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Evgeniy and Denis are both Heads of Agile Practice at PandaDoc. They joined Ben to share their top tips for making remote working and learning really work.

What themes did we explore?

• The cost of remote working vs co-location
• Effective, remote, Feature teams
• How a teams geographic location can affect the part of the product they work on

Here are some of the highlights

• 00:01:24 - PandaDoc moved from complete co-location to complete remote working. What were the challenges and the journey
• 00:04:02 - What does "Multi-learning" mean in an agile environment?
• 00:06:06 - How has this agile power couple at PandaDocs bridged the remote working gap to make multi-learning easier
• 00:08:39 - What is the increased cost of collaboration and conversation when working remotely?
• 00:09:54 - The reason why working remotely can work? When we see our solo task as valuable more than teamwork
• 00:11:32 - The secret sauce to make remote work
• 00:13:14 - Tips for successful Feature Team Self-Design Workshops
• 00:14:44 - What is more critical in Feature Team Self-Design? Technical or Business domain knowledge?
• 00:15:40 - Are PandaDoc Feature Teams happier working remotely?
• 00:17:30 - What does Evengiy believe is an effective strategy for remote teamwork? 
• 00:19:26 - Should your teams' geographic location influence the areas of the product they work on?

Guest Bios

Denis Salnikov is a certified Scrum Master, Kanban Coach & Agile Coach who has been consulting, coaching, mentoring, and teaching cross-functional development teams, management, and organisations since 2014.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsalnikov23/

Evgeniy Labunski has over a decade of experience in Agile within Product Development, Enterprise & Startups.  He is a strategic thinker, a skilled resolver of conflict and lives and breaths flexibility and adaptability.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/labunskiy/

Host Bio

Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes.

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