## TL;DR The Open Organization community has released a preview version of its next book, *The Open Organization Guide to Distributed Teamwork,* and it's available for immediate download.[1]
## Release announcement The Open Organization community is pleased to announce a preview release of its forthcoming book, *The Open Organization Guide to Distributed Teamwork*.[1] The book offers open principles and practices that can assist remote, distributed teams seeking ways of working more effectively together. A complete description of the book is available at the end of this announcement. Organizations represented in this release include: - Lincoln Loop - Proofpoint - We Are Open Co-Op - Mozilla - Europace - Red Hat - OASIS Open Note that this 80-page version is a preview of a larger book-in-progress. The Open Organization project is planning a "v1.0" release of the book in August 2020 and welcomes additional contributions. Got something to share? Join us on GitHub to get started.[2] ## About the Guide ## Distributed organizations are more common than they've ever been. And the challenges to working together at a distance have never been more pressing. Across all industries and geographies, teams are rethinking how they operate—and questioning fundamental assumptions about the nature of work. In this guide, we'll explore how adopting open principles and practices—the same ones that have guided open source software communities across decades of innovation-at-a-distance—can assist remote, distributed teams grappling with their own remote work challenges. How can highly distributed teams collaborate on industry-shaping innovations when they're scattered across the world? How can they make decisions, take action, and hold one another accountable when they're working in different places, and at different times? How do they achieve communication and ensure equitable relationships when they aren't co-present? How do they maintain their passion and engagement when they haven't seen one another for weeks, months, or years? Open organizational principles—like transparency, inclusivity, adaptability, collaboration, and community—can catalyze high-performing teams anywhere, even (perhaps especially) when their members are far apart. This guide offers remote, distributed teams (those working remotely for the first time, as well as those with extensive remote-work experience) a guide to the open principles and practices essential for building dynamic, inclusive, high-performing teams—no matter where their members happen to be. ---- [1] https://github.com/open-organization/open-org-distributed-work-guide/releases/tag/0.90 [2] https://github.com/open-organization/open-org-distributed-work-guide _______________________________________________ Openorg-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list
