Bonjoro Team Locations
David Jones 0:01
What size is the team at the moment?
Matthew from Bonjoro 0:03
So we’re 15 we’re in Sydney. So Australia, Manila, South Africa, London, Colorado and Poland.
David Jones 0:13
So you got you got time zones and language covered.
Matthew from Bonjoro 0:17
That’s our team. I’m trying to look at if it’s a blessing or a curse. (laughs)
Remote Team Lessons
David Jones 0:22
is there anything any lessons you’ve had in terms of working remotely? or working across time zones?
Matthew from Bonjoro 0:29
Communication is everything. 100% and by “communication” I did not mean paragraphs on Slack. Yeah. I think this is a hard one. Like the best thing we’ve learned is is culturally shift to a stage where you can drop a two minute zoom, call somebody to ask one quick question, two minutes, and then you’re back to work as if you were in the office, rather than going into slack debates that go on for hours
Remote team conflict resolution
Matthew from Bonjoro 0:55
Obviously harder in different time zones when people are asleep. But I think the number one thing it resolves, if you can get to a good stage of it is conflict management. When you have conflict, which will definitely have, don’t get sucked into a rabbit hole, because if people are asleep you are awake it like it compound things. This will be read for the worst rather than the best way when they are written
David Jones 1:17
Slack chat and email just tend to sort of amplify the paranoia side if you don’t pick the right emoji 🙂
Matthew from Bonjoro 1:26
(laughs)
- Get the right emoji
- Don’t use CAPITALS.
- If build a remote team, bring them together at least once a year.
If can’t can’t do it all at once, to bring out half a team one time and then take the other half to them maybe another time. Because your team has to break bread together. And when you can do that, again, when it gets back to communication and conflict and daily work. You’ll be better placed you’ll know each other better. You respect each other more and you’ll be able to solve those problems a bit easier.
David Jones 1:56
Yeah. Good stuff. Thank you, sir. Really appreciate it.