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Lessons From A Year In A Remote Team Culture

Every remote worker I’ve seen stumble and fail over the last year has had one thing in common. They weren’t involved in the team culture.

I don’t just mean water cooler talk – culture includes almost everything aside from your actual output. The system you work by, the amount of meetings you have, the very structure of your teams is governed by your culture.

So when an employee doesn’t engage in culture it causes three things:

  • A feeling of isolation
  • A communication barrier
  • A lack of motivation
  • Lower productivity

However, when culture is done right, it powers motivation, encourages communication, and forms a solid, centralized base for your entire workforce to draw from.

Remote team culture

Over the last year of remote work the practices I’ve seen benefit our team the most have been:

  • Assigning mentors
  • Hosting competitions
  • Posing problems instead of solutions
  • Centralizing information
  • Documenting processes
  • Giving structured freedom

Let’s dive right in!

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How MindMate Stays Mindful of Remote Team Success

It takes a truly noble cause to inspire three graduate students to put dissertations on hold so they can start a company. For the founders of MindMate, that cause was helping people who suffer from dementia.

The University of Glasgow’s Patrick Renner, Rogelio Arellano, and Susanne Mitschke created an app that empowers those with dementia to live as independently as possible. MindMate comes with cognitive stimulation games, reminder tools, and a “Getting to know me” section where people can save personal information.

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