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Crafting Empathetic Remote Teams

Explore three practical rituals that help distributed teams collaborate with empathy and clarity.

Remote collaboration works best when people feel seen. These rituals are quick to run, easy to repeat, and help teams surface context before making decisions.

Start every week with a three-question check-in: energy level, biggest priority, and one thing you need from the group. Keep it under five minutes per person to maintain momentum.

Laptop on a desk showing collaborative documentation
Shared documentation keeps intentions transparent across time zones.

Add a 'decision memo' template to your knowledge base. It should outline context, options explored, and the final call. Encourage reactions directly in the doc to capture asynchronous feedback.

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