How I run a team across seven time zones

I almost didn't write this down because it felt too obvious. That is usually the sign, so here it is.

A meeting, by contrast, only reaches the people who happened to be awake and online at the exact same hour. Investing in the written word is, for a distributed team, one of the highest-leverage things you can possibly do. Running a team across time zones taught me that clarity travels farther than urgency ever could. A well-written brief arrives at the right moment for everyone, regardless of when that moment happens to be.

Running a team across time zones taught me that clarity travels farther than urgency ever could. A well-written brief arrives at the right moment for everyone, regardless of when that moment happens to be. A meeting, by contrast, only reaches the people who happened to be awake and online at the exact same hour. Investing in the written word is, for a distributed team, one of the highest-leverage things you can possibly do.

A meeting, by contrast, only reaches the people who happened to be awake and online at the exact same hour. Investing in the written word is, for a distributed team, one of the highest-leverage things you can possibly do. A meeting, by contrast, only reaches the people who happened to be awake and online at the exact same hour. Investing in the written word is, for a distributed team, one of the highest-leverage things you can possibly do.

Running a team across time zones taught me that clarity travels farther than urgency ever could. A well-written brief arrives at the right moment for everyone, regardless of when that moment happens to be. Running a team across time zones taught me that clarity travels farther than urgency ever could. A well-written brief arrives at the right moment for everyone, regardless of when that moment happens to be.

The work, as ever, is to keep showing up in the unglamorous middle and trust that the compound interest shows up later than you want but right on time. A meeting, by contrast, only reaches the people who happened to be awake and online at the exact same hour. Investing in the written word is, for a distributed team, one of the highest-leverage things you can possibly do. Running a team across time zones taught me that clarity travels farther than urgency ever could. A well-written brief arrives at the right moment for everyone, regardless of when that moment happens to be. Running a team across time zones taught me that clarity travels farther than urgency ever could. A well-written brief arrives at the right moment for everyone, regardless of when that moment happens to be. A meeting, by contrast, only reaches the people who happened to be awake and online at the exact same hour. Investing in the written word is, for a distributed team, one of the highest-leverage things you can possibly do. A meeting, by contrast, only reaches the people who happened to be awake and online at the exact same hour. Investing in the written word is, for a distributed team, one of the highest-leverage things you can possibly do.