Best overlap: 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Nairobi is 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM in Boston.
Keep meetings inside 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Nairobi — that maps to 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM in Boston. Around 3 hours of overlap is enough to work comfortably, as long as meetings don't drift to the end of one team's day. These times hold for most of the year, but Boston's daylight saving (which Nairobi doesn't use) shifts them by an hour twice annually.
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Long-distance relationships, parents working overseas, grandkids in Auckland and grandparents in London. The work guides do not really apply. Here is a practical playbook for keeping family relationships strong across time zones. -