In this episode, Henry O'Loughlin shares his experience building remote teams since 2014, and jokes about the bad advice given to companies forced to work remotely during the pandemic. We examine the most reason trend of companies wanting their people to return to office, and spoiler alert, we still believe the future is remote. 

With his company Build Remote, he's helping small companies avoid the same mistakes he encountered, and accelerate their success in a remote world. 

Kekke Hyvämäki is writing a Master thesis about Remote work, and is the creator the invaluable Notion page: Rock the Remote.

Mentioned Episodes & Resources

🎙 Tony Jamous (https://spoti.fi/3hd1TL7)

🎙 Nicolas Cava (https://spoti.fi/3h36QWE)

📜 The Future of Work Newsletter (Hanna Larsson)

The COVID Pandemic and our response to it caught millions of businesses completely off guard. This does not have to be the case in the face of the unfolding climate crisis. We need to take all the lessons learned during the pandemic and apply them, especially in the ways we get work done from anywhere.

Peter du Toit is the founder of FutureWorkIQ, who assists leadership teams develop resilient workplaces to mitigate against the impact of the climate crisis.

In this crucial episode, Peter shines a light on the climate crisis and explains the impact of Remote work, and what we can all do to make a positive impact. 

Dannii Mathers has been in sales for over 20 years and has had her fair share of questionable bosses. After two decades of observations, she realized that the effectiveness and engagement of people at work is largely down to how a leader intentionally coaches, so she decided to become a coach (https://www.danniimathers.com)

Dannii now helps eliminate the gap between leaders and sales folks so that leaders become better coaches and salespeople get the coaching they deserve to thrive and feel valued.

In this episode, we discuss the differences (and similarities) between coaching remote teams vs. in person. And how to become a better coaching leader. We talk about how to implement feedback loops and explore various frameworks such as OKRs, Traffic Lights and Sentiment Tracking.

🎙 Chase Warrington on Humanizing Remote (https://spoti.fi/3U7N8b7)

Alex Olthoff is on a mission to change the world through remote work. When he is not doing his day job, he is focused on supporting Pakistani talent or remote founders who want to build startups. 

Listen to his inspiring story of why he focused in on Pakistani talent, and how he went viral by being authentic. 

If you're looking to break into remote work and you are from Pakistan, check out his app: https://www.paktalent.app/

Michelle Coulson is the founder of Remote Rebellion

With over 8 years of recruitment experience, Michelle has seen thousands of CVs/resumes, and interviewed/hired hundreds of people in Marketing, Tech, Digital, Admin, and Design. 

In this episode, she shares her story of how she founded Remote Rebellion and gives her advice on landing your remote job. 

In this Podcast takeover, Anna Faber takes the host role, and interviews Kenneth Hellem about how he became the Remote Evangelist. 

We start by talking about Kenneth leaving his dream job at Google, to move to Spain. How the wrong job and a breakup left him feeling lost. And how using IKIGAI and 50 virtual coffees helped him find purpose.

Kenneth shares how he decided to become a Remote expert, by launching this podcast, and by getting to know the leaders of the industry. And how this has all been part of his (not so) hidden agenda to find his dream job. 

Show Links:

First ever Video episode on The Future is Remote podcast (Spotify only). Watch until the end to get a product walkthrough of jobgether.com

Jobgether was "born and raised" during Covid times based on the strong belief that the future of work will be flexible and the observation that the future is actually happening now.

Listen to Alex Hernandez talk about remote and the story of how they founded Jobgether.com

Referenced Episodes:

What is Co-living? And is it more than a dorm room for adults?

Listen to this special collaboration episode with Andrew Williams from Remote Tribe

Remote Tribe is a magazine and community that empowers people with knowledge to design a lifestyle around working remotely while traveling the world. We write about working spaces, travel, remote lifestyle, finance, and other things that will help you escape the 9-5 grind.

Check out this great article on the topic: https://www.remotetribe.life/coliving/best-coliving-communities-asia-usa-europe/

Follow Andrew and Remote Tribe on:

More information about K9 Coliving (previously Tech Farm) here. 

Darcy Boles is a "Dinosaur of Remote" - She was leading remote teams before it was “a thing.” She pulls her design architecture from global experiences and cultures from around the world, using positive psychology research to align company ecosystems with shared intrinsic values and experiences.

Her deepest why is that work doesn’t have to suck, and she has dedicated her career to ensuring that it doesn’t.

In this episode you'll learn how to build a remote-first culture, and the importance of being intentional, e.g. by putting in place a Head of Remote. 

https://www.shiftwithdarcymarie.com/