Clipflow is fully remote. We don't normally sit beside each other, and that works well when we need time to focus.
But getting in a room with Darrell or Denzel gives me a different kind of energy. We can move between ideas, try things and make decisions while the conversation is happening.
Our previous business was in person, so I've worked in both arrangements. I remember how much could happen when a team got on a roll together. I also appreciate the space remote work gives us to concentrate.
Filming ads with Denzel is a good example of why I still value being together. An idea can turn into a line, then another line, then something we try on camera. We're responding to each other while making the thing.
With Darrell, the same sort of session can happen around the product. We can work through features and decisions while the context is shared, instead of taking each part away and returning later.
That is my experience of our team. It doesn't mean every remote team needs the same arrangement, or that being together automatically makes a session productive.
But I don't want to lose those sessions just because the business is remote. We can preserve the focus periods and deliberately make time for work that benefits from being in the same place.
The question I ask is what kind of work we're trying to do. Sometimes I need quiet time at a computer. Sometimes I need to sit with someone, talk through an idea and try it. Our working arrangement should make room for both.
