I’ll continue to add resources here for hybrid-remote work and for agile teams and organizations pursuing a successful hybrid-remote work setup.
What is our Future? Hybrid, Remote, or Something Else? (Summer 2021)
Pragmatic Programmers asked me to write a series of articles celebrating the two-year anniversary of our book, From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams. This series on Medium covers similar information as my Agile2021 talk of the same name.
- Part I – What You Missed About Remote Work in 2020: Choices, Autonomy and Remote Amplification
- With a brief overview of Virtual Distance concepts and implications
- Part II – What You Missed About Remote Work in 2020: The Remote Agile Framework
- Part III – What You Missed About Remote Work in 2020: Navigating Future Ripples in Remote Work
Other Resources for Hybrid Remote
Agile2021 – Remote Talks & Workshops – July 19-22, 2021
There were a number of sessions at this conference on July 19-22, 2021 that will help you better understand how you can support teams and organizations in remote and hybrid-remote work. See the sessions here.
My Talk: Where Does our Future Lead? Remote, Hybrid Remote or Elsewhere
- Links to my slides can be found on Speakerdeck and on the Agile2021 website.
- People asked me how I filmed some of the unique video effects for my talk. Three secrets there:
- the mmhmm app
- Cam Houser’s excellent Minimal Viable Video course
- lots of experimentation — I’m a tool geek 😉
- People also asked for the Mentimeter results of the poll I ran during the video/talk. Here you go:
Dropbox Virtual First Toolkit (Example of office-based to thoughtful hybrid remote)
In my talk, I reference the move Dropbox made during the pandemic and how they are constantly updating their Virtual First Toolkit. Check these links for more information
Early 2021 version – Virtual First Toolkit – some of the early work of Dropbox to go from office-based to hybrid remote
Virtual First Toolkit – June 2021 – gives more information on Dropboxes next steps
My Hybrid-Remote Articles, Blog Posts, and Series
Hybrid Remote Work – Think Bridges, Not Destination
A long-form article where I discuss where I see hybrid remote work evolving into 2022.
Return Gently to the Office blog series (Spring 2021)
Describing some of the challenges and ways to navigate those challenges of planning to return to the office.
Your Next Workplace blog series (Fall 2020)
Explaining considerations, such as inclusion, and techniques (buddy and copilot patterns in particular).
Remote Basics
Basic concepts I’ve written about over the years for remote and hybrid remote organizations. Also see:
- My Articles on remote teams and organizations
- Past conference talks and podcasts on remote work.
Remote Jobs & Recruiting
They are out there, you just need to know where to look. Fortunately, I have a few places for you to check out on my Remote Jobs page.
Other Useful Resources for Remote and Hybrid Remote Organizations
- See Lisette Sutherland‘s website, Collaboration Superpowers, for an excellent podcast on all things remote and her hybrid remote workshop.
- See Nick Bloom’s research at Standford University and his WFH research site.
- I tend to gather other research and trends on remote work here.