Your Remote First Strategy

Your Remote First Strategy

For the next 3 years, Companies are likely to need to adopt a remote first approach wherever possible.  If you assume people are working from home and a few come into the office and someone gets sick, there is minimal impact.  If you try to bring everyone...
Loneliness At Work

Loneliness At Work

The Great American philosopher William Martin Joel once was describing the lives of a variety of workers. He pointed out that they had addictions, they had side hustles and they had loneliness. He described them as “sharing a drink they call loneliness, but...
15 Minute Communities

15 Minute Communities

As an urban studies major I was always interested in the structure of cities and how we use space. The concept of walking cities has been around for a long time and it lends itself to the vibrancy of communities. It brings us back to the structure of most communities...
Build Trust With Your Remote Team

Build Trust With Your Remote Team

Trust happens between the meetings – Simon Sinek Building trust with your remote team can be challenging if you’re not used to working with people you don’t see in person daily. Butts in seats never was a good management strategy, but in the remote world, it...
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...
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...