Rafaela Azevedo

Definitely consider time zone differences, cultural nuances, and language barriers when working with offshore teams. Deadlines and regular communication are key ! After 2 weeks keeping track of regular cacth-ups and dailies calls we could see a lot of improvement, it is human psychology: building this communication habit of keeping accountable and sharing it with the team. Encourage team bonding activities to strengthen relationships across borders, one example here at The Chaincademy, we have team building sessions where we pick up a game from Steam to play together, now we are playing Seven Days to Die (Zombie and Survival Strategy game).

These are the 2 major E2E Automation Tools for Dapps at the moment: Synpress (https://github.com/Synthetixio/synpress) and Dappeteer (https://github.com/chainsafe/dappeteer) , but only Synpress has some kind of sponsorship therefore it has been developed faster and has more support. Also another option is to Mock Blockchain providers and wallets with a library like this Web3-mock (https://www.npmjs.com/package/@depay/web3-mock), you only need to maintain the mock and you are not dependent on the third-party plugin, for example, Metamask wallet.

Maybe some people do it subconsciously, but I have been in some talks where one person from the audience attempted to stir up negative emotions of the presenter and reduce his credibility in public, when in fact it was completely pointless as the presenter was talking about his own experience and his own perspective. Nobody better than the presenter himself to talk about his own point of view. It created a hostile atmosphere and discouraged open-minded dialogue. It's much more productive to engage in respectful debate, even if there are disagreements. Really wise answer from the presenter: - Reinforced the fact that was his experience - Refocused on the argument - Don't stoop to the same level and said thanks for also sharing his view

One thing I have found useful but also brings loads of tension to discussions is asking for the source of evidence. This is how I evaluate the credibility and how trustworthy and reliable an argument can be. Unfortunately, most people get really defensive about it and sometimes the discussion goes sour because their evidence is based on tiktok and instagram videos. If the evidence also shows different perspectives and is not one-sided, it makes me even more keen to believe the source is trustworthy as it considered other points of view and not blindsided following only one.

Also really important to keep in mind to assess the quality of data collection methods. Remember people have biases, so need to ask the right questions. I once did some research where people were extremely positive about my idea when in fact they just replied like that because they were people that knew me already and they were following me on social media. So, couldn't rely too much on their answers as they were biased. The Mom Test is an awesome book that teaches you exactly about how to overcome these challenges and how different outliners can affect results. Google ads really helped me with trustworthy data relying more on actual users behaviours and not words.

One thing that I have found helpful was creating open-ended scenarios with different people or in a team, this encourages creative problem-solving and presents ambiguous situations lacking clear solutions. Creating a board with all the problems we can think of in one column and then another column with all the possible solutions, throwing everything that comes to our minds without judgment and without double thinking.