COMPANY PLAYBOOK
Oyster
Oyster designs global distributed work around handoffs, documentation and asynchronous participation so time zones become an advantage rather than a barrier.
System principles
- Avoid a meeting when async can produce the same outcome.
- Hand work to the next time zone at day end.
- Evaluate contribution through outcomes rather than visible hours.
Tensions and trade-offs
- Async work protects focus but can create decision latency and isolation.
- Follow-the-sun creates continuity but magnifies context loss when handoffs are weak.
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