It’s no secret that building and maintaining a robust company culture is challenging for any organization. Is it any more difficult for distributed agile teams, in which an engineering organization is spread across multiple offices — or even...
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The end of the year is often a time for celebrations. For Distillery, the end of 2018 is absolutely worth celebrating: It marks 10 years since we’ve been in business! Indeed, from our beginnings as Rus Wizards in...
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Everyone knows that it’s best (and easiest!) to have a project team sitting cozily in one office or even one room. My firm belief, however, is that a globally dispersed team can achieve the same results as a project team sitting in a single office. The only difference? With...
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There are a lot of things teams do every day. These everyday activities can vary somewhat depending on project roles, methods used, and workflows maintained. However, there is one thing that can rarely be ignored — estimations. You can always elect not to use them. (The...
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For any successful business, taking the time to look back is a crucial step in finding the right path forward. It’s only by looking back that we can understand how far we’ve come, as well as how far we’ve yet to go. With this in mind, each year, Distillery...
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If you ask nearly any Distillery employee what they like best about working here, they’re likely to answer, “the people.” That’s good news for us, because the fact is, any organization is only as good as the people who work there. By cultivating a healthy, inclusive, and empowering...
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“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” ― Ernest Hemingway While trying to achieve high numbers and great results, we frequently forget that — for the time being, at least — all our work is not done by robots, but rather by real people. The efficiency...
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