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When a company has many different office locations, often people in one office aren't familiar with people in other offices due to a lack of interaction. This problem is particularly pronounced where you have offices that span multiple time zones or countries.

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**Tip:** You can use the website [timeanddate.com](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20240529T220000&p1=240&p2=501&p3=332&p4=256) to know the time difference between offices. You may also install one of the numerous apps to help with that info.
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### What can be improved?

It is crucial to build **interaction** between all company offices because it often improves the following:

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* Communication
* Relationships
* Technical Skills
* Access to resources
E.g.
* Access to resources
* Knowing who has certain skills
* Knowing who can provide you with localized or domain specific information
* Cooperation
* Confidence
* Knowledge of alternative approaches
* Cultural understanding
* Understanding of foreign perspectives
E.g.
* Understanding of foreign perspectives
* knowing why someone from another culture responds to questions in a different way to what you are used to

### Methods

Think about what your company can do to increase interaction. There are tonnes of unique ways that interaction can be developed. Examples include:

* Team Building Activities
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* **Team building activities**
* Playing a game together
* Solving a puzzle together
* Reviewing/updating a company standard together
* Go on a group trip to the Great Wall of China
* Visit local companies together
* Retreat - Have a company retreat to bring everyone together

* Employee Exchange
E.g.
* Having developers from China work in every Australian office for a month each or vice versa
* **[Cultural Exchange programs](/cultural-exchange)**
* Having employees from China work in every Australian office for a month each or vice versa
* Having developers from Brisbane spend a week in Melbourne

* [Mentoring](/mentoring-programs)
* **[Mentoring](/mentoring-programs)**

* [Working together](/efficiency-do-you-always-try-to-work-in-pairs)
E.g.
* **[Working together](/efficiency-do-you-always-try-to-work-in-pairs)**
* Pair programming
* Mob programming
* Sitting together to work side-by-side

* Cultural Events
E.g.
* **Cultural events**
* Celebrating holidays from other countries
* Having a cultural performance day where everyone chooses something cultural to perform such as a culturally relevant poem

* Creating cross-office teams
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* **Creating cross-office teams**
* Putting developers from the China office onto a project with Australian developers

* A fun weekly company meeting
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* **A fun weekly company meeting**
* Everyone meets on Friday for 30 minutes to discuss a fun question

* Rotating Daily Scrum
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* **Rotating Daily Scrum**
* Each week 1 person from each office is paired up to do a Daily Scrum with each other

* Virtual coffee events
E.g.
* **Virtual coffee events**
* People from different offices are paired up to have virtual coffee

* Get people involved with events for others offices (especially other countries)
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* **Get people involved with events for others offices (especially other countries)**
* A Chinese dev does a presentation at the Sydney User Group

* Organise meetings to discuss culturally different issues
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* **Organize meetings to discuss culturally different issues**
* Everyone talks about localization or WeChat Mini-Programs
* Have a weekly language exchange catchup

* Film videos about other offices
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* **Film videos about other offices**
* What is it like to work in the China office?
* What are the differences in the app market in China and Australia? i.e. WeChat vs Facebook etc
* What are the differences in the app market in China and Australia? I.e. WeChat vs Facebook etc
* Localization - What is your reaction if you see Chinese on a web page?

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