Remote First

May 02 2023 5
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The global workforce experienced a big disruption which brought a lot of new organizational cultural challenges. Every week, our host invites leaders from large or innovative companies like Slack, Hubspot, Gitlab, Elastic, Dropbox & Atlassian to provide insights around scalable strategies for a long-term remote-first workplace transformation. Listen in to learn: - Remote First Employee Experience - Hybrid Work best practices - Work from Anywhere Programs in large companies - Startup for Remote Work

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60. Unlocking the Potential of Asynchronous Communication w/ Chase Warrington, Doist

May 02 2023 35 mins  
Welcome to another episode of Remote First Podcast! In today's episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with Chase Warrington. Join us as we uncover the fascinating world of asynchronous communication and gain valuable insights from Chase Warrington's expertise at Doist. Chase Warrington, the Head of Remote at Doist. A groundbreaking company that is revolutionizing the way

59. Unlearning The Way We Work w/ Alastair Simpson, Dropbox

Apr 18 2023 35 mins  
As the pandemic forced us to adapt to new ways of working, many organizations have embraced the benefits of flexible work arrangements. But as we continue to navigate the remote work landscape, there's still a lot to learn. Let's dive in and learn how Dropbox is designing a virtual-first work culture. Today, we have Alastair Simpson, VP of Design at Dropbox, a company that

58. Hybrid is not a dirty word w/ Claire Donald, Moo

Apr 04 2023 28 mins  
‍Welcome back to Remote First Podcast. Today, we are discussing how to embrace hybrid work and how companies can effectively navigate the transition to this new work model. With many companies exploring hybrid work as a potential long-term solution, you will learn valuable insights on how to embrace remote work while still maintaining productivity and employee satisfaction. To h

57. A Deep Dive into Human Design and Productivity at Work w/ Lena Thompson

Mar 21 2023 36 mins  
Welcome to today's episode of Remote First Podcast. We will discuss Human Design and how it impacts the work of teams and organizations. To have this conversation, we have Lena Thompson, human design consultant, and keynote speaker. In this episode, Lena will explain how understanding our unique Human Design Energy Type can help us channel our energy for optimal productivity �

56. TeamOps and the Next Step in the Remote Work Conversation w/ Laurel Farrer, GitLab

Feb 21 2023 29 mins  
If we keep talking about where people are working, we're never going to stop having this fight about home office versus office. So, we need to shift the conversation to what really matters: how we work. Today, we have Laurel Farrer, the Head of Workplace, and a Principal of Strategy and Operations at GitLab, who has been a remote work thought leader for almost a decade. GitLab has

55. How having a Future of Work team impacts the employee experience w/ Sophie Bieber, SAP

Feb 07 2023 28 mins  
Employee experience is crucial and, as we enter the “year of employee experience and retention”, it has truly become the foundation for a company’s success, especially a remote or hybrid one. Today, we have Sophie Bieber, Head of Global Employer Branding at SAP, a massive tech company that established a dedicated, cross-functional team to support and guide the company toward

54. Handling Layoffs as a Remote Company and as an Employee w/ Michelle Labbe, Toptal

Jan 24 2023 38 mins  
We are facing a prolonged period of high uncertainty with a world post-COVID, a war between Ukraine and Russia, a recession, “the great resignation”, and, more recently, massive layoffs in big tech companies. Navigating all of that is not easy. So, today, we have Michelle Labbe, the Chief People Officer at Toptal, a company that even before the pandemic was already one of the w

53. Live and Work Anywhere w/ Q Hamirani, Airbnb

Jan 10 2023 34 mins  
Tune in to discover more about how Airbnb is creating the future of work and is leveraging its existing business model to try and revive tourism, as well as work through the complexities that every employer has to take on to enable their employees to live and work anywhere. Today, we have Q Hamirani, the Global Head of the Live and Work Anywhere Program at Airbnb. In this episode:

52. The Future of Remote Work

Dec 13 2022 47 mins  
What if I told you that remote doesn’t always come first? For the last episode of Season 5 and 2022, I'm sharing the mic with Scott Markovitz, a startup advisor and fellow podcaster with his show Leading from afar. We got to take a break from remote podcasting and we let in-person come first as we recorded this episode in real life in Berlin. In this episode, we’re talking abou

51. A Culture that Fits the Medium w/ Kapil Kale, Tremendous

Nov 29 2022 33 mins  
The way to build a solid remote-first work culture is to create a culture that fits the medium rather than forcing the medium to fit the culture. A lot of companies are trying to take the things they used to do in an in-office culture and put them into a remote work environment. It turns out, that those things don't translate very well into this new medium of working remotely and,