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The Five Levels of Remote Work - and why youāre probably at Level 2
COVID-19 has forced companies the world over to enact ā or create ā remote working protocols. The likes of Box, Amazon, Airbnb, Facebook, Google and Microsoft have all told their employees someā¦
Why Zoom Is Terrible
Thereās a reason video apps make you feel awkward and unfulfilled.
If Youāre a Remote Worker, Youāre Going to Be Surveilled. A Lot.
It's a land grab for worker surveillance.'
Top Remote Work Tips for Teams from a VP of Engineering
Get remote work advice from Netlify's VP of Engineering Dalia Havens. Dalia shares productivity tips, communication advice, and more for distributed teams working remotely. From Zoom to Slack and far beyond. Check it out!
Remote Working for Product Designers: How to Get Optimal Outcomes
Based on the situation of things around the world, most organizations are now beginning to engage their workers in remote working. However, while the concept of remote working is not strangeā¦
Mapping āThe Future of Workā Startup & Investor ecosystem
Like lots of people these days, I enjoy spending time thinking about & investing in companies shaping āthe Future of Workā. For that reason, I keep getting asked by my investor friends whether I haveā¦
The Digital Nomad Lifestyle Isnāt As Great As You Think
When I started my travel blog back in 2015, I didnāt even know what a digital nomad was, let alone aspire to be one. Starting the blog was a way of providing myself with a creative outlet. The ideaā¦
Are Digital Nomads Better Prepared For Self-Isolation?
The challenges of global living equip people with unexpected resilience.
Coronavirus Economy: Companies Are Firing the Wrong People
The wave of layoffs is a slow-rolling catastrophe, warn MIT professors Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee.
The History of Loneliness
Until a century or so ago, almost no one lived alone; now many endure shutdowns and lockdowns on their own. How did modern life get so lonely?
Working From Your Childhood Bedroom
For some millennials, sheltering in place means moving home to their parentsā house.
As A Remote Work Manager, Here's How My Team Works (Efficiently) From Home
In these uncertain and challenging times, many people are working from home (WFH) for the first time. As someone who has worked remotely for the past five years, Iāve learned a lot of dos and donāts.
How to Dial Back Your Screen Time and Survive Social Media in Quarantine
Computer scientist Cal Newport on why the quality of your quarantine may come down to how you use your technology.
Remote Work Is The New Norm. Will It Last?
The battle for remote work has been ongoing. Employees want it, many companies and even more managers resist it. Will this short-term (at minimum) and large-scale experiment in remote work change that?
Remote Work Can (And Does) Boost Employee Productivity
Data proves it: Remote work boosts productivity. Here's why ā and how you can empower your remote team to be more productive.
How to See the World When Youāre Stuck at Home
When you are quarantined or cancel your trip, you can still go on a journey. The secret? The author Reif Larsen says itās Google Street View.
Will the coronavirus solidify our shrinking human contact needs?
Long before the coronavirus, South Koreans had begun optimizing their lives to have less and less human contact. The global pandemic might make that disassociation permanent.
One of the hardest roles in tech: Product Designer
I have always quietly thought to myself, that being a product designer requires the highest standards. Even though the job is fun, fulfilling, and impactful, itās not for everyone. Or at least itāsā¦
Long Commutes Destroy Happiness, Research Shows. Here's What to Do About Them
How long do you drive to get to work every day? And how long do your employees drive? The answers to these questions are more important than you might think. In a fascinating post on Maritz's People Science site, behavioral science writer Brandon Routman looks at a couple of...
So Youāve Been Told to Work From Home. Now What?
At Doist, weāve always believed that remote work is the future. But no one expected it to become a necessity for so many companies and their employees with next to zero warning.
Tips for Working At Home Without Burning Out
If youāre a person who spent your pre-pandemic work life in a cubicle or office, right now is a good time to throw yourself into looking on the bright side: Youāre not stuck at home; youāre free. This is what you dreamed about every morning and evening when you were stuck in...
Working from home? Switch off Amazon's Alexa (say lawyers)
One of the byproducts of doing all your work from home is that you might be discussing confidential matters. And who might overhear them? Well, there's your smart speakers....
7 Ideas For Teams To Stay Connected Remotely
All of our teams globally are working remotely. In Asia, we have started in February, in Europe in March. Everyone is working from home. Additionally, governments have advised people to stay at home in their own time as well and avoid any social contact. For people who are not...
A Guide to Working From Home
Whether youāre the CEO of a Fortune 500 company or a first-year university student, the topic thatās on everyoneās mind worldwide as we head into Spring of 2020 is the Coronavirus. Governments across the globe are advising people to stay away from large groups, schools are...
