Welcome everyone, thanks for being here!

Hello. From Columbus Ohio to everyone

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Pozdrawiam Katowice :)

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Portland, ME (Maine!)

Dallas

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Minneapolis!

Howdy from Boston

Hello from Newburyport Mass

This is much more fun. more energy

Hi Everyone from Sheffield, UK

Prague, Czech republic

Hi everyone! Thank you all for being here.

yes

Newburyport!!

haha yes!

Also a great book: "Ducks, Newburyport" :-)

Bonjour de France !

Hello from Amsterdam!

near Cannes

Hi everyone, Mark here!

Question for our attendees: Do you think the Great Resignation is here to stay?

I think it is for the next 6-12 months. We haven’t seen the peak yet but then things will “settle

If companies don't adapt to the new expectations of workers then most likely

Yes, it is an awakening

“The Great Awakening” — that could certainly be another name for it, Deborah.

Can Mr. Sutherland provide more information on Scrum Inc's transition? As a result of going fully remote, how did the company expand? What was the increase in rate of hiring as a result of this measure?

Our company has pushed "we work better together [in the office]" :/

We don't get paid to be "busy". We get paid to create value and get this done. YES!

If you have any questions for the panel, add them to the Q&A section — we’ll have time at the end to discuss :-)

Well said Bridget McNulty!!

++++++++++

Bridget - well said

I wish zoom had a clapping or snaps function! I

Question for everyone: What’s the hardest thing about working remotely?

keeping the fun events and collaboration going virtually

and timezones

Falling into a very transactional routine and not prioritizing the human connection beyond just getting tasks done.

Needing to make more of a concentrated effort to create new social bonds and connections since they won’t happen organically as often

Yes, creating meaningful connections virtually can definitely be tough. It’s so important to make time for meetings and activities that are designed to help with that.

“The loudest voice is not the only one heard” this is a huge win for inclusion :)

^^^

@Mark Peter.. correct without that people get disconnected and might be looking for other opportunities which increases employee rotation. Furthermore, it can have an impact on team dynamics and productivity

There are some great questions being asked in the Q&A! Feel free to add any questions you have and we’ll answer them at the end.

Loved your book "Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice in Half the Time"

Question for the audience: What are your remote productivity tips?

using calendar to curve out focus times, jira tasks, post-it :)

practicing mindfulness also help to focus on present time increasing productivity, trying not to do context switching etc.

What about documentation? I have seen this as being one of the fundamentals of remote but curious how you all manage it.

Great tips above on productivity — so important to take breaks, not only for productivity but also for work-life balance.

I have to leave unfortunately - will the recording be available afterwards? Would love to catch the remainder of it as well.

Communication saturation is important for remote working.

from diversity always best things come to life

Pros of a distributed company: allowing amazing and talented people to work wherever they are without being blocked by a lack of resources to move to another country or continent, which redistributes resources and power, and minimizes commute and therefore, CO2 émission :)

There was a great question in the Q&A about how to use Slack as an asynchronous tool. At Oyster, we recently wrote about how we use it. Hope it helps! https://www.oysterhr.com/library/using-slack-for-remote-teams

ha! Laurie - great point about the environment!

Love “much more human work”

is the "slack" similar to TM Teams? Will nee to read out that..

Thank you to everyone for asking such thoughtful questions. If we don’t get to all of them, we’ll attempt to answer them on Oyster’s Twitter page (@heyoyster).

Miro ?

miro, mural .. lots of options :)

Thank you all!!!!

thank you!

Thank you all! Great chat!

Thank you!

This was great. Thank you!

You can save a free spot at our virtual jobs fair Bridges here: https://www.oysterhr.com/bridges-2021

Thank you everyone!

thanks everyone!

Thanks!

I didn't want that to end, so good. Great insights.

Glad you found it helfpul, Alecia!

We’ll be running more soon :-)