Remote First

There is a true meeting mania in many organizations and workplaces today. With the rise of remote and hybrid work, having multiple meetings every day has become the norm and this is clearly taking a heavy toll on workers everywhere.

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Today, we have Stephanie Dismore, the Managing Director of HP in North America. She is passionate about the health and well-being of HP’s employees and is helping pave the way to the future of hybrid work.

‍In this episode, we talked about this meeting mania and the impacts it has on employees around the world. We considered the challenges involved in how we engage in the corporate world and thought up some solutions to make hybrid meetings more inclusive.

Most importantly, Stephanie shared with us how she is tackling this mania as an employee health and wellness issue and how she is changing the meeting culture and mindset at HP by giving employees the autonomy and flexibility to figure out what works for them.

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We’ve all probably suffered through the dreadful reality of having too many meetings on our plate, and it’s even worse when they’re all live and close together. Thankfully, there is now a better way to do meetings.

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In this episode of the Startup Series, we have Raphael Allstadt the Co-Founder of tl;dv, a company and product that are challenging the old ways of thinking about meetings and improving the meeting culture in remote companies.

Tune in to learn all about this tool and how it is helping make remote work work, by solving the problem of knowledge management and transparency when it comes to content in video format, and by changing the role of meetings in remote companies.

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Welcome to another episode of the Startup Series. Discover how the startup 5Mins can help build a culture of learning in your remote-first organization.

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Today, we have Saurav Chopra, the founder, and CEO of 5Mins. This startup is a bite-sized learning platform that focuses on building a learning culture within teams and organizations.

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In this episode, we talked about the key principles of learning, how to overcome the fundamental problems with learning at work, and how to unlock the full potential of individuals within your organization by nurturing curiosity to build a culture of learning and innovation.

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Creating great content takes time and effort, and this podcast couldn’t exist in the long run without great partners. This season’s sponsor is Qatalog Work Hub. Find what you need, see who’s working on what, and get updates on where things are at, without the endless stream of emails and pings coming from everywhere.

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Discover how Slite is bringing clarity and efficiency with async thread-based decision-making. Despite being a mouthful, it brings so much value.

I'm excited to bring back the Startup Series. Today, we have Christophe Pasquier, the founder, and CEO of Slite. The startup is a knowledge and communication platform where remote teams make decisions and share knowledge. ‍

In this episode, we talk about asynchronous communication, work culture, and how Slite improves the way remote teams work together.

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Today’s episode is a very special one for me because it is my first ever solo episode. So, I wanted to take the time to give you the knowledge and tools you need to really dig deep into the topic of asynchronous work and make the best use of it in your company.

There’s so much more you can do with async work than simply recreating the office online. So, to make your work fully independent and still be able to work with people from all over the world and in any timezone, it is necessary to think about async work as a culture shift within your organization.

Tune in to learn what async work really is, how it’s being used in different organizations, the five principles of async, and the philosophy that will help you better implement it.

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Creating great content takes time and effort, and this podcast couldn’t exist in the long run without great partners. This season’s sponsor is Qatalog Work Hub. Find what you need, see who’s working on what, and get updates on where things are at, without the endless stream of emails and pings coming from everywhere.

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In this time of remote work, companies big and small all over the world have been making the switch and becoming either fully or partially remote. However, the systems these companies are using hold them back from success and end up making their people feel undervalued, micromanaged, and burnt out.

But that's not a failure of remote work, that's a failure of business management because recreating the office online is NOT ENOUGH.

Today, we have Morgan Legge, the head of Organizational Change, Holacracy Coach, and much more at Convert, a trailblazing conversion optimization SaaS company.

In this episode, we talked about Convert’s (and many other companies’) solution this: Holacracy, an organizational operating system “made for remote work” that empowers the people closest to the work to make the decisions, removing hierarchical roadblocks to the company’s success, and allowing them to make the most out of asynchronous remote work and communication.

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Creating great content takes time and effort, and this podcast couldn’t exist in the long run without great partners. This season’s sponsor is Qatalog Work Hub. Find what you need, see who’s working on what, and get updates on where things are at, without the endless stream of emails and pings coming from everywhere.

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The Digital Economy has brought with it a new reality in which you can now work wherever you are, as long as you have the skills. This has created a lot of opportunities everywhere, but none have the potential to benefit from it as much as refugees, 70% of whom live in countries that have restrictions around their right to work.

To explore the challenges refugees face when seeking work and how remote work can completely change the narrative of employment for refugees, in today’s episode we have Lorraine Charles. She is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Na'amal, a non-profit organization that provides refugees and other vulnerable populations training in marketable skills required in the global labor market and links them to these jobs.

Tune in to learn all about this amazing organization and how you can be a part of changing the lives of refugees worldwide.

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Creating great content takes time and effort, and this podcast couldn’t exist in the long run without great partners. This season’s sponsor is Qatalog Work Hub. Find what you need, see who’s working on what, and get updates on where things are at, without the endless stream of emails and pings coming from everywhere.

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We're already in a global labor market, and most people just don't know it yet. Remote work has leveled the playing field, and now to get (and keep) the best talent, companies need to change their old practices and pay their workers the right way. It’s time to pull up the band-aid and make the switch.

Today, we have Sondre Rasch, the Co-founder, and CEO of SafetyWing, a company of over 100 employees hiring entirely remotely from all over the world. Its mission is to build a global social safety net for remote workers and teams.

In this episode, we talk about the different possibilities to handle pay when hiring globally, debunk the arguments for paying different salaries based on the worker’s location, and bring up some hard truths about the new reality of work and management in the remote workspace.

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Creating great content takes time and effort, and this podcast couldn’t exist in the long run without great partners. This season’s sponsor is Qatalog Work Hub. Find what you need, see who’s working on what, and get updates on where things are at, without the endless stream of emails and pings coming from everywhere.

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The rise of Remote Work is transforming the way companies are hiring. Businesses are no longer hiring talent where their headquarters are, they’re hiring talent where the talent is. This creates the need for companies to deliver a globally consistent employee experience, and to equip all of their employees with the optimal workspace at home, wherever they may be.

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Today, we are discovering a new Startup for Remote Work: Hofy.

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In this episode, I’ll be chatting with Sami Bouremoum, the CEO of Hofy, about this new reality for businesses and employees, what really matters when setting up a home office, dealing with local regulations, and much more.

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Creating great content takes time and effort, and this podcast couldn’t exist in the long run without great partners. This season’s sponsor is Qatalog Work Hub. Find what you need, see who’s working on what, and get updates on where things are at, without the endless stream of emails and pings coming from everywhere.

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Virtual Reality and the Metaverse is transforming the way we work and interact virtually. Can you imagine sitting down for a virtual meeting, looking to your right, and actually seeing and interacting with the colleague next to you?

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I want to talk more about the future of Metaverse and for that, I’m bringing Ed Greig as a guest in today's episode of the Remote First Podcast. Ed is the Chief disruptor at Deloitte Digital UK and we’re going to discuss Metaverse technologies, the opportunities, and benefits of the Metaverse, and some of his team's latest experiments working in the Metaverse.

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Creating great content takes time and effort, and this podcast couldn’t exist in the long run without great partners. This season’s sponsor is Qatalog Work Hub. Find what you need, see who’s working on what, and get updates on where things are at, without the endless stream of emails and pings coming from everywhere.

Sign up now at Qatalog.com for a free 30-day trial, for you and your team.

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