Jeff Bezos once said to bet on things that won't change. Here's one: talent is everywhere. But opportunity? That's been another story... until now.
There’s a real shift happening in how teams come together:
- Way back: Outsourcing
- Recent past: Enforced remote work
- Next: Truly distributed teams
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What if you had…
- Business analyst in Istanbul
- UX designer in Kyiv
- Game developer in Curitiba
- Marketing lead in Mountain View
- Project Manager in Colombo
- Experience designer in Guatemala
- Product lead in New York
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All brought together in just a few weeks, and in sync with only 5-6 tools that cost less than a single co-working desk. Let’s not even start on the melting pot of perspectives, backgrounds, and cultures.
But how to do this well? Two key skills, I reckon - and they link humans and technology:
- Curation: The human touch of finding, supporting, and enabling talented people
- Systems: The digital groove of intuitive, efficient, and streamlined workflows
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I don’t see this as the same as ‘remote work’ or even distributed teams. It feels more… Borderless. And I can’t imagine going back.
What's your take? Have you been in - or built in - teams like this? What challenges and opportunities do you see in this new world of work?
P.S. That team listed above? It’s my current one…