Remotely Productive

A practical and insightful toolkit for improving your virtual and hybrid meetings.

We've been meeting online for years now. Why is it still so painful?

In Remotely Productive: Leading Better Online Meetings and Workshops, expert facilitator and product development leader Alex Pukinskis delivers simple tools and techniques that you can use immediately to stop wasting time in video calls and start making decisions and plans that stick.

This book explains why online meetings are so much slower, why the people with the best social skills can be the worst over video and why we hesitate to speak up when things are going wrong. You will learn how to make improvements to your everyday meetings, how to design online workshops, and how to facilitate complex, hybrid sessions.

You'll also find:

Techniques for improving meetings when you're just a participant
Activities to replace unproductive discussions
Strategies for handling conflict, technical problems, disappearing participants, and other disasters

Passionate about finding ways to remove waste and make work more enjoyable and productive, Alex has created an essential resource in Remotely Productive, which will help anyone who's sitting in ineffective meetings and looking for a better way.

"Alex's Remotely Productive is not just a book; it's a toolkit anyone working remotely can use to enhance their virtual productivity. It's filled with actionable advice that addresses the subtleties and complexities of facilitating and participating in online work. Whether you're a seasoned facilitator or new to remote work, this book offers valuable insights that will improve your online interactions. Highly recommended!"
Lisette Sutherland, author of Work Together Anywhere

"If you lead online or hybrid meetings, and especially if your task is to help people reach decisions together, I highly recommend Remotely Productive. Much more than a book of helpful tips, it gives you a real sense of an expert facilitator's repertoire, how it plays out in the facilitated event, and how the meeting is set up for success beforehand. All of that is done with deep respect for everyone involved. As a facilitator, how can I make sure that all participants feel 'seen, heard, and valued?' That's a great place to start."
Mike Burrows, author of Agendashift and Kanban from the Inside

"Rarely have I read a book containing advice and suggestions so immediately useful."
Allan Kelly, author of Succeeding with OKRs in Agile