How to create an agile full remote and distributed startup
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The document outlines strategies for creating an agile, fully remote, and distributed startup, emphasizing the importance of clear company purpose, team values, and regular face-to-face meetings. It discusses the significance of fun and gamification in team dynamics, as well as transparent compensation practices, promoting a culture of feedback and alignment through innovative approaches. Additionally, it encourages hands-on methods tailored for remote teams in a startup context, supported by various linked activities.
How to create an agile full remote and distributed startup
- 1. How to create an agile full-remote and distributed startup?
- 2. HELLO! My name is Thomas Kuryura A Brazilian Agile Coach working with startups and remote teams 2
- 3. WHAT IS AGILITY SCALES A platform to help companies, teams and individuals to be shapeshifters and better adapt and achieve business agility. 3
- 4. COMPANY PURPOSE “Every collaborator should be able to explain the company purpose to their grandparents.” Question - Do your teams know their purpose and live by it? 4
- 5. 5 Face to face meetings
- 6. FACE TO FACE MEETINGS “Remote teams should meet at least every quarter” Question - How many of your teams has recurring off-site meetings? (Team building, Inception, etc) 6
- 8. TEAM VALUES “Team values should be made early and used often.” Question - How many of your teams has defined values that are often used? 8
- 9. TEAM AGREEMENTS ▰ We do 5 min of chit chat every meeting ▰ We share our vacation with our team ▰ Take the issue directly to the person that you have issue with Question - If you ask: “What are the agreements of this team?” what will be their answer? 9
- 14. FUN AND GAMIFICATION ▰ Add some fun factor ▰ Follow by serious talks ▰ Use Gamification to influence habits and behavior (Gamified retrospectives) Question - Are copying from somewhere or are you creating your own activities? 14
- 15. Compensation 15
- 16. DEFINING COMPENSATION 16 ▰ You can choose any amount of compensation. ▰ But you have to write an essay mentioning why you want that amount. ▰ Other members of your team should read and agree with it. ▰ All essays and individual compensations are transparent to the team.
- 17. TRANSPARENT COMPENSATION ▰ First of all ask why do you want it ▰ Done correctly will reinforce values, behavior and clarity 17
- 18. DAILY ▰ Move the traditional scrum daily asynchronous ▰ Daily meetings are in Lean Coffee format ▰ Quick decisions are made on the Daily ▰ Bigger decisions are moved to a separate meeting 18
- 19. GOALS ▰ Objectives/Goals are needed to have alignment ▰ Be careful of OKRs ▰ People will have to learn a lot in metrics 19
- 20. What is the secret sauce? 20
- 21. Feedback 21
- 22. FEEDBACK ▰ Group feedback - Feedback canvas ▰ Peer recognition - Disco slack bot ▰ 1on1 feedback - Donut slack bot Question - What are the feedback practices on your team or do you think it is an HR thing? 22
- 23. Experiments 23
- 25. REMOTE WORK It’s not hard to work with remote teams, it’s just a different way of working. 25
- 26. WORK WITH STARTUPS Conventional ways of teaching/mentoring will never work, use creative hands-on approaches that favors fun and reflection. 26
- 27. LINKS TO ALL ACTIVITIES Team Values exercise - https://app.mindsettlers.com/guide/4Uc6ijx4ViQAGAoMMUkkYa Hanabi Feedback - https://app.mindsettlers.com/guide/5o9WfkZZcsCKQUgsSUEIa8 Team Agreements - https://app.mindsettlers.com/guide/1WtNEPUcvKw428SmEC0ca2 Elementary retrospective - https://app.mindsettlers.com/guide/4WylDcnrmgOaqmICKoUuqa Feedback Canvas - https://app.mindsettlers.com/guide/5EZhTqT744YkkqU8c4Ec6y Daily Cafe - https://app.mindsettlers.com/guide/2YwVZWn3xeU4A0WU0CMgWg Perfection Game - https://app.mindsettlers.com/guide/34Xp8lFoEwKOYkgSiuukOW 27
- 28. 28 THANKS! Any questions? You can find me at https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomaskuryura/