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What if You’re Not a Digital Nomad?

What if You’re Not a Digital Nomad?

I love remote work, but I'm pretty sure I would fail it as a digital nomad. For starters, I'm almost 60 years old and I have stuff! (admitting it is the first step!) Not just a little stuff, lots of stuff. Two 16-foot pods and two 28-foot U-hauls full of stuff. It's a...

Sexual Harassment and Hybrid Work

Sexual Harassment and Hybrid Work

The hybrid work model has had some interesting effects on the incidence of sexual harassment in the workplace. Working part-time remote and part-time in the office can create conditions that wouldn't exist otherwise. This topic may be a departure for many. But I have...

Remote Work Gold Rush

Remote Work Gold Rush

Remote work has created a new gold rush for many communities around the world. Destinations with great quality of life, but often minimal jobs, have seen their populations soar with remote workers. It should be a perfect marriage. But with uncontrolled growth, the...

What Do You Mean Hybrid?

What Do You Mean Hybrid?

After over 2 years of working remotely or hybrid, you would think we would have the terminology pretty well locked down. Remote is less complicated, but hybrid means different things to different people. And unfortunately, it gets tossed around like the gospel without...

The Remote Future of Small Towns

The Remote Future of Small Towns

For many small communities, remote workers and remote services are going to redefine their future. For the past few decades community growth or decline has been predictable based on known trends. In the last two years, everything was turned upside down. A lot of the...

Remote Pay Models

Remote Pay Models

Remote pay models can be challenging. There have been several surveys showing that companies recruiting for in-office positions are usually having to offer considerably more than to get the same person working remotely. Some people have twisted this and decided that...