The State Of Work

In this episode, Maddie is joined by Alex Wellman to discuss Estonia’s e-Residency program, their digital-first infrastructure, and how digital nomads and entrepreneurs can join 80 000 residents from over 170 countries who are making the most of less bureaucracy, reduced paperwork and increased digital services. Alex Wellman is part of a team leading Estonia’s e-Residency program, working to make e-Residency accessible to everyone in the world.

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With Ricardo Fernandez, Managing Director in Spain for Limehome.

Ricardo Fenandez knows a thing or two about remote work. He’s spent over 10 years working remotely, and has worked for more than 6 years managing and scaling remote teams in 8 countries and 10 locations. Currently he’s the managing director at leading digital hospitality brand Limehome and he joins Maddie on The State Of Work to share his insights and advice.

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with Lauren Piro, Head of People & Culture at Quiip.

Organizational culture defines both the behavioural standards and the working environment between a business and its employees. Whilst traditionally these were centered around social, in-person environments such as lunchrooms and the infamous water-cooler, the social and behavioural aspects of the remote work culture is now virtual and presents a different set of challenges.

In this episode of The State Of Work, Maddie is joined by Lauren Piro, the People & Culture Director at Quiip, community management specialists. As an experienced community manager since the early days of the internet to her current role leading the entirely distributed and remote-first team at Quiip, Lauren shares with our listeners how online communities thrive and survive and what principles we can take from them when it comes to building and nurturing a remote team culture that aligns with your organizational values.

The State Of Work is produced by Fiona Laughton and Maddie Duke for Lano.

with Liam Martin from Time Doctor.

Metrics, transparency, accountability, and employee monitoring are very topical concerns for managers of distributed teams. And in order for remote businesses & freelancers to work together harmoniously, is radical transparency really the answer for increasing worker productivity? How does a time tracking tool increase productivity anyway?

Remote workers were disrupting the 40-hour working week long before the COVID global pandemic. Now, many businesses (who were not previously remote-first) have dramatically shifted their business models to rethink how they work, lead, manage and thrive. By 2025 it is predicted that up to 50% of the (US) workforce will be remote.

Does enabling workers to track their time help them to become more productive? Does productivity equate to greater worker satisfaction? Can business owners relax and rely on metrics to effectively manage their distributed team’s productivity? And how does data transparency impact the employer/employee relationship?

Maddie is joined in this episode by serial entrepreneur Liam Martin. As co-founder of Time Doctor and Staff.com, Liam has created one of the world’s leading time tracking tools for remote teams, by using machine learning to help optimize worker productivity. Liam is also a passionate remote work advocate and organizer of popular remote work conference Running Remotely, the largest conference on building and scaling remote teams.

The State Of Work is brought to you by Lano, providing all the necessary tools to hire, onboard, and pay a global team of employees, and a free all-in-one app for freelancers to manage clients, invoices, and payments. The State Of Work is produced by Fiona Laughton and Maddie Duke.

With Marc-Daniel Dichant, Film Producer, Shoot’n’Post.

Working in creative industries has always been challenging, but the fall-out from COVID-19 for artists has been epoch-making even as the audience demand for film and entertainment has increased during global lockdowns. Pre-COVID, technology has been a major disruptor and game-changer for filmmakers and the entire film industry, but the shift to a purely remote workforce has come with numerous challenges.

Even in normal times, it takes a lot of vision and resilience to pursue a career in film. Film industry professionals were some of the original remote workers. Whether they were shooting films on location or attending film festivals and trade events; filmmakers, cast and crew were used to producing under demanding circumstances, in unusual locations, and for intense periods at a time.

In the first of our series focusing on creative industries, Maddie is joined by Oscar-nominated film producer Marc-Daniel Dichant. They discuss the current state of the film industry, online film festivals and networking, making films remotely and how crucial the live audience is to film culture.

The State Of Work is brought to you by Lano, providing all the necessary tools to hire, onboard, and pay a global team of employees, and a free all-in-one app for freelancers to manage clients, invoices, and payments. The State Of Work is produced by Fiona Laughton and Maddie Duke.

With Andrea Carlon from Lano.

How do you navigate hiring someone you’ve never met in person before? What legal challenges do businesses face when building, onboarding and paying a remote team? And as a freelancer, are you allowed to work a full-time workload for just one client?

Compliance is a crucial, challenging, and complex part of doing business that requires lots of expertise support. Each country has differing work, taxation and residency laws and requirements of its residents. From the business side, it means complying with social insurances, payroll taxes and reporting, contractual and labour law as well as dealing with the endless reporting to the relevant civil and administrative authorities. 

Andrea Carlon is the Head of Partnerships at Lano. She joins host Maddie Duke on The State of Work. In this episode, Maddie and Andrea explore how businesses and freelancers can successfully ensure they’re running a compliant business, no matter where the company and team members are located.

The State Of Work is produced by Fiona Laughton and Maddie Duke.

With Claire McNamara, Global Head of Talent Acquisition at ResearchGate.

ResearchGate is a social networking platform for scientists and researchers with over 19 million users. With a leadership team that includes two virologists, ResearchGate sprang into action quickly, shifting their team of almost 200 employees to a fully remote work setup during the onset of Covid-19.

As a senior recruiter with 20 years experience, Clare McNamara joins host Maddie Duke and shares her insights on the sudden shift to remote work, recruiting remotely, compliance challenges, navigating the psychological shift for employees as well as the complexities of talent relocation during border closures, travel restrictions and a continuing global pandemic.

The State Of Work is brought to you by Lano, providing all the tools necessary to build and manage a global team in one place, as well as an all-in-one app for freelancers to manage clients, invoices, and payments. 

The State Of Work is produced by Fiona Laughton and Maddie Duke.

Investing in startups and remote work advocacy with founder and entrepreneur, Cédric Waldburger.

The State Of Work is brought to you by Lano, providing all the tools necessary to build and manage a global team in one place, as well as an all-in-one app for freelancers to manage clients, invoices, and payments.

The State Of Work is produced by Fiona Laughton and Maddie Duke.

Rural innovation, digitisation, and countryside coworking with Coconat co-founder and CEO Julianne Becker and freelance WordPress developer Mauricio Disilvestro. 

The State Of Work is brought to you by Lano, providing all the tools necessary to build and manage a global team in one place, as well as an all-in-one app for freelancers to manage clients, invoices, and payments.

The State Of Work is produced by Fiona Laughton and Maddie Duke.

Introducing The State Of Work, the podcast by Lano. The State Of Work is about finding your place in the changing world of work—as a business or an organisation. As trends continue to evolve, we need to radically rethink the way we work. We’ll take a look at how we work, how we hire and manage people, and how we live in this increasingly global workplace. The State of Work is brought to you by LANO, a global employment and remote work platform. Find out more at lano.io.