The Remote Work Tribe Podcast

In this episode of the Remote Work Tribe podcast, we chat with Jason Falls, Executive Vice-President of Marketing at CIPIO.ai. He generously shares his perspective on building a collaborative remote environment, approaching artificial intelligence with curiosity, and more.

Episode timestamps:

• What is Jason working on these days? (0:40).
• What is the structure of the team at CIPIO.ai? (1:10)
• Leadership in remote teams. (2:45)
• How to ensure people are collaborating in a remote team? (4:40)
• Strategies to promote collaboration? (6:55)
• Jason’s take on AI note-takers and how to use them. (10:10)
• Jason’s take on AI in general. (13:25) 
• Mindshifts between being a founder vs. an employee. (23:10)   
• Lightning round questions. (32:00)

We hope you enjoy it!

Links mentioned on the podcast

• jasonfalls.com
• linkedin.com/in/jasonfalls
• twitter.com/JasonFalls
• cipio.ai
• Theremoteworktribe.com
• newsletter.theremotetribe.com
• Jessicamalnik.com

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In this episode of the Remote Work Tribe podcast, we chat once with Evan Hamilton, Director of Community at Hubspot. He generously shares his 20-year-long journey leveraging communities to help businesses thrive and create value and meaningful conversations. 

Episode timestamps:

• What is Evan working on these days? (0:40)
• Behavioral psychology and how to use it to improve your leadership skills and communications. (1:15)
• What is the structure of the community team at Hubspot? (4:30)
• Evan’s leadership philosophy. (5:43)
• How to help someone become more strategic? (7:26)
• How to identify a flawed strategy? (12:00)
• Tips for managing your direct reports. (16:50)
• Example of situational communication and how to use it. (20:35) 
• Bridging community-centric and business-centric mindsets. (22:30)   
• What is a community, and how is it mistakenly understood today? (26:00)
• How to make sure you are creating an impact as a community builder? (28:45)
• Lightning round questions. (32:30)

We hope you enjoy it!

Links mentioned on the podcast

• evanhamilton.com
• twitter.com/evanhamilton
• linkedin.com/in/evanhamilton
• Theremoteworktribe.com
• newsletter.theremotetribe.com
• Jessicamalnik.com

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In this episode of the Remote Work Tribe podcast, we chat once again with Josh Ho, CEO, and founder of Referral Rock. He generously shares how he migrated from using OKRs to using KPIs to run his company. 

Episode timestamps:

• How did Josh first hear about OKRs? (1:06)
• How to get everyone to buy into the OKR implementation. (2:35)
• How was the OKR implementation like at Referral Rock? (4:00)
• How did Josh realize OKRs were not a great fit for his organization ? (5:25)
• Difference between KPIs and OKRs. (10:10)
• Was there pushback from moving on from OKRs? (13:26)
• How to foster authentic communication and avoid confirmation bias. (15:30)
• How did he find the most important KPIs together with his leadership team? (19:30)
• Are there any KPIs only the leadership has access to? (24:05) 
• How does Josh proactively foster alignment in the organization? (30:30)   
• Management challenges. (36:20)
• OKRs are more difficult for service teams. (38:30)

We hope you enjoy it!

Links mentioned on the podcast:

• Previous episode with Josh on our podcast here
• Referral Rock
• twitter.com/jlogic
• Searchingforsaas.com
• Marketing Retro Podcast
• Theremoteworktribe.com
• newsletter.theremotetribe.com
• Jessicamalnik.com

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In this episode of the Remote Work Tribe podcast, we talk with Jimmy Rose, co-founder at Content Snare. We discuss how he has found the right people for his organization, what he keeps in mind when it comes to streamlining processes and aligning his team in an async context, the impact of AI in multiple areas of his work, and much more. 

Episode timestamps:

• How did Jimmy come up with the idea of Content Snare? (00:37) 
• What is the team structure at Content Snare(3:17)
• What is the hiring process like and how do they find the best talent ? (4:28)
• What other processes Jimmy does when hiring to make sure how to find the best candidates? (9:25)
• AI writing detectors (14:30)
• His vision when it comes to understanding AI and its future.  (16:40)
• How to delegate and empower teams to do their best work?  (25:05)
• How did Jimmy realize hiring better people was essential for the business? (28:10)
• Resources that have helped Jimmy improve his hiring processes. (31:00)
• How does Jimmy help the team with alignment in an async environment?  (31:55)
• How to make the right decisions when it comes to letting go of people.  (35:09)
• Running great performance reviews. (37:35) 
• Lightning round questions. (39:52)

We hope you enjoy it!

Links mentioned on the podcast.

