follow the sun
Pursue the light
Follow the sun describes a work arrangement where tasks pass continuously between teams in different time zones, so someone is always working during daylight hours: Our support team follows the sun—London hands off to San Francisco, which hands off to Tokyo.
The phrase also describes traveling westward to extend daylight or pursuing perpetual summer by moving between hemispheres.
Continuously without pause
- round-the-clockHappening all day, every day
- handoverTransfer of control
- time zonesRegional clock-setting divisions
- shiftsMoves or work periods
continuity · global · distributed · coverage · support · monitoring · escalation · seamless
Worldwide economic and cultural integration
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
- workforceAll available workers
- scalabilityCapacity for growth
- efficiencyProductive without waste
optimization · redundancy · offshoring · nearshoring · talent pool · competitive advantage · business continuity · risk mitigation
Direct physical exchange
- synchronizationAligning timing across systems
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
delegation · project management · documentation · briefings · cross-border · multicultural · asynchronous · remote teams
24/7
Continuously without pause
- round-the-clockHappening all day, every day
- handoverTransfer of control
- time zonesRegional clock-setting divisions
shifts · continuity · global · distributed · coverage · support · monitoring · escalation · seamless · relay
globalization
Worldwide economic and cultural integration
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
- workforceAll available workers
- scalabilityCapacity for growth
efficiency · optimization · redundancy · offshoring · nearshoring · talent pool · competitive advantage · business continuity · risk mitigation
handoff
Direct physical exchange
- synchronizationAligning timing across systems
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
teamwork · delegation · project management · documentation · briefings · cross-border · multicultural · asynchronous · remote teams · virtual teams
follow the sunsettle down
Become calm or established
put down roots · stay put · plant roots · nest · homestead
follow, follows, followed, following, follower, followers, sunned, sunning, sunshine