Skip to content

Commit

Permalink
Too many list items, so changed to bold only
Browse files Browse the repository at this point in the history
  • Loading branch information
tiagov8 authored Nov 1, 2024
1 parent a5df655 commit c76ee9d
Showing 1 changed file with 55 additions and 48 deletions.
103 changes: 55 additions & 48 deletions rules/build-inter-office-interaction/rule.md
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -27,58 +27,65 @@ When a company has many different office locations, often people in one office a

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

* Communication
* Relationships
* Technical Skills
* Access to resources
* **Communication**
* **Relationships**
* **Technical skills**
* Knowing alternative approaches
* **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
* Knowing why someone from another culture responds to questions in a different way to what you are used to
* **Cooperation**
* **Confidence**
* **Understanding of foreign perspectives**
* Knowing why someone from another culture responds in a different way to what you are used to

## Boost interaction with unique strategies

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

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

* **[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)**

* **[Working together](/efficiency-do-you-always-try-to-work-in-pairs)**
* Pair programming
* Mob programming

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

* **Creating cross-office teams and events**
* Putting developers from the China office onto a project with Australian developers
* People from different offices are paired up to have virtual coffee
* A Chinese dev does a presentation at the Sydney User Group

* **Cultural events and videos**
* Celebrating holidays from other countries
* Organize meetings to discuss culturally different issues
* Film videos about other offices
* What is it like to work in the China office?
* Localization - What is your reaction if you see Chinese on a web page?
* What are the differences in the app market in China and Australia? I.e. WeChat vs Facebook etc
* Have a weekly language exchange catchup
* Having a cultural performance day where everyone chooses something cultural to perform such as a culturally relevant poem

* **Fun weekly company meetings**
* Everyone meets on Friday for 30 minutes to discuss a fun question
**Team building activities**

* Playing a game/solving a puzzle together
* Reviewing/updating a company standard together
* Having a company retreat to bring everyone together
* Going on a group trip (e.g., to the Great Wall of China)
* Visiting local companies together

**[Cultural Exchange programs](/cultural-exchange)**

* Having employees from China to work in every Australian office for a month each or vice versa
* Having developers from Brisbane spend a week in Melbourne

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

**[Working together](/efficiency-do-you-always-try-to-work-in-pairs)**

* Pair programming
* Mob programming

**Rotating Daily Scrum**

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

**Creating cross-office teams and events**

* Putting developers from the China office onto a project with Australian developers
* People from different offices are paired up to have virtual coffee
* A Chinese dev does a presentation at the Sydney User Group

**Cultural events and videos**

* Celebrating holidays from other countries
* Organize meetings to discuss culturally different issues
* Have a weekly language exchange catchup
* Organize a cultural performance day where everyone shares a piece from their culture

**Product videos about other offices**

* What is it like to work in the China office?
* What is your reaction if you see Chinese on a web page?
* What are the differences in the app market in China and Australia? I.e. WeChat vs Facebook

**Fun weekly company meetings**

* Everyone meets on Friday for 30 minutes to discuss a fun question

0 comments on commit c76ee9d

Please sign in to comment.