Face-to-face collaboration is not always possible

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If part of your team is in Bangor, Maine, and the rest of you is in Bangalore, India, chances are you’ll never be in the same meeting room (or even in the same time zone). You have to learn to do the best you can under the circumstances.

The success of a collaboration depends on many factors. Here are some things to consider when designing your team and its culture.

Conferences/group meetings and get-togethers
One-to-one cooperation
Brainstorming
Solving the problem
Planning ahead
Establish a shared vision and goals
If you look at this list apart from the word bolivia mobile database collaboration, you’ll see that all of these things can be done effectively remotely when we have plans, processes, and protocols in place to support success. It’s important to note that this isn’t to say that we shouldn’t or can’t get together; it’s that if we think about collaboration in a rigid and conservative way, we may miss the opportunity for perfect collaboration when we add remote and asynchronous elements to our team designs.