These are strange times for everyone. Imagine starting out in a new remote job when all you’ve ever been used to is going to an office and seeing all your colleagues face-to-face every single day. A new job: exciting! Meeting all your colleagues only through a screen: scary? It...
Why would you want your engineers to become leaders? Managing a team of just a few engineers and their output should be easy. You can go deep into the details of solutions and still keep a good high-level overview of everything that’s happening now and should happen in the...
“How do I know my team is productive when working from home?” This must be the number one question I get when people ask me something about working remotely. I could tell them to install a camera that records the employee’s every movement, combined with a screen monitoring tool...
What does a great workplace look like in terms of collaboration? How are communication and process affected by working remotely? Can remote teams really function as if they are sitting next to each other? Which remote-friendly processes can I use for my colocated teams? Madewithlove has been operating as a...
The following post will discuss how you can guide a team to a better way of working. Important side note: this post assumes that the team, and by extension the organization you’re working for are open to your help and have a healthy organizational culture. Be aware of situations...
I have a history of working in companies where you were expected to be in the office or at the client 95% of the time. Working at home or from another place was seen as ‘weird’. So switching to madewithlove, which advocates remote work, sounded fun and scary at the...