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Much of the problems with distributed teams is behavioural IMO. We work in a global team and I repeatedly see my local colleagues having to attend late calls to accommodate for the team in another timezone. I constantly tell them to refuse such meeting requests and force the team in the other region to change their practices to deal with any global issues first thing in the morning such as email queries, meetings, requests, etc. Instead, they come in, grab coffees, leisurely waste time clearing out their inbox and it's noon before you know it. If they devised a simple method of scanning mails from the other region first and then reply/meet immediately, it's make everyone's lives easier.