An obvious byproduct of working from home is that we don’t get to physically see or be near each other. Whatever your relationship is to others – a supervisor, a colleague, a boss, or even a partner – the inability to physically “see each other” creates problems. I guess it’s no different from a “long-distance relationship”. Thinking back to the times when my wife and I were dating – I was younger, she was in university in England and naturally we had our fair share of shall I say disagreements. All this, because of the lack of trust.
 
At JaGaApp, we actively promote this concept of trust between each other. Having this trust enables every one of us to freely speak our minds, listen for the care and love behind each criticism; and cultivates a stable base on which we can build on. We actively encourage dialogues on trust and a big part of this will require openness and transparency. We did not know it at first, but this start was key to our continued success thus far.
 
Today we actively try out new technological solutions like gather.town that enables us to be “together virtually”. We also conduct weekly companywide meets called JaGather, as well as daily check-ins for every department just so that we know what each other is doing. We acknowledge we do not know it all, we encourage everyone to speak up and we test each other’s suggestions; pushing each other positively towards a better tomorrow.