• twitter.com/_jimmyrose
• linkedin.com/in/jamesrose0
• contentsnare.com
• Theremoteworktribe.com
• newsletter.theremotetribe.com
• Jessicamalnik.com

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In this episode of the Remote Work Tribe podcast, we discuss how to implement the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) with Rachel Mazza and John Doherty. Among many subjects, we discuss the types of roles required to make it work, how to lead and improve tracking by implementing an operating process, hiring the best talent, and letting go of people who aren't the right fit among many subjects. 

Episode timestamps:

• How did both of them hear about EOS? (1:57) 
• The importance of alignment in terms of results (6:30)
• How did they introduce EOS to their teams? (7:25)
• Key concepts and how to implement them: Rocks, Scorecards, and Level 10 meetings. (11:55).
• Implementing EOS early and its advantages. (16:05)
• Key Concepts: Quarterly scorecard and quarterly (19:15)
• How to set Rocks in a way that works for your team? (23:28)
• The impact of Rocks as a tool that helps leaders identify skill gaps and how to leverage that process? (26:30)   
• The method of setting rocks that are either too ambitious or too easy and how to find the sweet spot. (28:40)
• Strategies to work past weaknesses while being a confident and humble leader (35:15)
• The impact of visualizing workloads and how to lead a team that is not performing at its best (38:30)
• What would they have done differently when implementing EOS if they could return in time? (43:06)

We hope you enjoy it!

Links mentioned in the podcast:

• Rachel's website 
• John's Twitter
• John's website
• editorninja.com

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In this episode of the Remote Work Tribe podcast, we talk with Jono Bacon. Previously, Jono led community efforts at Canonical, GitHub, and XPRIZE, and currently works with a broad range of clients from large enterprises to early-stage startups to help them build engaging, productive communities.

We discuss how to build engaging communities, the importance of pragmatic opportunities, highlighting the power of communities, how to improve remote team management and much more. 

Episode timestamps:

• Some of the most exciting things Jono is working on these days? (00:37) 
• Why did Jono decide to migrate from the 1-1 consultancy model to the 1 to many. (2:20)
• What are the biggest mindset shifts he went through by changing his consultancy model? (6:35)
• What are the most effective ways to run an engaging valuable community at scale? (7:45)
• Pragmatic opportunities and how to leverage them (11:05)
• How to highlight the power of community to team members who don’t see the value. (14:50)
• How can you align your community management with organizational goals if you do not have business acumen? (19:45)   
• Strategies to manage a remote team. (24:16)
• Management tips in remote teams (28:35)
• What are the key metrics you have in mind if you are running a community? (32:44)
• Introverts, Extroverts, Ambiverts in community and remote leadership roles. (35:35)
• Lighting round questions. (43:12)

We hope you enjoy it!

Links mentioned on the podcast.

• jonobacon.com
• Jono’s LinkedIn
• Jono’s Twitter
• Theremoteworktribe.com
• newsletter.theremotetribe.com
• Jessicamalnik.com

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In this episode of the Remote Work Tribe podcast, we talk with Ross Simmonds, marketer, keynote speaker, SaaS & B2B tech investor, writer, and CEO of Foundation. We discuss AI implementation in content marketing, how to run a remote team that collaborates and strives for excellence, building a healthy culture for your organization, leadership and how it shapes lives, and much more. 

Episode timestamps:

• Some of the most exciting things happening at Foundation these days? (00:50) 
• AI implementations at Foundation. (2:21)
• Foundation's team structure. (3:30)
• How has the remote team evolved since 2014? (6:35)
• How did Ross prioritize documentation processes and hiring? (10:48)
• 85% deliverable quality. (14:00)
• His experience as an entrepreneur. (16:40)
• How to foster collaboration across time zones? (19:07)   
• How does Ross find the best talent for his team? (20:51)
• How to manage your team? (22:30)
• Leading means helping others lead. (24:25)
• Books that have shaped Ross' life. (27:20)
• What advice would Ross give his younger self? (28:40)
• How to lead without fear. (29:50)
• Lighting round questions. (33:50)

We hope you enjoy it!

Links mentioned on the podcast.

• rosssimmonds.com/
• https://open.spotify.com/show/3xtAETor7wKlNEVrH8OPAF?si=c91847c4f49d4370
• twitter.com/TheCoolestCool
• Theremoteworktribe.com
• newsletter.theremotetribe.com
• Jessicamalnik.com

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In this episode of the Remote Work Tribe podcast, we talk with Sonia Simone, content and strategy expert, and founding partner / Chief Content Officer of Copyblogger. We discuss subjects such as empowering your team to do their best work, becoming a better leader and ensuring expectations and outputs are aligned, building systems for growth, avoiding micromanagement, and much more. 

