Show Your Face: The complex psychology of video chat
With high-quality video chat available to everyone with a mobile phone we find ourselves in a spectacular time for remote communication, one that ten years...
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Personality type and working from home
Quick, which personality type is best suited to work from home: introvert or extravert? The tempting generalization to make is that solitude-loving introverts will shine...
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Solving Communication Problems on Your Remote Team
Communication is one of the first-order problems of distributed work. Everyone has heard of it and points to it at the top of the scoreboard...
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How to Prepare for a Remote Job Interview
You’ve got an interview for a sweet remote working position. Congratulations. Now it’s time to prepare. Of course, you should follow the advice that any...
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The Time Zone Dance
“It’s a small world after all,” claims the infectious Disney earworm. That’s true at the Magic Kingdom and the modern workplace. High-speed internet and ever-evolving...
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6-ish Things I Learned Transitioning to Remote Work
In November, I made a significant life change. I left an eight-year career in museums and art history to being working remotely in tech. Like...
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Increasing Productivity Across Remote Teams
In today’s connected world, your next star employee could be in Los Angeles or London, and hiring managers are taking advantage of the global marketplace....
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Avoiding Remote Office Burnout
For many, working from home is a dream come true, or a goal to strive for. Those of us lucky enough to achieve the dream...
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Is Working from Home Bad for You?
A few years ago I worked for a company that took the health and well-being of its employees very seriously. They provided a company cafeteria...
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