Remote First Podcast

This episode was previously published on The Digital Workplace Podcast where our host joined Niel Miller to discuss the five levels of autonomy at work and how open-source principles influenced the best distributed-work practices.  While sharing an appreciation for Matt Mullenweg’s ideas of the 5 Levels of remote work, Daphnée pointed out that most of the companies that are leading the discussion about distributed work have something in common. They have a deeply distributed bias. Automattic, GitLab, Elastic, and many others were initially open-source projects that later formalized into companies. When a company has its origins in a decentralized and distributed community, it makes sense that they would also bring those principles to building a remote, or distributed company. And they’ve succeeded as distributed companies in large part because of their foundational principles. By pushing trust out to the margins and embracing asynchronous work (out of necessity often), they found a system that worked great. However, when a company doesn’t have the same foundations and tries to shift to remote work, they often run into issues. Remote work is not the hard part. The difficulty is the years of practice in asynchronous communication, decentralized authority, and building digital culture. Show Links Connect with Niel Miller on Linkedin Subscribe to the digital workplace podcast Connect with Daphnée Laforest on LinkedIn Reach out - We would love to get to know who you are and also hear any feedback about the podcast. You can reach-out anytime and we always reply! contact @ remotefirst . fm Leave a review, help us get discovered! - If you found value in this show, we'd love your review on your listening app of choice. It really helps to get the podcast discovered by more and more people. RateThisPodcast.com/remotefirst  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/remotefirst/message

Startup for Remote Work Series // As you know, our host loves discovering new products and services designed to change and improve the way we work. Which is why we are continuing this series to discuss specific remote work challenges that need solving and feature a startup just doing that. This week, listen to Euan Cameron, CEO of Willo, an Asynchronous Video Interviewing Software. Mind blown right? And you thought you had Async all figured out... Show Links Connect with Euan on Linkedin Try Willo - https://www.willo.video/ Connect with Daphnée on LinkedIn We would love to get to know who you are and also hear any feedback about the podcast. You can reach out anytime and we always reply!  contact @ remotefirst .fm Found value in this show? We'd love your review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. It helps us build trust with new listeners and provide more value for you! RateThisPodcast.com/remotefirst --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/remotefirst/message

In today’s episode, we are diving deep into the discussion of Culture Operations: the process of actively crafting the culture within your business. Ben walks us through the three pillars of culture ops: people, processes, and policies, displaying the value of using culture to achieve business outcomes. Ben Gateley is the CEO & Co-founder at CharlieHR & host of The Culture Ops Podcast. CharlieHR takes Human Resources to the next level, emphasizing not just the admin that comes with running and operating a business but especially the people and culture within those businesses. In this episode on Culture Operations, we discuss: What it means to implement Culture Operations into your business; How to actively craft the desired culture; Why working on your business’ culture is an important piece of running a remote-first business; The difference between values and behavior; The kind of behaviors and policies that make a difference in a remote work setup; Examples of how Culture Operations are functioning within CharlieHR. Show Links Connect with Ben on Twitter @gately Listen to the Culture Ops Podcast Connect with Daphnée on LinkedIn  We would love to get to know who you are and also hear any feedback about the podcast. You can reach out anytime and we always reply!  contact @ remotefirst .fm Found value in this show? We'd love your review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. It helps us build trust with new listeners and provide more value for you! RateThisPodcast.com/remotefirst --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/remotefirst/message

Tracy Hawkins's role at Twitter evolved quickly as the company itself transitioned to a distributed-first culture. Work Transformation to call it right. One year after committing to offering WFH permanently, how does a company like Twitter adapts their ways of working to enable people to work in symbiosis wherever their location. So much to learn from this discussion as we talked about workplace experiences, async work, focus weeks, mental health and the growth of her work transformation team.  Ressources mentioned: Robin Office management https://robinpowered.com/ Out School https://outschool.com/ Follow Tracy Hawkins: On Twitter @_hawko and connect on Linkedin Join Tracy's team as Sr. Director, Future of Work Innovation Reach out - You can reach out to the host Daphnée Laforest on Linkedin :) Leave a review, help us get discovered! - If you found value in this show, we'd love your review on your listening app of choice. It really helps to get the podcast discovered by more and more people. RateThisPodcast.com/remotefirst  Key topics discussed: Remote Work, Remote First, Distributed-first, workplace, leadership, mental health --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/remotefirst/message

What a year it's been! In this episode, I am welcoming you back in Year 2 of the Remote First Podcast and sharing my predictions for year 2022. Working in the Metaverse, Working from Anywhere, the new Purpose of an Office and the impact of Remote-First work on the future of education It is also a great occasion to pay tribute to 28 incredible industry leaders who have taken part on the podcast and sharing with you our favourite moments so you know where to catch-up some episodes you might have missed last year.  About the Host Daphnée Laforest is an executive consultant on a mission to help company leaders, people ops and teams, drive a company-wide shift toward remote-first ways of working. Within 10 years of experience in fully distributed companies, she played key roles in establishing scalable workflows for growth, facilitating business decisions remotely through workshop & trainings and building internal products dedicated to digital-first teams. Connect with Daphnée on LinkedIn Check out Virbela Oculus Horizon Workrooms Galileo, Home Schooling Spotify Work From Anywhere Program Reach out - We would love to get to know who you are and also hear any feedback about the podcast. You can reach-out anytime and we always reply! contact @ remotefirst.fm  Leave a review, help us get discovered! - If you found value in this show, we'd love your review on your listening app of choice. It really helps to get the podcast discovered by more and more people. RateThisPodcast.com/remotefirst  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/remotefirst/message

