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How we increase our truths-per-hour

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Do you think remote working has made decision between Consistency and Availability any different?

Is it now easier to be consistent because of conversations happening online, which facilitates usage of tools like slack, gong? (maybe before remote working and these tools, consistency was much harder to have).

Is consistency even more important in a remote setting? If you prioritsed availability in a remote setting, there would be even less consistency than before remote working (due to less corridor catchups, informal context sharing etc.)

I think it's certainly highlighted the importance of Consistency. Especially for early-stage teams. Most larger world-class organizations end up having mechanisms, processes, or conventions to ensure context travels [somewhat] fluidly across teams, but smaller companies used to "get away" with not thinking about it as much when everyone was in the same office (read: room). There's now a forcing mechanism which means these things need to be thought of sooner.

Metaview started pre-pandemic and was originally non-remote company, so, we were always deliberate about this even when we didn't "need" to. Having now become a remote team, the transition was coincidentally incredibly easy for us because of our PUP expectations.

"due to everyone’s context-awareness, we’ll also be able to encourage autonomy, rigorous debate, and avoid knowledge silos"

This lack of data siloing must also boost everyone's productivity. In the work-from-home world, the ability to answer question quickly without colleague input is essential. No need to wait around for someone to rely to your direct-message slack when you can just find the relevant email or check the gong recording

For sure. There are of course other ways to meaningfully contribute to this boost in productivity as well (e.g., strong async comms) but eventually at some point you need to make a _good_ decision _fast_ — you need context for that.

I know there are quite a few companies that have strong opinions around this as well. For those who work there, what do you think?

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