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AVI KNOLL | JSD (CLOUD) REMOTE DEVELOPER | ATLASSIAN
Build With Heart and Balance
Remote Work Edition
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!
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
Who are you?
✋"#$%&
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!
Office
boundaries
Office
boundaries
Office
boundaries
Go to work
Office
boundaries
Go to work
Group lunch
Office
boundaries
Go to work
Group lunch
Get coffee
Office
boundaries
Go to work
Group lunch
Get coffee
Go home!
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?
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!
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.”
12%
CURRENTLY REMOTE (DEVS) WANT TO BE REMOTE
* Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2019: https://
insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019
42%
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
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!
Physical space
Office with a door that closes
Draw a line
Physical space
Office with a door that closes
Draw a line
Digital space
Remove access to work when 

you’re not working
Physical space
Office with a door that closes
Draw a line
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
Leave the
house
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!
People are real.

Don’t forget that everyone
you interact with is a real
person, online or offline.
Cakes and coffee!
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!
Work
distracts
from 

life
Life
distracts
from
work
MEASURING BALANCE
Lean on your
community
MEASURING BALANCE
Get professional
help when needed
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!
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
Will you change anything
about how you balance your
work and life?
CHECK-IN
Thank you!
AVI KNOLL | JSD (CLOUD) REMOTE DEVELOPER | ATLASSIAN

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