Alastair Simpson, VP of design at Dropbox, has been leading the company towards their virtual-first transformation. It being Design-Led is quite unique yet it makes so much sense.  In this episode, Alastair and Daphnée talk about why we need to unlearn the way we know work and how to do that. Alastair walks us through the exact framework Dropbox used for their digital-first transformation. About Alastair Simpson Alastair Simpson is a leader and mentor, serving as VP of Design at Dropbox. He loves working with multi-disciplinary teams to solve complex business and interaction design challenges. Connect with Alastair On LinkedIn Resources Mentioned by Alastair: Designing Your Life by Mark Burnett The Dropbox virtual first toolkit  Reach out - You can reach out to the host Daphnée Laforest on Linkedin :) Leave a review, help us get discovered! - If you found value in this show, we'd love your review on your listening app of choice. It really helps to get the podcast discovered by more and more people. RateThisPodcast.com/remotefirst  Our Partner: Since 2014 Remotive.io is helping top distributed companies hire remote workers. Going remote has opened your company to the world. So going Remotive we'll channel your jobs to the best talents out there. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/remotefirst/message --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/remotefirst/message

The narrative is changing. Instead of conversations in pockets about ‘the future of work’ it’s now: how do we let our remote team thrive? Or how do we even survive working remotely? In this episode, Dominic Price and Daphnée talk about hiring and onboarding remote team members, shaping the new normal, and mental health. Connect with Dom Visit domprice.me On Linkedin The report Dom mentioned: The Return on Action Report 2021 &  The State of Teams Reach out - You can reach out to the host Daphnée Laforest on Linkedin :) Leave a review, help us get discovered! - If you found value in this show, we'd love your review on your listening app of choice. It really helps to get the podcast discovered by more and more people. RateThisPodcast.com/remotefirst Our Partner: Remotive - Since 2014 Remotive.io is helping top distributed companies hire remote workers. Going remote has opened your company to the world. So going Remotive we'll channel your jobs to the best talents out there. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/remotefirst/message

Buffer is a fully remote company that is recognized for their culture & openness and transparency. Especially when it comes to Salaries - a topic that is quite a debate recently as companies are looking into the longer term impact of remote work. This week I have the pleasure to chat with Jenny Terry, Director of Business Operations at Buffer. In this episode you will hear: How Buffer set their formula to adjust the salary with benchmarking and bands. If employee get a salary decrease if they change location The challenges and benefits of transparent salaries Why Buffer chose to go with transparent salaries - building trust Gender-pay gap analysis Average salaries of men across the company compared to women People new to WFH experienced that productivity often goes up when people are working from home. Giving equal benefits around the world Links: Book: Psychology of Money Buffer's blog post - How We’ve Lowered Our Gender Pay Gap From 15% to 5.5% Reach out! - You can reach out to the host Daphnée Laforest on Linkedin :) Leave a review, help us get discovered! - If you found value in this show, we'd love your review on your listening app of choice. It really helps to get the podcast discovered by more and more people. RateThisPodcast.com/remotefirst Our Partner: Since 2014 Remotive.io is helping top distributed companies hire remote workers. Going remote has opened your company to the world. So going Remotive we'll channel your jobs to the best talents out there. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/remotefirst/message

How do you set the foundation to enable a team to go through hyper-growth entirely remotely? While recently founded in 2019, Hopin has always been fully remote. In 2021, the team quadrupled its size and to do so, they've put together a team dedicated to support this growth which Camilla is part of.  In this episode you will hear:  The Vibe Team at Hopin  The Pillars of Internal Communication in a fast growing Remote-First company  Picking the right tools that will allow your company to scale  That influencing change in ways of working is like an internal marketing campaign  The importance of Story Telling in the Remote World  About the quarterly interactive business review and kick-off event at Hopin  Links:  Hopin Vibe Team  Guru : https://www.getguru.com/  Go Links: https://www.golinks.io/  GreenHouse Analogy: https://runekvist.com/remote-first  --  Reach out - You can reach out to the host Daphnée Laforest on Linkedin :)  Leave a review, help us get discovered! - If you found value in this show, we'd love your review on your listening app of choice. It really helps to get the podcast discovered by more and more people. RateThisPodcast.com/remotefirst  Our Partner: Since 2014 Remotive.io is helping top distributed companies hire remote workers. Going remote has opened your company to the world. So going Remotive we'll channel your jobs to the best talents out there. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/remotefirst/message

In this episode, we are chatting about a new way to do meetings that does not require you to get on a video-call. We are discovering another startup: YAC. Tyler Sellhorn is an enthusiastic, empathetic educator with a passion for leveraging technology to help others become their best selves. Once, Tyler was a tech-oriented teacher; now, he's a teaching-oriented technologist. Tyler leads the customer facing teams at a the leading audio-first asynchronous meeting solution as the Head of Customer Experience at Yac, and he's an advocate for remote-first workplaces. Send an audio-message to Tyler at http://yac.com/tsell --- Leave a review, help us get discovered! - If you found value in this show, we'd love your review on your listening app of choice. It really helps to get the podcast discovered by more and more people. RateThisPodcast.com/remotefirst --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/remotefirst/message