1.
AVI KNOLL | JSD (CLOUD) REMOTE DEVELOPER | ATLASSIAN
Build With Heart and Balance
Remote Work Edition

2.
Agenda
Who am I? Who are you?
Check-up: How do you balance?
Remote work, how great is that?!1
| Let’s talk remote boundaries |
Measuring heart & balance
Check-in: Improving your balance!

3.
Mobility
Living in two cities,
remote keeps me flexible
Who am I?
Balance
Loved ones, climate activism,
and building awesome
collaboration tools
Experience
Atlassian since 2014,
remote since 2019

4.
Who are you?
✋"#$%&

5.
Agenda
Who am I? Who are you?
Check-up: How do you balance?
Remote work, how great is that?!1
| Let’s talk remote boundaries |
Measuring heart & balance
Check-in: Improving your balance!

6.
Office
boundaries

7.
Office
boundaries

8.
Office
boundaries
Go to work

9.
Office
boundaries
Go to work
Group lunch

10.
Office
boundaries
Go to work
Group lunch
Get coffee

11.
Office
boundaries
Go to work
Group lunch
Get coffee
Go home!

12.
Office
boundaries
Go to work
Group lunch
Get coffee
Go home!
Yours?
Please share!
What are some things you do to stay focused,
or reset your brain?

13.
Agenda
Who am I? Who are you?
Check-up: How do you balance?
Remote work, how great is that?!1
| Let’s talk remote boundaries |
Measuring heart & balance
Check-in: Improving your balance!

14.
Remote
Atlassians say:
“I have two hours back in
my day because I no
longer have to commute.”
“Able to better plan my
day and spend much
more time with my kids”
“Flexibility.”

15.
12%
CURRENTLY REMOTE (DEVS) WANT TO BE REMOTE
* Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2019: https://
insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019
42%

16.
41.8% of developers say a
distracting work environment
is one of their “greatest
challenges to productivity.”
* Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2019: https://
insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019

17.
Agenda
Who am I? Who are you?
Check-up: How do you balance?
Remote work, how great is that?!1
| Let’s talk remote boundaries |
Measuring heart & balance
Check-in: Improving your balance!

18.
Physical space
Office with a door that closes
Draw a line

19.
Physical space
Office with a door that closes
Draw a line

20.
Digital space
Remove access to work when
you’re not working
Physical space
Office with a door that closes
Draw a line

21.
Digital space
Remove access to work when
you’re not working
Mental space
Mindfulness; notice you’re
thinking about work (or life)
at the wrong time, and refocus
Physical space
Office with a door that closes
Draw a line

22.
Leave the
house

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Working hours
Start/finish, lunch
breaks, gym, family
Fearless focus
Keep time
to do your work
Constraints
Colleagues, friends
and family, and YOU
Food
Take time
to eat properly
Put things in your calendar!

24.
People are real.
Don’t forget that everyone
you interact with is a real
person, online or offline.

25.
Cakes and coffee!

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Agenda
Who am I? Who are you?
Check-up: How do you balance?
Remote work, how great is that?!1
| Let’s talk remote boundaries |
Measuring heart & balance
Check-in: Improving your balance!

27.
Work
distracts
from
life
Life
distracts
from
work

28.
MEASURING BALANCE
Lean on your
community

29.
MEASURING BALANCE
Get professional
help when needed

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Agenda
Who am I? Who are you?
Check-up: How do you balance?
Remote work, how great is that?!1
| Let’s talk remote boundaries |
Measuring heart & balance
Check-in: Improving your balance!

31.
In review
Measure balance
Measure, assess, adjust
Don’t go alone
Seek community & support
Draw your lines
Boundaries! Calendars!
Leave the office
The world is a big place

32.
Will you change anything
about how you balance your
work and life?
CHECK-IN

33.
Thank you!
AVI KNOLL | JSD (CLOUD) REMOTE DEVELOPER | ATLASSIAN