VIRTUAL TEAMS BOOK: … EXTRACT FROM The Introduction
December 1, 2021Progress since the last post Since my last post, I have been working on the Introduction to the book and that has been very helpful. It’s prompted me to write an overview of how all the chapters hang together and it’s help me get a clearer sense of the overall structure. Apart from the conclusion, I have now drafted all chapters. I have decided to incorporate what was going to be a chapter on addressing inequality and inequity in remote work into each chapter as those questions came up again and again. So now that I have a clearer sense…
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Maren Deepwell
Charity CEO in EdTech. Ethical, open leadership. Feminist. She/her
