Middle management ideas to make remote work a moral necessity rather than a culture-killer.

  • remote work is successful for old trusted employees with defined roles; new employees feel like they’ve joined a group chat rather than a company
  • hard to promote a wholesome company culture
  • easy to misunderstand chat messages & emojis
  • less likely to have small talk/passing conversations
  • causes more intra-team & less inter-team messaging so less serendipitous knowledge sharing & innovation
  • virtual teams have fewer & less creative ideas
  • harder to build trust (required for effective collaboration) virtually
  • :tada: solutions (for middle managers to enact)
    • decide why & when things need to be in-person vs async/remote
    • form new groups for new ideas
    • intentional structured mentorship programs
    • plan retreats/events
  • (not explicitly stated in the article but heavily implied) be international