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1/ We still have a lot to learn about how distributed teams best work effectively, and I really liked the 5 stage framework for distributed work that @photomatt laid out in this interview https://twitter.com/TaylorPearsonMe/status/1350156557158330373
2/ Level 1 is where you don't fully commit to distributed work and have sort of a hybrid system.
3/ Level 2 is where you commit to distributed work, but are using all the same processes as you did in the office and it's not really working.
If you’ve been working remotely in the pandemic, see if this description of Level 2 doesn’t sound familiar:
If you’ve been working remotely in the pandemic, see if this description of Level 2 doesn’t sound familiar:
4/ Level 3 is where you think of rebuilding workflows around the advantages of distributed work instead of just copying what you were doing in the office such as keeping better meeting notes to share with everyone so less people have to attend meetings.
5/ Level Four is about moving really embracing the advantages of distributed work in how the companies operates.
Matt gave an example of how they have found a way to replace most meetings using internal threads.
Matt gave an example of how they have found a way to replace most meetings using internal threads.
6/ Level Five is fully leveraging the advantages of distributed work to becomes far more productive than an in-person team.
7/ I think we are in the very early stage of distributed work, a phase akin to the very first factories being built using electricity as the main source of power rather than steam.
8/ When this shift happened, the first electric factories were built just like steam-powered factories with everything crammed close to the center of the building.
For a steam-powered factory, this was optimal.
For a steam-powered factory, this was optimal.
9/ You lost too much energy when machines were far away from the central turbine and so you organized the factory around that.
10/ With electricity, factories were radically redesigned and the birth of the “production line” emerged, a structure that only became possible once the move from steam power to electricity happened and you get power the stations electrically.
11/ Fully embracing the potential of electricity required re-imagining how factories were designed to embrace the technology.
The shift to distributed work will likewise require a reimagining of how we work.
The shift to distributed work will likewise require a reimagining of how we work.