Close your office. Now. How operate your startup under lock-down
The US declared the state of emergency. Many leading startups closed their office. And I expect that all startups in the tech hubs will have their offices closed by the end of next week ā if they havenāt already.
Being the first to start remote working
My girlfriend and I want to move to another city. Not a few miles to the next big city, not to the other side of Holland, but a country on the other side of Europe: Sweden. That's about 1600 kilometers (1000 miles). And it is also not fancy Stockholm we chose as our destination,...
The Ultimate Guide To Remote Teams - Hiring, Engaging & Scaling
Welcome to the 21st century, where a growing population of the workforce is less dependent on location and more dependent on the Wi-Fi. Cubicles, early morning commutes, and broken coffee machines are all a thing of the past.
A Quick Security Checklist for Remote Workers (or Anyone, Really)
While distributed teams are on the rise, some leaders are hesitant to embrace remote because of the perceived security risks. Employees accessing company data on public wifi at a coffee shop in Bali is a chief security officerās worst nightmare. But remote work is here to stay.
Why Do Corporations Speak the Way They Do?
I worked at various start-ups for eight years beginning in 2010, when I was in my early 20s. Then I quit and went freelance for a while. A year later, I returned to office life, this time at a different start-up.
Does anyone ever combat loneliness by having someone else working with you but by remote? Would anyone want to do that with me?
This might sound silly, but I have seen my parents do it when they had long distance parts of their relationship. They would keep the line open (phone, skype, whatever) and just work together. In utter quiet most of the time. Once in a while they say something to each other or...
The Great Tulsa Remote Worker Experiment
The first class of hand-picked remote workers moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, in exchange for $10,000 and a built-in community. The city might just be luring them to stay.
The Coronavirus Is Forcing Techies To Work From Home. Some May Never Go Back To The Office.
As the coronavirus spreads in the United States and tech companies ask their workforces to do their jobs from home, some in the industry are looking at the outbreak as a test case for the long-gestating but never-arriving moment when working remotely will broadly replace working...
Working from Home - a Guide
So youāre working from home? Fun! This might be your first time and youāre looking for some guidance? Youāre in the right place! It can be a little daunting at first but working from home is one of the most enabling life choices you can make.
5 Tips to Personalize One-Way Video Interviews
Typically screening interviews, used to filter out potential employees, are 15 to 30 minutes long phone calls with qualified applicants. By screening candidates, you can quickly sort through applications and efficiently identify the most promising talent.
Startups Bet That Lonely Freelancers Crave Company
A year and a half ago, Alex Schneider was struggling with two gigs. The 30-year-old has a startup that makes $29 cardboard standing desks called Ghostands, and also a remote job as a senior assurance accountant at HoganTaylor LLP. One day he came across a Reddit post that...
You Aren't Communicating Nearly Enough
There's a lot of pressure on the term "Remote Work." It has been - and will continue to be - a trending buzzword. But, remote work as a concept seems to be thrown around loosely, and often fails to adequately convey all of its radical implications. Remote work is not just a...
Why the remote work trend really matters in 2020, in 19 tweets
Learn from the leading voices on Remote Twitter to paint a meatier picture of what remote and distributed work really means in 2020.
Leavism: the troubling truth behind the trend to keep working while on holiday
Overworked employees are using their annual leave to catch up on tasks they should have left behind at the office. And it isnāt just precarity and smartphones to blame
Why Are We So Obsessed With Morning Routines?
Perhaps you read books by candlelight until the sun comes up or eat cheese and smoked trout right after waking up. Or maybe your schedule is slightly more conventional. But if you spend more than five minutes checking out content by and for entrepreneurs online, one of the first...
Why the 2020s will be the Remote Work Decade
36 Predictions of the Trends That Will Emerge from the Rise of Remote Work Globally. Why We Must Demand Remote Work. Remote work is the biggest workplace revolution in history and nothing will deliver a higher quality of life increase in the next decade than this.
How I Stumbled into Digital Nomadism and Backpacked Around the World
In the past two and a half years Iāve backpacked through North and South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, visited 25+ countries (I have a pending Global Entry application and Iām really hopingā¦
How the Japanese are putting an end to extreme work weeks - BBC Worklife
Employees in the country whose brutal office culture has led to several deaths are beginning to rethink the tradition.
From remote working to TikTok: The biggest digital trends to expect in 2020
As we enter not only a new year but a new decade, Kirsty Marrins asks charity digital experts for their predictions for the year ahead