I believe the future of work is virtual.
I work from home, and this is the story of how I got my current job at Cisco Systems.
The talk is about “The Future of Work,” which I gave at the NewCon conference in South Africa to explain the trend of both working and learning from home.
I couldn’t present at the conference live due to the timezone difference between Boston & South Africa (I was scheduled to talk at 2:30am my time – which would have been a disaster!), so I pre-recorded the talk ahead of time.
In the video, I share a couple of stories about how I interviewed for my job, and how I passed a reputable certification from home.
Here’s the direct link to the “Future of Work is Virtual” video on YouTube if you cannot watch it on the embedded one above:
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I would be curious to know your thoughts on how well virtual teams function in an Agile environment. When you think of things like daily stand-up meetings, can the tools available today provide a viable substitute to face to face interactions?
The same principles apply to Agile environments as they do to anything else. Daily stand-up face to face meetings can definitely be substituted by online collaboration tools without much loss of productivity (WebEx and GoToMeeting are a couple of examples; a full list of virtual team tools can be viewed here: https://www.thecouchmanager.com/the-ultimate-list-of-virtual-team-technology-tools/)
My recommendation is to use a tool that has a video conferencing feature because that increases the level of cohesiveness and intimacy among a team.