You can contact me on linkedin.com or email (john at oduinn dot com). Occasionally, I’m also on twitter.

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Short Bio

John O’Duinn has written code and led systems engineering teams in four person startups, non-profits, multinationals – and in the US Government as part of the U.S. Digital Service in the Obama White House.

John has worked in distributed organizations for 29 years, led distributed teams for 15 years, run workshops and mentored distributed companies for 8 years.

John wrote “Distributed Teams: The Art and Practice of Working Together While Physically Apart” in 2018, with a fully updated 2nd edition in 2021. This business management book covers essential practical mechanics of how to work in and run distributed organizations, as well as the wider diversity, environmental, urban planning and community renewal benefits of distributed organizations. John helped write the State of Vermont’s 2018 “Remote Worker” law – a very different approach to Economic Development which was so successful that it has become the model followed by other jurisdictions. John also advised on the State of California’s 2021 Telework Policy. John consults, helps draft bills and write policies for jurisdictions worldwide. 

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Medium Bio

John O’Duinn has written code, designed hybrid distributed systems and led systems engineering teams in four person startups, non-profits, multinationals – and in the US Government as part of the U.S. Digital Service in the Obama White House. John is comfortable with high stress, high ambiguity situations and enjoys using his skills with large complex distributed systems to solve problems that make a measurable difference to real humans.

John has worked in distributed companies of one form or another for 29 years, led distributed teams for 15 years, run workshops and mentored distributed companies for 8 years. 

John wrote “Distributed Teams: The Art and Practice of Working Together While Physically Apart” in 2018, with a fully updated 2nd edition in 2021. This is a business management book covering essential practical mechanics and human aspects of working in and leading distributed teams, as well as the wider diversity, environmental, urban planning and community renewal benefits of distributed organizations. Few people have time to read management books, so this book was written using small easy-to-read words and short chapters with practical takeaways to try the very next day. John helped write the State of Vermont’s 2018 “Remote Worker” law – a very different approach to Economic Development which was so successful that it has become the model followed by other jurisdictions. John also advised on the State of California’s 2021 Telework Policy. John consults, helps draft bills and write policies for jurisdictions worldwide. 

Born into a nomadic family, John took his first international flight on his own passport before his first birthday. So far, John has lived and worked in 13 cities across four continents and visited many others.

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Full Bio is on LinkedIn.com