Lauren McGoodwin Atlassian Team

As an innie, I'd use Confluence like a personal HQ for piecing together the mystery of my outie. I’d set up pages to track every clue and create a shared space for others on the floor to drop their theories, make timelines, and cross-reference our collective findings

Using Loom to share demos, weekly updates, and recapping meetings has been a GAMECHANGER for my communication within a remote team.

@Katie Lai - Seibert I'm so inspired by how you're using Loom! Thank you for sharing!

@Draven Locke try it out and let us know how it goes!

I love that the themes coordinate with the days of the week! I'm sure your team enjoys this weekly ritual as well!

@Andy Gladstone You are making workplace dreams come true when you're able to replace a meeting with a page altogether!

@Tomislav Tobijas Yes, I think this page really sets the tone and expectations that the meeting will end in making specific decisions!

@Alyssa Towns Yes! Please do—and agree on the point about making sure your meeting hs shared understanding and expectations.

@Amanda Barber You can share it as pre-work or give everyone the first 5 mins in the meeting to read the page!

@Andy Gladstone exactly! And now you can add Looms to Confluences pages which makes it all even better!

@Dani Werner definitely sounds like replacing some meetings with async updates would really benefit you/your team!

@Dan Breyen good point about team updates turning into group think sessions! Another benefit of sharing async updates!

@Dick, good points, and team size can definitely influence things! I would say that no matter how big your team is, it's valuable for people to share what they're working on regularly not just to track their own progress but to give insight to others if/when they need it. And maybe the best expectation to set is that your…

@Shawn Doyle - ReleaseTEAM We also give an example of sending weekly updates via Slack (or your preferred communication tool) in the Play! Agree that video isn't for every team but maybe quick bullet lists shared as text would be easier!

@Shivam Sharma - Optimizory, I think the beauty of the Playbook and Plays is that you can use lots of different technology to accomplish the same goal. For example, maybe people share their weekly update via a Google Doc shared ahead of the Google Meet. The goal is to use your Google Meet time for discussions,…

Absolutely @Amanda Barber 

Look at you already using the Play in action @Tomislav Tobijas !!

@carolyn french adding Ritual Reset to my list of Plays to try!

Ditto @Laurie Sciutti!! 

Hi @Liz Tanner Thanks for sharing and really fun to see your POV on which Plays to use at which times, the specific teams, etc. 

@Laurie Sciutti this is great to hear!

Absolutely and good point @Brant Schroeder! 

@Dave Mathijs I haven't personally tried that one yet but adding to the top of my list now!

@John Funk definitely one of our most popular Plays for a good reason!

@Amanda Barber I also use R&R a lot! Especially when starting new projects or working with other teams!

@Dan Breyen Agreed! Sparring in a formal way is great for working through differences.

@Tomislav Tobijas excited to hear how your retro goes!

@Sandra Franchetto Every team could use an Aussie Oprah!

One of my professional development goals this quarter is to be more active on LinkedIn by engaging with my network via comments, sharing my work, and setting up some networking chats.