Working remotely has many benefits but also some obvious and non-obvious challenges. Discussions about remote work also often tend to be generic, but what are the key lessons from the largest fully distributed company in the world, Erin?
A lot of the tools available to designers are meant to be used in person, to the point that many designers are lost if they happen to work remotely, or they want to switch a product team to be remote. How to build trust, gather feedback and craft a unified vision? This talk takes inspiration from some of the practices of Erin’s teams and WordPress open source development model to overcome some of the unique challenges of remote working.
Interestingly enough, all these findings can be beneficial also to local teams, as they can improve the work quality and prepare it to scale.