REMOTE WORKING IN AN AGILE RAJI BHAMIDIPATI

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MY STORY

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KEY POINTS
Interacting with immediate team and wider team
Keeping the communication channel open, but avoiding
noise
Emotional impact of remoting and how to overcome this
Setting up home working environment
Changes to me made by ‘Office workers’

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WHY DO REMOTE TEAMS STRUGGLE?

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DIFFERENT TIME ZONES

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FEAR OF CHANGE

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Interacting with
immediate and
wider team

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Latin inter, meaning between,
and ago meaning to do or to
act

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WHAT IS EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION?
Communication theory mechanism:
As a perfect transaction of a message from sender
to receiver

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USE THE RIGHT TOOLS, IN MODERATION

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SLACK

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SQWIGGLE

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VIDEO EQUIPMENT IN MEETING ROOMS

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REMOTERS JOIN IN THE FUN TOO!

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Don’t hesitate to pick
up the phone

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 Building good
relationships in a
remote team

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FACE TIME

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FEEDBACK

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 HAVE A LAUGH 

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Avoiding noise

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HAVE DEDICATED STREAMS

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SWITCH OFF WHEN NEEDED

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Drop out of conversations

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Emotional Impact

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FEELING LEFT OUT

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LOW VISIBILITY OF WORK

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OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND

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It can be dull

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Tips to improve
emotional state

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SPEAK UP

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CO-WORKING SPACES

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AND…

Use meetings to your advantage

Oraganise and take part in cross team
activities
Don’t forget to say “Hello”

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Your Home Office

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GET INTO THE ZONE

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MAKE IT COMFORTABLE

Away from disturbances

Stand up desks
Be professional – just as if you were in the
office
Mix it up!
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Changes to be
made by Office
workers

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ADAPT

Get used to new tech

Give time to setup for meetings
Patience is a virtue

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More importantly

….trust your remote

colleagues

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Have at home and
at office days

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FINALLY
Remote working is perk for both employer and
employee

Enjoy it!

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IMAGE REFERENCES
https://www.flickr.com/photos/redjar/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/londonmatt/3163571645/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lox/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/officenow/2630709925/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/14279306964/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimwall/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/r-z/5971164901

https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulcross/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ekilby/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/meesterdickey/3764146619

https://www.flickr.com/photos/vinothchandar/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/thehub/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/smemon/

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 Thank you 

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