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In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Quinn Slack, CEO of Sourcegraph, about becoming a fully remote company, ways to improve communication and collaboration and the value of Zoomcations\n\nWhy listen to this podcast:\n\n\u2022\tIf working remotely really is optional then it\u2019s really important not to put any subtle pressure that says to people that they need to be in the office \u2013 it causes stress and confusion\n\u2022\tComing into a half-empty office feels like being in a disaster movie, and generates subtle pressure on people to come into the office\n\u2022\tWorking remotely is a forcing function that causes you to tackle problems which get ignored when working in person, such as how you onboard new people and how you encourage collaboration\n\u2022\tMaking all policies and way-of-working public and visible enhances collaboration and communication\n\u2022\tZoomcations (taking a week and working completely asynchronously, without attending any synchronous meetings) allow for deep work and expose communication & collaboration shortcomings in organisation systems\n\nMore on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2ZLdzIq\nYou can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq\n\nSubscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq\nLike InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8\nFollow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ\nFollow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq\nCheck the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/2ZLdzIq