[walljm]

Try to build a virtual hallway/watercooler. We use slack for this, and worked very intentionally to encourage people to post what they were working on in their respective channels, and to reflect conversations in slack threads.

This led to the team being able to observe what other people were working on, to occasionally "overhear" something that was relevant to them and hop in.

We also encouraged people who jumped into video conferences to drop the meet in the slack thread so that other people, if it mattered, could hop in. Though not always appropriate (we have plenty of private ish meetings) that makes it easier for remote people to engage in the random happy accidents you get from a physical office.

[rlawson]

Thanks, good idea!