Standup Alice Blog

Open your team's Slack right now. Green dots everywhere. Someone posted a GIF in general twenty minutes ago. On paper, everything looks fine. Now answer this honestly: do you actually know what everyone on your team did yesterday? If you hesitated, you just found the real problem. Not a lack of activity. A lack of signal. The Green Dot Lie Being online is not the same as being known. A green dot tells you someone opened their laptop. It does not tell you what they are working

There's a weird assumption floating around that remote teams are naturally less productive. Meanwhile, most office workers have sat through at least one meeting that absolutely could have been an email instead. The truth is, remote work usually isn't the problem. Poor communication is. Distance Doesn't Create Confusion. Unclear Workflows Do. Remote teams thrive when the basics are in place, and they struggle fast when those basics go missing. Here's the difference: Remote tea