Teams at Work by BUNCH

Dizzy Smith, VP Engineering of Packet, shares his amazing insights from his 15+ year career in engineering about culture building, communication structures and diverse leadership in distributed teams.

Things you learn in this episode:

• How to ensure that your team feels engaged and included

• How to use different modalities in a remote team

• How to set up a structure of communication to ensure great collaboration

• Why empathy is key for high-performance distributed teams

• How to build a diverse organization by picking a diverse leadership team

• How to decide between an engineering specialist or management role

Find out more about how to help your team perform and build a strong, cohesive culture at: https://bunch.ai

Episode links:

• Interesting read about engineering management: https://leadingsnowflakes.com/

• Get in touch with Dizzy Smith on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dizzyd/

Raffaela Rein, the founder of WildWildVentures, Vitalute, and CareerFoundry, was named amongst the Top 50 Women in Tech by Forbes.

Things you learn in this episode:

• Why building a culture entirely free of management does not necessarily create the best outcomes

• How to build team culture the design way

• How to create a cohesive culture in remote-first teams

Find out more about how to help your team perform and build a strong, cohesive culture at: https://bunch.ai

Together with Mark Frein, the former CPO at InVision and now COO at Bunch, the host Darja Gutnick (Co-founder and CEO at Bunch) uncovers behaviors that makes leaders successful in 2019.

You'll hear about:

• what makes leaders successful today in comparison to previous decade

• how do millennial leaders differ

• which behaviors make leaders successful in the fast-paced, ever-changing technology sector

• which leadership behaviors matter in distributed companies and teams

• advice on how to become an effective leader

Find out more about how to help your team perform and build a strong, cohesive culture at: https://bunch.ai