This document discusses fostering effective collaboration in a global environment. It outlines four steps to improve collaboration: be accessible and transparent; listen; be a person, not just a role; and work with people, not at them. It notes some of the challenges of communicating across time zones and working remotely. The overall message is that effective collaboration requires being open, listening to understand others, seeing teammates as individuals, and working cooperatively rather than directing others.

1. Fostering Effective
Collaboration in a
Global Environment
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4. What am I doing with my life?
Why did I become a designer again?
Is there still time to go back to school?

5. What could I have
done to prevent this?

6. COMMUNICATING IS
HARD

7. F***ING
TIMEZONE MATH
ARGHHHHH

8. UX Designer
Prototyper
Back-end Dev
Front-end Dev
UX Designer
Program Manager
(behind the camera)

11. STEP ONE
BE ACCESSIBLE
& TRANSPARENT

22. STEP TWO
LISTEN

24. “You’re not fully listening to what
people are saying.”

25. 0 750 1500 2250 3000 3750
Brain
Ears
WORDS / MINUTE

27. STEP THREE
BE A PERSON

30. STEP FOUR
WORK WITH PEOPLE,
NOT AT THEM

36. BE ACCESSIBLE & TRANSPARENT
LISTEN
BE A PERSON
WORK WITH PEOPLE, NOT AT THEM

37. Thank you!
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