If you’re like me, you wake up every morning, and you might feel upset, outraged, angry, sad, or activated about 25 different issues. I definitely do. But here’s the thing: You can’t be an effective leader on 25 issues. You can’t keep up focus, intention, and action on 25 different issues. Certainly not in a sustainable long-term way. So, ignore any guilt or pressure, … [Read more...] about The first step to lifelong life-work-activism integration? Triage.
Archives for September 2020
Upcoming Events: Sept 28-Oct 2
We have built a great calendar of webinars, fireside chats, Ask Me Anythings, and Office Hours, and hope you will plan to join us for some, or all. If you are a Remotely Member, log into the website and then just click the “RSVP” box for Members on the bottom of the event page so we know you are coming. If you have not made the jump into membership as of yet, no worries! … [Read more...] about Upcoming Events: Sept 28-Oct 2
Five From The Island: 25 Sept 20
This week we explore ways to sustain productivity, note two tech giants as they adjust their thinking and policies around remote work, and examine the return of Virtual Desktops (something first done at scale by Sun Microsystem way back in the 1980s, and is having a renaissance of sorts). We also share an article exploring the unexpected “scatter” of data across systems, which … [Read more...] about Five From The Island: 25 Sept 20
The “New” Financial Implications of Working From Home
What remote workers need to consider, track, and plan. Be sure to join Matt for his free webinar on October 13th at 11am PT to talk through these considerations and more. You can register here. This is the first of a multi-part blog series on the financial implications of working from home. We will dive more deeply into some of the specific aspects as the series … [Read more...] about The “New” Financial Implications of Working From Home
The 2020 RemoteReady Study: What We Learned and Where It Takes Us Next
Last week, in a Remotely webinar, we presented some key findings from the 2020 RemoteReady Study of attitudes towards remote work, what works and what doesn’t. We also presented the future lines of inquiry these results surfaced. At only six months into the Now of Work being #remotework, there is still a lot to dig deeper into and learn, so where these data take us is … [Read more...] about The 2020 RemoteReady Study: What We Learned and Where It Takes Us Next
Upcoming Events: Sept 21-25
We have built a great calendar of webinars, fireside chats, Ask Me Anythings, and Office Hours, and hope you will plan to join us for some, or all. If you are a Remotely Member, log into the website and then just click the “RSVP” box for Members on the bottom of the event page so we know you are coming. If you have not made the jump into membership as of yet, no worries! … [Read more...] about Upcoming Events: Sept 21-25
Five From The Island: 18 Sept 20
This week we explore how we think about offices, sober reminders that a number of leaders in large companies are still resistant to long term remote working, to some good news about how visionary companies are recognizing remote as a permanent pillar and creating new positions to manage and improve. We include an article that has an ominous warning about what we call “zero … [Read more...] about Five From The Island: 18 Sept 20
Welcome to the Activist Leader
Decades ago “the personal is political” became a rallying cry for the second-wave feminist movement…the phrase itself being rallied around by everyone, while authorship of it was claimed by no one. Today, we cannot deny that the professional has become personal and therefore political too. Some might think the words “activist” and “leader” are oxymoronic outside the world … [Read more...] about Welcome to the Activist Leader
Upcoming Events: Sept 14-18
We have built a great calendar of webinars, fireside chats, Ask Me Anythings, and Office Hours, and hope you will plan to join us for some, or all. If you are a Remotely Member, log into the website and then just click the "RSVP" box for Members on the bottom of the event page so we know you are coming. If you have not made the jump into membership as of yet, no worries! … [Read more...] about Upcoming Events: Sept 14-18
Five From The Island: 11 Sept 20
Each week we’ll bring you a curated set of “good reads” from across the Remote Work landscape, including tips and tricks, important news, and thought leadership about remote work. This week’s Five: 1. What about Location? Will remote work create new notions of “location” and what about the centers of work that have been built on the old paradigm? Steve LeVine dives … [Read more...] about Five From The Island: 11 Sept 20