Alex

Remote Team Building : Let's Make Sense Of This Sh*t

Business EN ↓ 7 episodes

This show is for team leads, engineering managers, and HR generalists (28–50) at 10–500 person companies running hybrid or fully remote teams who need async-first culture playbooks—not generic "future of work" think pieces or therapy-framed loneliness content. We own async rituals, remote onboarding, trust without surveillance, performance reviews over Zoom, and conflict resolution in Slack. We never compete with `ethical-ai` on AI policy, with therapy slugs on burnout recovery, or with catalog concepts `Future of Remote Work` (internal dedup). Each episode ships one team norm doc or meeting a...

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Understanding Zoom Fatigue Fixes: Meeting Norms That Cut 30.06.2026 4:24

In this episode, we cover Meetings. The conversation opens with: Welcome to Remote Team Building : Let's Make Sense Of This Sh*t. I'm Alex. If you run a distributed team of ten to fifty people then you already know the real cost of scattered meetings. They pull focus from deep work and leave engineers guessing which decisions actually need live discussion. Listen for the key context, practical tak...

Understanding Time Zone Fairness: Rotating Meeting Times That 30.06.2026 7:27

In this episode, we cover Time zones. The conversation opens with: Welcome to Remote Team Building : Let's Make Sense Of This Sh*t. I'm Alex. Many engineering managers at companies with teams of ten to five hundred people face the same recurring issue when they try to schedule meetings across regions. Some team members end up taking calls at two in the morning while others enjoy normal hours every...

Understanding Hybrid Communication Charter: Slack, Email, 29.06.2026 6:49

In this episode, remote team building can feel like trying to build trust through a screen while everyone’s muted and half-checked out—and most companies are still getting it horribly wrong. In this episode, we cut through the corporate fluff and get real about what actually works when your team is scattered across time zones, couches, and continents. We break down the biggest remote connection ki...

Understanding Remote Performance Reviews: Scripts and Doc Prep 29.06.2026 6:38

In this episode, we cover Reviews. The conversation opens with: Welcome to Remote Team Building : Let's Make Sense Of This Sh*t. I'm Alex. Performance reviews often turn into another meeting that drains energy instead of building trust on distributed teams. If you lead a group of twelve to twenty engineers spread across time zones you already know the tension. One person wants real time discussion...

Build Remote Team 101: Async Rituals That Actually Build Trust 28.06.2026 6:06

In this episode, we cover Async trust. The conversation opens with: Welcome to Remote Team Building : Let's Make Sense Of This Sh*t. Running a distributed team means you cannot rely on hallway chats to keep projects moving. I'm Alex, and in this episode we focus on Remote Team 101 Async Rituals That Actually Build Trust. Listen for the key context, practical takeaways, and the most important point...

Understanding Remote Onboarding Week One: Manager Checklist Day 05.06.2026 5:49

In this episode, we cover Onboarding. The conversation opens with: Welcome to Remote Team Building : Let's Make Sense Of This Sh*t. I'm Alex. Listen for the key context, practical takeaways, and the most important points to carry forward. Welcome to Remote Team Building : Let's Make Sense Of This Shit. I'm Alex. If you lead an engineering team of about forty people spread across three time zones,...

Understanding Async Standups: Template Your Team Will Read (Not 05.06.2026 5:55

In this episode, we cover Standups. The conversation opens with: Welcome back to Remote Team Building : Let's Make Sense Of This Sh*t. I'm your host Alex and today we tackle async standups with a template designed so your team reads it instead of scrolling past. If you manage an engineering group between ten and five hundred people across time zones those daily updates often get lost in the noise....