​​2018 Design Team Offsite [Public Copy]
​​Date: Friday August 3rd. ~10am – 7pm
​​Attendees: Noah, Rasmus, Peter, Marcin, Lucy, Chris, Niko, Bradee
​​Location: Cavallo Point — Dinner in Sausalito
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​​Goals

  • ​​We’re a new team: let’s build momentum together
  • ​​Plan for H2 → Set clear actionable goals for each other
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​​Schedule

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​​Time
​​Activity
​​Facilitator
​​8:15am
​​Ferry ride from the Ferry Building to Sausalito (optional)
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​​9:00am
​​Breakfast (optional)
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​​9:30am
​​Walk to the Cavallo Point (or make your way over there however you choose if you didn’t attend breakfast)
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​​10am – 10:40
​​Kick-off
  • ​​5 minute origins
  • ​​Show embarrassing old work from your past! Any fun stories? Lessons learned? Use 5 minutes however you choose. 
​​
​​Everyone
​​11:15am
​​Design Team
  • ​​Process
  • ​​Team + Project Structures
  • ​​Critiques / Meetings
  • ​​Sales / Support
  • ​​Outcomes OKRs
  • ​​Process / Centralized vs Decentralized
  • ​​Communication (slack, email, etc,.)
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​​Noah
​​12:15pm
​​Lunch
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​​1:20pm
​​Quick Video Break
  • ​​Watch a new customer testimonial video from the marketing team and provide some feedback together.
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​​1:40pm
​​Culture & Team
  • ​​Company Education
  • ​​Design talks
  • ​​Values as a team
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​​Peter
​​2:45pm
​​Break
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​​3pm
​​Quality
  • ​​Defining quality
  • ​​Process for quality
​​Rasmus
​​4pm
​​Break
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​​4:15pm
​​Product Vision
  • ​​Where we’re heading
  • ​​Current Structure
  • ​​Principles/Guides
​​Niko
​​5pm
​​Continued product vision
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​​Niko
​​6pm
​​Travel to dinner in Sausalito
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​​7pm
​​Dinner
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​​Facilitator Goals / Principles