virtual high fives
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Maintaining company culture in a remote organizationTRANSCRIPT
Virtual High Fives:Maintaining Company Culture
in a Remote Organization
Chris Byers, CEO of Formstackwww.formstack.com
May 21, 2013
Who are you?
Building software to get you back to business
Easy to collect and manage data
And now for a live survey…
What is Culture?
the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particularsocial, ethnic or age group
What is Company Culture?
Why culture?
great cultural adoption makes a company successful
culture=getting stuff done
Concernsconcerns
vs
What is remote/fully distributed?
Our history with remote
Coming soon: Bloomington, Los Angeles, Charlotte
Remote Success Stories
Your remote stories…
How we make remote work.
Old New
Tools of the trade.
Communication is KEY.
How YOU can make remote work
(from Formstack employees).
A culture of freedom.
∧Freedom ∧Responsibity
Know your remote
working style first.
Schedule non-work
chats.
Check in with each other during the
day
When you hit a wall, get out of the
house.
My remote tips.
Where is my CEO?
Links & Picture CredsStackExchange Remote Article: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2013/02/why-we-still-believe-in-
working-remotely/37Signals Remote Book: http://37signals.com/remote
GitHub: http://gigaom.com/2012/03/26/tales-from-the-trenches-github/
Starbucks Logo - http://www.campusdish.com/NR/rdonlyres/B92759C9-CA17-4148-8998-39C785627114/86143/starbucks.gif
Various Maps: http://maps.google.comMarissa Mayer: http://media.salon.com/2013/02/marissa_mayer2.jpg
London Tube Map: http://datavizblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/tube_map.gifKrakow: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Krakow_rynek_02.jpg
Indianapolis Colts Field: http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/8d/54/e7/indianapolis-visitors.jpg
Whereismyceo Screenshot: http://www.whereismyceo.comMy Calendar: http://www.whereismyceo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/photo-16.jpg
Various Images: http://www.formstack.com