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NPR

How To Say No, For The People Pleaser Who Always Says Yes

It can be tempting to say yes to things you just don’t want to do. Might as well just get it done so nothing bad …

BBC

The benefits of note-taking by hand

Computers and phones have become the go-to note-taking method for many. But your brain benefits from an old-fashioned pen and …

Axios

Working from (your parents') home

The big picture: For the first time since the Great Depression, the majority of 18- to 29-year-olds have moved back home. …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #131

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 35 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Leverage Thoughts

Cracking The Who You Show Your Work Code

On the importance of showing your work to the right people to get the success the work deserves; It’s not enough to …

The Washington Post

Hot new job title in a pandemic: ‘Head of remote work'

As the pandemic has rapidly accelerated a move to remote work — and widespread work-from-home arrangements are predicted to …

Hacker News

How do people become experts?

I’ve know a number of people who were really good at one thing or a handful of interrelated things. That might be a …

OneZero

Now Is the Time to Bring Back Away Messages

Anything that makes it easier to disconnect and focus on work will help ensure that you’re able to accomplish tasks in …

Brex

Remote-first at Brex

Six months after COVID-19 started, Henrique and I decided to make Brex a remote-first company. We wrote this memo to our team …

The Atlantic

Generation Work-From-Home May Never Recover

Workers who value day-to-day flexibility in their schedules are ideal work-from-home candidates; those who like strict …

Harvard Business Review

Remote Work Doesn't Have to Mean All-Day Video Calls

But employees often struggle with the “workday” when working from home, because many have to deal with the …

Hacker News

What is a better approach to interviewing?

I want to make the interview experience better for applicants but have no control over the format or time. There is a lot of …

Paul Taylor

Why Do So Many People Want Us Back In The Office?

In truth the problem with work is not the tools or the physical location, but the obsession with leadership, an undue focus …

World Economic Forum

How one Norwegian company is pioneering a flexible future for staff

• Global telecommunications firm Telenor saw a productivity spike during the switch to online working during coronavirus …

BBC

The surprising traits of good remote leaders

Strong in-person leadership skills don’t necessarily translate to being a good virtual leader. Instead, organisation …

The Washington Post

While covid-19 continues to force remote work, Europe looks to enforce a right to disconnect

The “right to disconnect” predated the pandemic in much of Europe. The concept, first legislated in France in …

Fast Company

Working from ‘anywhere' is possible—but not sustainable

As time goes on, full-time remote working for most of the workforce will probably not be the norm. The location decision for …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #131

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 35 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

The Conversation

Have we just stumbled on the biggest productivity increase of the century?

A study by Harvard and New York University economists finds that people working from home spend around 48 minutes more time …

Ben Frederickson

Why GitHub Won't Help You With Hiring

This post is about why GitHub profiles just aren’t all that useful when looking to hire developers.

The Atlantic

Get Ready for the Great Urban Comeback

The 21st-century city is the child of catastrophe. The comforts and infrastructure we take for granted were born of age-old …

Haseeb Qureshi

Ten Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer

So here’s my guide to negotiation. It’s going to be split into two parts: this first part will be about …

BBC

Netflix boss: Remote working has negative effects

The Wall Street Journal newspaper asked Mr Hastings if he had seen any benefits from staff working from home.

“No. I …

The New York Times

When Did the Suburbs Get so LOUD?

You have just discovered a reality about suburban life: It’s not so quiet.

Overcoming Bias

Our Brave New Merged World

I’ve written about how remote work can, for many industries, allow the merging of many local markets into fewer much …

The Conversation

Remote-work visas will shape the future of work, travel and citizenship

COVID-19 has upended other old certainties. Before the pandemic, digital nomads would tell me that they despised being …

Oliver Emberton

The problem isn't that life is unfair – it's your broken idea of fairness

The truth is, life is just playing by different rules.

The real rules are there. They actually make sense. But they’re …

Scientific American

Unlimited Information Is Transforming Society

Technology is blurring the lines between consumers and producers, amateurs and professionals, and laypeople and experts. …