Episode timestamps:

• What are some of Sonia’s favorite articles? (00:50) 
• What still holds today about Sonia’s article “The Right Way to Think About Google? (1:32)
• Worst advice Sonia has seen in decades of experience as a writer. (3:55)
• Sonia’s take on AI. (5:30)
• How can Sonia tell if a writer has the right skills for the craft? (7:20)
• How did she build a system to guarantee quality for all content back when she worked at Copyblogger? (9:06)
• What did the editorial team look like at Copyblogger Media? (11:40)
• What is Sonia’s philosophy when it comes to leadership? (13:30)   
• How did Sonia learn to lead without expecting employees to embrace founder mentalities? (16:00)
• How can she self-correct from the tendency to become a micromanager? (18:20)
• How does Sonia empower team members? (21:00) 
• How to set boundaries with your team. (23:05)
• How to embrace self-awareness as a founder without sabotaging your business and your confidence? (25:00)
• If she could return to her first time being a manager, what advice would she give herself and how to encourage an open feedback culture? (27:35)
• Some of the mistakes Sonia made when having difficult conversations with her team? (30:49) 
• Additional tips for managing writers and editors. (32:58) 
• What is Sonia’s focus right now? (35:27)
• Lighting round questions. (35:27)

We hope you enjoy it!

Links mentioned on the podcast.

• Article: The Right Way to Think About Google. 
• Article: Why Third Tribe is Shutting Down.
• Book: The People Part.
• Book: Peopleware
• linkedin.com/in/soniasimone
• Creativefierce.com
• Theremoteworktribe.com
• newsletter.theremotetribe.com
• Jessicamalnik.com

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In this episode of the Remote Work Tribe podcast, we talk with Justin Tan, Founder of Video Husky. We discuss subjects such as building solid foundations for a business, the importance of having the right people at the right seats, how to remove yourself from operations, and even how to find and hire a general manager to run your business. 

Episode timestamps:

• What inspired Justin to create epic Twitter threads? (00:30) 
• What has Justin learned in his 90-day Twitter thread challenge? (1:32)
• The importance of being human when writing. (4:30)
• The process of hiring a general manager. (5:40)
• How did Justin realize he was burning out and was ready to hire a manager? (7:25)
• How did Justin go about removing himself from running the business? (9:42)
• How did Justin come up with the video agency business not being a video person? (14:14)
• What is the team structure of Video Husky. (16:13)  
• How did he train his GM to become an effective leader? (17:28)
• How did Justin keep his GM motivated to run the business without him being present (19:52)
• Systems and processes that Justin established at the beginning to help him scale. (22:05) 
• His perspective on the book Traction. (25:25)
• What would he have done differently when building systems for growth if he could go back in time? (27:45)
• Resources to train people to become managers. (29:35)
• What is the pod model, and how does it work? (31:46) 
• Lighting round questions. (35:30)

We hope you enjoy it!

Links mentioned on the podcast.

• twitter.com/jt7th
• videohusky.com
• eosworldwide.com/traction-book
• Theremoteworktribe.com
• newsletter.theremotetribe.com
• Jessicamalnik.com

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In this episode of the Remote Work Tribe podcast, we talk with Alex Panagis, Founder & CEO at ScaleMath. We discuss leadership practices and how to promote accountability and transparency, some of the mindset shifts from leading an agency to building a product, how to help struggling teammates succeed, async alignment, and much more. 

Episode timestamps:

• Exciting projects Alex is working on these days? (00:30) 
• How did the ScaleMath team decide to build a product? (1:30)
• Mindset shifts from managing clients as an agency to building a product. (2:43)
• How does Alex split his time between both client work and product work? (4:03)
• The importance of hiring people who own their work entirely. (5:39)
• How did they improve their hiring process to find suitable candidates? (7:42)
• How is the ScaleMath team structured today? (9:50)
• Some mistakes ScaleMath made when hiring at the beginning. (15:20)  
• How does he determine when someone would fit well in async cultures? (17:04)
• Determining how someone is ready to move into a leadership position (19:19)
• Alignment in async work cultures. (21:09) 
• Resources that helped him level up and become a better manager and improve hiring processes. (25:55)
• Promoting accountability and self-management in remote teams. (26:45)
• Approaching situations where teammates are struggling. (29:35)
• The importance of humility for founders. (34:00) 
• Transparency in an async first culture. (35:30)
• Lighting round questions. (39:49)

We hope you enjoy it!

Links mentioned on the podcast.

• twitter.com/alexjpanagis
• https://scalemath.com
• Theremoteworktribe.com
• newsletter.theremotetribe.com
• Jessicamalnik.com

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