Lost on an Island: Building Remote Collaboration in Cross-Continent Distributed Teams

Working in a global company means that as an employee, you will get to interact with people from different countries on the globe and you will have to make it work. Sometimes, this collaboration can present some challenges due to the language, culture, physical barriers. We’d like to share our tips and tricks for successful and long-lasting collaboration and prepare you for your next cross-continent call.

We will discuss about:

• Working through different time zones
• Working with cross-functional teams in different continents
• Distributed Organization
• Knowing roles and talents
• Balancing schedules with clients, teams and partners across 12 time zones
• Team building remotely & client relationships: Do you filter or share (hint: radical transparency)
• Cross-language communication