituals that are expected:
- everyone on the team writing up weekly summaries.
- record every video conference
- have lots of 1:1 meetings to maintain relationships
Rituals that have been unexpected:
- Posting once a week about what I did for fun over the weekend, usually with photos.
- Setting up longer phone call 1:1s where both attendees are walking.
I think the future of our working relationships will be increasingly remote, but I'm struggling to see interesting creativity for tightly integrated dev teams.
If new ways of working aren't established, I struggle to see how remote teams will compete with teams that meet in person on a weekly/daily basis.