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How to Be a High Performing Distributed Agile Team
Working from a distance comes with its own set of challenges. Distributed agile teams need to combat the "out of sight, out of mind" mentality and learn how to build trust in new ways. In this interactive presentation, we'll explore how digital nomads, virtual entrepreneurs, and global organizations are reaching through the screens to collaborate seamlessly at a distance. You will walk away with new ideas for what it means to be “present” at work and how to create that sense camaraderie even when you're virtual.
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Lisette Sutherland
Author of Work Together Anywhere
Lisette Sutherland is a remote-working German-born American living in the Netherlands who is totally jazzed by the fact that it’s possible to work from anywhere. In fact, it’s not just possible; it’s completely, productively workable – if you do it right. Her...
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Mountbatten, 6th flr.
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