How to Build an Inclusive Distributed Team • Adam Schuck • YOW! 2018

This presentation was recorded at YOW! 2018. #GOTOcon #YOW Adam Schuck - Senior Engineering Director at Canva @adamschuck3376 RESOURCES ORIGINAL TALK TITLE “You’re the One with the Accent“: How to Build an Inclusive Distributed Team ABSTRACT Building a distributed team is hard. As you hire engineers in other locations, processes that used to work start to fall down: alignment suffers, code reviews slow down, teams start to block on decisions, and the only person who knows how to fix the bug is currently asleep! Of course, there’s a better way. To make a distributed team successful requires commitment and thoughtfulness. Changes in behaviour are required by all parties, not just those outside HQ, i.e. those “with the accent“. In this talk, I will share experiences from being Google Australia’s first engineering hire, cofounding Twitter’s NYC engineering office, lessons learned building a distributed team at my previous startup, Lexy, and early insights from Canva’s approach to global teams. I will discuss strategies to empower and include your distributed team, from communication style to engineering process to hiring. [...] RECOMMENDED BOOKS Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais • Team Topologies • Michael Jackson • Software Requirements and Specifications • Geoffrey West • Scale • Donald G. Reinertsen • The Principles of Product Development Flow • Kevlin Henney • 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know • #DistributedTeams #AdamSchuck #Inclusive #Inclusivity #Diversity #SoftwareEngineering #Programming #Communication #YOWcon Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at Sign up for updates and specials at SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily.