Tech companies adapt collaborative culture to remote work

Technology executives are finding ways for their teams to collaborate and be productive as fully remote work persists during the coronavirus pandemic.

“You don’t feed ideas off of each other like you would in person,” said Ravs Kaur, chief technology officer of Uplevel Inc., a Seattle-based startup that created a platform to help software engineering teams increase productivity. “We’re trying to make the most of the situation,” Ms. Kaur said.

Software development and other forms of information technology work certainly can be performed remotely, and there are some tech companies that have been entirely remote for years. Nonetheless, the culture of the software business often has valued physical workplaces, known for stand-up meetings, pairs of people working side-by-side, and walls covered with sticky notes to keep small teams on track.