Lean Startup

The Purpose Of Purpose On A Virtual Team | Chris Byers

In any workplace, people need belonging, affirmation and meaning. But organization values and employees sense of purpose are even more critical for increasingly virtual teams. Chris Byers, CEO of Form...

24 Mar 20154min

Experiments in Connecting Offices Eight Time Zones Apart | Christina Lucey

When Yammer established a new product group in 2013 with ten people in three different offices around the world, the team resolved not only to address potential communication problems, but to actively...

24 Mar 201513min

Connect Knowledge Silos, Overcome Conflict, & Build Healthy Org. Culture | Sadie Honey & Aaron Pava

Sadie Honey and Aaron Pava will share how CivicActions, a 20-person firm, has built a culture of safety and trust, specifically addressing ways to overcome conflict avoidance and knowledge silos, both...

24 Mar 201513min

The Craft Of Group Chat | David Yee

Engineering teams commonly use group chat for shared communication. But it’s not limited to developers at all and can be super-useful for any team. David Yee, Co-Founder of Editorially (and author of ...

24 Mar 201511min

Scaling Up On Distributed Teams | Eric Ries & Bob Sutton

Bob Sutton’s new book, Scaling Up Excellence, explores the challenge of building a growing organization. In this conversation with Eric Ries, we’ll look at the particular issues of scaling up on distr...

24 Mar 201536min

The Key Elements Of Effective Remote Communication | Everett Harper

Distributed teams require a higher standard of communication than co-located teams. Everett Harper, who leads customer development for Tetherpad, will focus on the example of sharing customer feedback...

24 Mar 20155min

Hiring And Onboarding Approaches That Work | Frazier Miller

Hiring and onboarding new employees in person is among any company’s biggest challenges; doing those things remotely adds in several layers of difficulty. Frazier Miller, COO at Articulate, a 120-pers...

24 Mar 201512min