Next Generation Practices for Remote Work and Distributed Organisation

In 2019 we conducted in depth research on effective practices for distributed and remote work as part of our efforts to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon economy. In this 20 minute online event Edgeryders will present our research insights around five key areas of good practice: communication, collaboration, socialising, tools and organisation building.

Remote work can provide healthy distance during the COVID-19 pandemic and also helps to minimise an organisation’s greenhouse gas emissions. But becoming an efficient distributed organisation is not an easy feat. We at Edgeryders have been a distributed organisation for a long time. But, even we have to continuously improve our own practices and support others to do the same.

When covid hit, everyone who could moved their work online but in ways that increased, rather than decreased ill being during an already difficult time. Set against a background of discussions around the interplay of networked technologies on wellbeing of workers, society and planet at large, several discussions emerged around topics like automation, surveillance and freedom.

So we decided to research we had done in the past on effective practices for distributed and remote work. More specifically the 2019 work had done collaboration with EIT Climate Kic, Europe’s leading Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) working to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon economy. Present it to the community during an event, and help us all further our understanding of next generation internet technologies and the future of work.

After this event we will pull together everything we have learned into a format that is accessible, and easy to use right now to improve the situation. A short booklet we will title "The Anywhere Organisation".

This event is a friendly space to share and discuss your findings, experiences and good practices with distributed collaboration. And what we can learn from it about using networked technologies to support healthy, happy and resilient workplaces.

Edgeryders co-founders Matthias Ansorg and Nadia EL-Imam will provide some scaffolding for that discussion through a brief overview of what we have learned around running effective distributed teams and organisations so far.

Featured Participants

Matthias Ansorg - Maker, software analyst, entrepreneur. German nerd trying to bring order and system to the world. 8+ years of experience building and running remote-only companies, where I especially care about IT, process development and documentation.

Nadia EL-Imam - Designer, business developer, educator. 13+ years experience of deploying online collaboration and learning platforms for Entrepreneurs, IGOs and industry. Named Minister of Labour in an ideal government of innovators imagined for Sweden by Scandinavia's leading financial paper.

Event Format

A 20 minute Zoom meeting. We will send you the link after you register.

A presentation of our research findings, followed by an open, moderated discussion. A moderator will give the floor to people who want to contribute something. If you want to share your point of view, use the call’s chat to let us know, and the moderator will give you the floor. If you have a question to ask the speaker, ask it in the chat (better) or let us know you want to ask a question. Questions are taken before we move on to the next speaker.

The call will be recorded for research purposes. Please read details about that process in this info sheet: Participant Information Sheet for online events . By joining the call you confirm that you understand and consent.

Everyone is welcome .

A Collective Intelligence project

This event embedded in NGI Forward an online community of participants exploring different alternatives for how next generation internet technologies can support better futures. It is organised by Edgeryders- The Collective Intelligence Company. This event is part of the Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative, launched by the European Commission in the autumn of 2016 and has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 825652 from 2019-2021.

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About the organisers:

This event is organised by Edgeryders OÜ, a not for profit enterprise that provides leaders in public, private and third sector organisations with ideas and recommendations that they cannot find through traditional consultancy. We offer it to the general public free of charge to support businesses and nonprofits transition to a working culture that is better for people and planet.

You can learn more about Edgeryders here and follow our policy and strategy work at the Edgeryders research institute.

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