Remote First vs Forced Remote

Without much notice nor any other options, the COVID pandemic has forced a lot of companies to adopt a remote work environment. But working remotely efficiently requires going beyond the basic logistics of the work itself.

In this talk, we'll cover a few key critical aspects of working remotely and how evolving towards a remote-first mindset will boost your company's productivity and employee happiness. Some of the topics we'll cover include:

• doubling down on setting clear expectations then trusting our employees
• embracing asynchronous collaboration to foster deeper work
• putting mental health and caring for our colleagues before the business and team deliverables
• leading by example and demonstrating a healthy work/life balance

Speaker:
Nassim Kammah is a Senior Engineering Manager at Elastic. He leads the Automation and the Release teams in a fully distributed environment with members around the globe. As a remote manager for the past 7 years at Etsy, Mailchimp, then Elastic, Nassim has been experimenting with different team collaboration and communication habits to create strong remote teams with a high degree of psychological safety.