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Designing the Virtual Office for Connection
It Doesn't Just Happen
Culture doesn't grow by accident. Neither does connection. If you're serious about making remote work work, you have to design for it.
July 6, 2025
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3 More Tips to Re-Create In-Person Office Magic in Virtual Offices
Even more tips for boosting engagement
Virtual offices are enabling new ways of interacting. Berst allows you to peek through the window, shout out to everyone in the office and check who has been speaking to encourage inclusion.
October 28, 2022
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3 Tips to Re-Create In-Person Office Magic in Virtual Offices
The magic happens between the meetings
The magic of a physical office happens between the meetings, not in them. A virtual office like Berst enables you to create this same magic, simply and intuitively. These 3 tips help you do just that.
October 21, 2022
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Creating Highly Effective Teams
High Empathy Working Agreements
High Empathy is the key to creating an effective working agreement that helps Distributed Teams succeed. This guide with help you with a step by step approach for doing this.
June 25, 2021
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Setting Up a Hybrid Workshop Environment for High Engagement
Patterns that work in practice
Hybrid workshops can be challenging, but there are some simple patterns that work in practice. Understanding this can help you setup your virtual office for success.
March 19, 2021
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Rapidly Aligning Multiple Teams with OKRs
Virtual Offices enable you to align multiple teams rapidly with OKRs
Contrary to the common advice, it is possible to align multiple teams around OKRs. When using a virtual office you, don't require physical rooms or movement so you can just focus on aligning.
March 4, 2021
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Recreating the Watercooler Moment for Distributed Teams
Recreating the watercooler moment with Berst
The watercooler moment is one of the things that people feel has been lost in remote working environment, but Everest Engineering use Berst's virtual office to solve this and feel connected as a team.
February 28, 2021
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6 Easy Steps to Create a Company Culture Code
Setting culture norms in Distributed Teams is critical to enabling effective remote working
Setting culture norms in distributed teams is critical. Here's a facilitation approach to build a culture code your leadership team genuinely believes in.
November 29, 2018
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3 simple ways to build an inclusive team
Empathy is the core to an inclusive team, especially in distributed teams when you can't rely on proximity.
Diversity and inclusion significantly increase team effectiveness. Here are three go-to activities for deliberately building empathy and cohesion.
May 18, 2018
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Defining an Agile delivery plan with the OODA loop
A simple approach to improve your decision making during planning
By blending Story Mapping, Risk Impact maps, and Outcome Mapping, teams can avoid getting stuck in the weeds and start making faster, better-aligned decisions.
August 18, 2016
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