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I was talking with “Vikram”, a CEO I’ve been working with, the other day. Vikram commutes between the US and Bangalore, spending three months in the US, and then three months in India.
When we spoke, Vikram had just spent time with his Bangalore team, face to face, for the first time in over six months because of COVID.
Vikram said, “It blew me away how much we got done, working in the same building. I’d forgotten about that because of COVID.”
Don’t kid yourself, nothing beats being in the same room as your team.
Yes, it’s gotten infinitely easier to be successful with a remote team because of all the modern tools we have available that improve communication. From Asana to Zoom and everything in between, there are so many tools that make it easier for remote teams to communicate.
These tools make It almost as good as working in the same room. The key word being almost.
The same week I was speaking with Vikram, I had a similar conversation with “Gary”. Gary’s based in London, and his technical team is based in Singapore, 8 time zones away.
Gary went back to Singapore for the first time in over one year to meet with his team. He felt that he and the technical team were, in his…
