Davide is a Speaker, Coach, and Design Principal in Automattic's Design Operations team. Previously he designed various parts of the WordPress experience – across web and mobile – and the upcoming WooCommerce mobile apps. He's a polymath with a wide range of interests, all contributing to his perspective on design.

We talked with Leon Barnard, a designer and writer for Balsamiq. This distributed company has more than 30 employees spread across the world, and Leon told us how they work remotely, what their biggest challenges are and how their team collaborates across continents and time zones.

Sebastien Grosjean founded BookingSync with a view of turning his passion for vacation rentals into a leading, high-quality product. As a totally distributed company, we spoke with Sebastien about what it’s like working fully remote, and also some of the difficulties he has faced with this process. You can find out more about them here: https://www.bookingsync.com/

Noel Tock is the Chief Product Officer at Human Made, one of thirteen WordPress VIP agencies. We had an incredibly interesting chat with Noel, discussing open source platforms, the problems that come with being a digital nomad working for a distributed company, and the benefits of company retreats. Covering a range of topics from mental health to the importance of meeting your colleagues face-to-face, this is a jam-packed podcast that you don't want to miss!

Deborah is a People Success Manager at Buffer, a company that is renowned for the way it’s revolutionised social media. But it’s also renowned for the culture that it’s fostered at the company, and so we spoke with Deborah on where the future of social media is heading, how Buffer hire remotely, and just what makes their culture so great.

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Sissel has been an entrepreneur since a young age. We discussed her story in greater depth, and how it’s led to her current project; Startup Guides. Looking for some inspiration? Look no further.

Laila is a designer at Hanno.co, a digital product design team all over the world. We spoke with Laila about remote work, where she sees the industry heading, and her awesome & growing ‘remote workshops’ project.