Chapter3: HowtoBuildCultureinaRemoteTeam 35 7. Getting Things Done Fridayupdate Getting things done tends to be a by-product of trust. Because there is an implicittrustinyourteammatesandbecausethereisnootherwaytomeasure resultsinaremoteteam,theteaminherentlyevaluateseachotheronwhatwas completed that week. We do this by sharing weekly updates on our internal blog (Async) every Friday—I bet you can imagine how it would feel to be the onlyonewithnothingtoshow.Thatfeelingcreatesadesiretofinishsomething importanteachweek. Asremoteteamsgetmorepopular,Iexpectwe’llhearmoreaboutthecultures in remote teams and howtheydevelopdifferently from co-located teams.

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