Jeff Robbins interviews Ho Yin Cheung of Remo about making interactions on distributed teams more human, using various mediums for communication, and leading remotely without micromanaging remote workers.

Discussion Topics…

• Putting together, growing and managing a fully distributed team around the world - starting with virtual assistants

• Minimizing the challenges of migrating a company from a co-located model to a fully distributed model

• When to use asynchronous versus synchronous communication - focusing on highly collaborative environments across time zones

• Benefits of using Loom during team meetings to improve transparency

• Encouraging remote employees to find work-life balance

• How do remote managers check in with remote workers without disrupting the flow of meetings or micromanaging?

• Remote work enables you to be ultra-transparent, communicate at a high fidelity, and skyrocket productivity

• Mimicking co-located interactions within a distributed work environment to make interactions feel more human

• Should we keep work lives and personal lives completely separate on remote teams?

• Going beyond the interview when hiring distributed team members

• Determining which medium to use for communication (bonus: which Snapchat filter to use for days you don’t want to put on makeup!)

• Why culture is even more important in a remote setting

• Overcoming geographical cultural barriers to encourage transparency in communication

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