November 2020
Beginner to intermediate
250 pages
7h 41m
English
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Chapter 58. Remotely Productive or Productively Remote
Avleen Vig
As you switch from local or distributed to remote teams,1 shifts in productivity can seem paradoxical. The assumption is that, away from the distractions of the office, people will skyrocket in productivity, whereas among remote teams, overall productivity can increase, but individual productivity might fluctuate or drop.
How does this happen? In every organization, critical work and less urgent work must be done. Productivity is the result of both of those types of work receiving attention. As individual productivity drops, people tend to refocus on one type of work or the other. If you’re measuring success on the number of high-priority tasks or projects that hit their milestones, you may well see the overall impact of your teams go up.
Remote ICs (individual contributors) also have opportunities to be productive differently than they were before, and time-shifting work or breaking up their day is one good example of this. For example, ICs who are several time zones ahead of their colleagues can take advantage of quiet time in the morning to work on tasks with fewer interruptions.
A key element to keeping productivity high is communication and collaboration, and these are very human-centric. They require engaging with other people, listening, internalizing, and responding. The internet has considerable ...
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