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Ethical design and weird machines. Head of Design Innovation @automattic. Previously @axios & @nytimes R&D. She/her.
Jun 26, 2019 11 tweets 3 min read
I’ve led and collaborated with either fully distributed or semi-remote design teams for the past three years.

Here’s a thread, in no particular order, of some things I’ve learned. Please share your best practices too, and we can all learn from each other! It’s relatively easy to figure out the functional stuff. Building culture and trust is the big thing.

Having a weekly 30-min block set aside that’s purely “coffee break” social time is super helpful to connect and learn about each other (h/t to @johnmaeda on that one!).