What are your company's most popular tools?

Company Interview with Ivan, CEO of Base B

Working remotely requires communication tools, repositories, and collaboration tools. Depending on what we are doing specifically, the toolset may differ a little, but we’re all using Slack, Trello, and Jira, collaboration tools like Google Docs, and video call tools like Google Hangouts and Zoom for stand-ups as well as code repositories.

What’s more important is how you use the tools.

For example, it’s important to have video calls rather than just voice calls, especially when talking to a whole team.

Group calls give us all the chance to assess the reactions, and individual emotions, of the people you’re communicating with.

This is true even on calls where people are often trying to express a message without spending a lot of time talking, as is often the case with team and group calls.

The same, too, with Slack: there have to be strong communication policies when using it, to avoid the possibility of people just spamming others.

Ivan's company, Base B helps companies build effective remote teams. See the tools and training practices that allow them to excel in helping their clients.

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Interview with Shelly, CEO of Fire Engine RED & remote work pioneer

Collaboration is key to our success. Here are a few of our favorite collaborative tools: Slack, Google G Suite, Teamwork, Zoom.

Twenty years ago, Shelly started one of the first all-remote U.S. companies. See how remote work has given Fire Engine RED a competitive advantage & the four most important words in the employee handbook.

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