Before Covid-19, many companies had work from home policies in place, but the vast majority still expected employees to mostly work in an office. Now that everyone is being forced to work from home, many companies and managers are scrambling to figure out how to make it work.

David Blair, CTO of Andela, has years of experience managing distributed teams. Today he offers his best tips and advice on best practices for fully remote teams and also shares ideas to help keep boost employee morale.

[00:20] - How David became a product guy
[03:47] - Finding talent in new places
[09:38] - The relationship between product and technology at Andela
[11:49] - Building trust with non-technical stakeholders
[16:14] - How, when, and in what form to communicate
[22:10] - Keeping social bonds in remote-first teams
[24:55] - Adjusting to working at home
[26:42] - Sustaining a remote team

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Building and Managing Fully Remote Teams with David Blair