Geeks Who Lead Podcast Globally Distributed Teams vs. Remote Teams with Gustavo Niemeyer
Thanks to the pandemic, many people are getting their first taste of working remotely. But for Gustavo Niemeyer of Canonical, having a globally distributed team is just a way of life. On this week’s episode of CTO Connection, he discusses the pros, cons, and considerations for companies considering globally distributed teams.
Further, Gustavo talks to Peter about managing teams looking to solve big, open-ended problems, why finding motivated employees is key, and why he is a proponent of globally distributed teams. Take a listen for more.
- (01:12) - Discovering a passion
- (05:07) - Team leadership at Conectiva
- (06:18) - Doorway to Canonical
- (09:16) - Bootstrapping large projects
- (17:16) - Managing expectations
- (22:03) - Self-motivation
- (25:20) - Communication overlap
- (30:40) - International compensation
- (35:15) - Remote interviews
Special thanks to our global partner – Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS offers a broad set of global cloud-based products to equip technology leaders to build better and more powerful solutions, reach out to aws-cto-program@amazon.com if you’re interested to learn more about their offerings.
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