Maintaining company culture in a remote organization

1. Virtual High Fives:
Maintaining Company Culture
in a Remote Organization
Chris Byers, CEO of Formstack
www.formstack.com
May 21, 2013

10. Who are you?

12. Building software to get you
back to business

13. Easy to collect and manage data

20. And now for a live survey…

21. What is Culture?

22. the behaviors and beliefs
characteristic of a particular
social, ethnic or age group

24. What is Company Culture?

26. Why culture?

27. great cultural adoption makes
a company successful

28. culture=getting stuff done

29. Concernsconcerns

30. vs
What is remote/fully distributed?

31. Our history with remote

35. Coming soon: Bloomington, Los Angeles, Charlotte

37. Remote Success Stories

39. Your remote stories…

40. How we make remote work.

41. Old New

44. Tools of the trade.

46. Communication is KEY.

47. How YOU can make remote work
(from Formstack employees).

48. A culture of freedom.

49. ∧Freedom ∧Responsibity

50. Know your
remote working
style first.
Schedule
non-work chats.

51. Check in with
each other
during the day
When you hit a
wall, get out of
the house.

52. My remote tips.

54. Where is my CEO?

55. Any questions?
Chris Byers
chris.byers@formstack.com
Twitter: @rchrisbyers

56. Links & Picture Creds
StackExchange Remote Article: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2013/02/why-we-still-believe-in-working-remotely/
37Signals Remote Book: http://37signals.com/remote
GitHub: http://gigaom.com/2012/03/26/tales-from-the-trenches-github/
Starbucks Logo - http://www.campusdish.com/NR/rdonlyres/B92759C9-CA17-4148-8998-
39C785627114/86143/starbucks.gif
Various Maps: http://maps.google.com
Marissa Mayer: http://media.salon.com/2013/02/marissa_mayer2.jpg
London Tube Map: http://datavizblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/tube_map.gif
Krakow: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Krakow_rynek_02.jpg
Indianapolis Colts Field: http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/8d/54/e7/indianapolis-visitors.jpg
Whereismyceo Screenshot: http://www.whereismyceo.com
My Calendar: http://www.whereismyceo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/photo-16.jpg
Various Images: http://www.formstack.com