Bertrand Delacretaz

54 points

Switzerland

Bertrand Delacretaz works as a Principal Scientist with the Adobe Research team in Basel, Switzerland. He spends a good portion of his time advocating and implementing Open Development as a way to make geographically dispersed teams more efficient and more fun for his coworkers. Bertrand is also an active Member of the Apache Software Foundation, currently (2017-2018) on his ninth term on the Foundation's Board of Directors.

Open Enthusiast Author

Authored Content

Asynchronous decision-making: Helping remote teams succeed

Better communication with fewer meetings isn't a pipe dream. Here's how asynchronous decision-making can make it happen.

Contributed Content

How did you get started with Linux?

Celebrating Penguin Awareness Day with stories about the moment we learned about Linux.

Authored Comments

bdelacretaz

12 Dec 2017

Asynchronous decision-making: Helping remote teams succeed

Thanks for your comment - I fully agree and that's similar to the examples of "hybrid meetings" mentioned in the article, where the ASF's Board of Directors and the Swiss government both prepare meetings almost as if they were fully asynchronous, and keep only the most important or difficult items for discussion at the synchronous meeting. Preparation is key, and I'm known for rejecting meeting invitations when the agenda is not clear enough to allow me to prepare.