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Creating highly effective teams

June 25, 2021

High Empathy is the key to creating an effective working agreement that helps Distributed Teams succeed. This guide with help you with a step by step approach for doing this.

Designing virtual rooms for radical transparency

March 26, 2021

Creating context is a critical element for designing effective virtual workspaces. Virtual Offices like Berst can enable you to create radical transparency by connecting your context with rooms.

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Rapidly aligning multiple teams with OKRs

March 4, 2021

Contrary to the common advice, it is possible to align multiple teams around OKRs. When using a virtual office you, don't require physical rooms or movement so you can just focus on aligning.

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6 Easy Steps to Create a Company Culture Code

November 29, 2018

Culture codes help set clear expectations about how people work and act. In distributed working environment this can be a key factors in the difference between high and mediocre performance.

3 simple ways to build an inclusive team

May 18, 2018

Empathy is the key to building an inclusive team, especially in distributed teams when you can't rely on proximity. These 3 simple approaches can help you get off on the right foot.

Defining an Agile delivery plan with the OODA loop

August 18, 2016

Effective planning in Agile, allows teams to rapidly make decisions based on all readily available information to create an effective plan. This simple approach helps you do exactly that.

Three techniques to enable agile planning, (User Story Mapping, Risk Impact Mapping, Outcome Map).

Align your team with a strategy brief

July 28, 2016

Organisations typically approach creating team alignment by setting and sharing a company vision. But this often falls flat. A Strategy Back-brief enables organisations to bridge the execution gap.