The Best Articles in Remote Work

Jason Fried has a radical theory of working: that the office isn't a good place to do it. He calls out the two main offenders (call them the M&Ms) and offers three suggestions to make the workplace actually work.

Learning how to work from home can be challenging, but these 14 working from home tips can help you to stay productive throughout the day.

A Q&A with Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo about the tech company's detailed approach to becoming a remote-first organization.

Think outside the (Zoom) box.

«hybrid meetings in which some people are present and some are online are generally a horrible experience for those attending remotely.»

Working from home makes it hard to keep them separate.

«prioritize your communication based on context. During the hours when you want to focus on the job, try to reduce your personal communication.»

Shared by 429, including Elinor Stutz, Daniel Pink, Katja Evertz, Julie Ewald

«While a bit of passive leisure is a healthy way to relax, our research suggests that it’s much less likely than active leisure to promote happiness.»

While 95 per cent of designers are fully or partially working from home, over two thirds have greater job satisfaction than before.

The Global Remote Work Index 2023, by NordLayer, ranks 108 countries on their quality as remote working destinations. Where’s best?

Hybrid and remote work are having a critical hand in right-sizing the role friendship plays in our working lives.

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Several readers pointed me toward a recent NPR Marketplace segement about a fully-remote tech company called Zapier that tried an interesting experiment last summer: they ... Read more

The choice of an app can decide your effectiveness when working remotely. See if these productivity tools make a difference to your day.

«Working from home has many challenges, but you can be immensely productive with the right tools. Remote work can bring its own challenges, like working across time zones and different teams. You need to find the apps that cover your needs, especially when you don't have a group of peers to lean on nearby.»

The past few years have encouraged us to revisit many assumptions about our lives, including the state and function of our workplaces. More than ever, it’s clear that our workplaces both shape and…

«Where you do your work matters, because without you even knowing it, places are anchoring your career and shaping your sense of self.»

How can we avoid burnout and care for our mental well-being, especially as remote workers? Here's 5 steps how to take steps to prevent burnout.

Cities from Canggu to Medellín are welcoming tech workers, but locals complain they’re being priced out.

If you could work from anywhere, where would you go? For more and more people, it’s not a hypothetical question: Young or old, single or with a family, full-time employee or contractor, the digital…

Excerpt from the new book Global Natives

Leaders are meeting employee demands for more flexible work arrangements amid culture and innovation concerns.

«The authors’ research into hybrid work originated from a series of online workshops with managers from 20 global companies that began in March 2020 and continued every three months for a year.»

What are the principles underlying the ideal desk setup? How do we balance great design with modern technology? Let’s plunge into my desk setup and my philosophy behind it.