The Wide Teams Podcast
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Podcast #29: John Hawkins of 9Seeds LLC
In this episode, an interview with John Hawkins, one of the founders of 9Seeds, a company that specializes in custom Wordpress development. The 9Seeds team is fully dispersed, with every team member working from home. We talked about how 9Seeds came to be a distributed company, and why John intends never to set foot in a brick-and-mortar office again.
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Podcast #24: Derek Wade
In this episode, a conversation with Derek Wade, a collaboration expert and Team Coach at Kumido Adaptive Systems. We talk about building "high-gravity" distributed teams, work-scapes, and the benefits of simple, free-form tools for collaboration.
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Wide Links #16: Meeting, Coaching, Bridging, Chatting
A heaping helping of links for remote workers today! In this edition, why work often doesn't happen at work; an open thread on managing remote workers; advice for improving communication between the main office and remote workers - and much, much more.
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Wide Teams Podcast Episode 19: Interview with Steven Willmott
In this episode of the Wide Teams podcast, I interview Steven Willmott. of 3Scale. We talk about supporting clients in multiple timezones, what you do when one of your developers who lives on a mountainside and generates his own power gets hit with a snowstorm, and much more!
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Wide Links #15: Management, Busyness, Satisfaction
The week's best articles on remote teams from all around the web. In this edition, pointers for managing a distributed team, tips for communicating how busy you are to people who can't see you, a report that says teleworkers are happier than people who work in offices, and more!
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Wide Links #12: Agility, Attitude, Independence
A sampling of the week's best articles about distributed teams and remote work, from around the web. This week, notes on distributed agile software development; an article that says changing mindset is a bigger barrier to remote work than adopting new tools; a post about how working remotely helps workers become more independent and self-directed; and much, much more.
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Wide Links #11: Trust, Balance, Camping
For your reading enjoyment, a fresh batch of links from around the web! In this installment: building trust on distributed teams, maintaining balance at home when home IS work, and working remotely while camping across Europe.
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Wide Teams Podcast Episode 9: Interview with Michael Bleigh
In this episode: some thoughts on the Google Wave shutdown announcement, and talking to Michael Bleugh of Intridea about being part of a 50-person geographically distributed company.
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Wide Links #6
Links about dispersed teams, from around the web. In this edition: coworking from home; evaluating Google Wave; questions to ask a potential remote employer; planning a virtual meeting; and more.
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Wide Links #4
Notes on dispersed teams, from around the web. Today: Inc. magazine goes remote; studies show "vritual" teams can match or outperform collocated ones; and the latest in bathrobe fashion.
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