This episode explores the world of virtual assistants. We tear down many stereotypes and approach the topic of VAs from the perspective of leaders and operations. To discuss, we have Barbara Turley, who is the founder of The Virtual Hub, a network of hundreds of VAs that help growing companies max out their productivity and efficiency.

This episode explores the current state of distributed work in India, from offshore talent recruitment to the internal startup ecosystem and the current landscape of remote workers. To discuss this, we invited Shyam Sundar Nagarajam, founder of GoFloaters, one of the largest networks of coworking offices in the country and a solution provider for hybrid work.

This episode focuses on a new and upcoming region of the world regarding distributed teams and remote companies: Central Asia. Julia Collins and Farrukh Umarov are bringing talent in a unique model from the region and sharing their insights and learnings in our episode.

This episode focuses on a particular region, the Middle East. Our guest, Marilyn Zakhour, has been working and managing remote teams for decades and shares her insights on how to build productive remote teams in the region. We also discuss the power and secret sauce that this region’s workforce has and why it is a great addition to global teams if they want fast, creative production within their teams.

This episode focuses on marketing leadership best practices for the modern workplace. Leading a creative team online and in the office is inherently different. Our guest, Kelly Schuknecht, has been leading teams for decades and working remotely for the last 16 years. Her experience with remote leadership is filled with insights, learnings, and great stories that can inspire other remote leaders to operate a better-performing marketing department online.

This episode focuses on modern work collaboration principles for growing companies, mainly in the tech & software space. With the abundance of tools aimed at online collaboration, sometimes a distributed workspace can be even as distracting as an office. My guest, Henry Poydar addresses this challenge with his tool, Status Hero, which helps online teams collaborate better.

This episode focuses on async-first collaboration techniques within remote teams. Our guest, Sumeet Gayathri Moghe, is an agile enthusiast and a published author of The Async-First Playbook. He blogs weekly on his site, Async Agile, and helps software teams collaborate better at Thoughtworks.

This episode focuses on remote culture and, more importantly, creating a remote culture built into your company’s DNA. How you can match your people’s needs with the business's goals while keeping an engaged, loyal, and productive team in a remote environment. I sat down with Darcy Marie Mayfield, a remote experience designer who came a long way from Airbnb, TaxJar, and Stripe to becoming a source of help for remote teams worldwide.

This episode focuses on happiness. I sat down with Dr. Raúl Antón Cuadrado, the people analytics lead to one of the most renowned fully remote companies, Automattic, makers of WordPress, and many other amazing tools. We know when we are happy. But how do we measure happiness since it directly impacts team productivity?

This episode focuses on remote leadership challenges and how to solve them. How do we create engaged teams with purpose and intention? How can you engineer a team structure that allows remote productivity? To discuss, I have Daria Rudnik, who's helping businesses as a team architect and leadership coach.

This episode focuses on authenticity and how to build authentic connections online. Dave and Chris are building great events in the metaverse where honest and engaging conversations happen within their community. They share their insights on the why and the how in the episode.

This episode focuses on the ever-present infrastructure that allows all of us to work remotely. Carlos Escuita, CEO of GroWrk, shares great insights on how to build a globally distributed team and keep them connected with a secured IT infrastructure. Carlos also shares his experience and his tips on building his company fully remotely.

This episode focuses on managing a globally distributed team in a massive organization like Amazon AWS. We will discuss how to operate a “startup” within a large organization, and how to keep people engaged and help them contribute by building out a supportive environment online. Federico Maffini, Head of Business Operations at Amazon AWS weighs in with his management experience and insights.

This episode focuses on how to build workplace communities to boost employee engagement, and loyalty, and reduce churn. We dive deep into the nuances of building a professional community with Todd Nilson and Ilker Akansel, co-founders of TalendLed.

This episode focuses on how to boost employee experience with more transparency. The more open a company is, the higher the level of trust is within teams. With distributed teams, transparency is given and preferred in terms of operations to ensure clarity and efficiency. To discuss this, I invited Adam Horne, the co-founder of Open Org.

This episode focuses on how to manage a distributed team asynchronously, and how to build a best-in-class team culture while everyone is working remotely. To discuss, I have Chase Warrington, head of remote at Doist, maker of async-first productivity apps like Todoist and Twist.

This episode focuses on how to create workflows, processes, and better operations for teams that collaborate online a lot. We will talk about documentation, automation, workflow management, and the best tips for better productivity. To discuss this, I invited Adam Nathan, Almanac's co-founder, and CEO.

This episode focuses on sales as an essential leadership skill for founders of scaleups. Why do so many founders shy away from sales? How to be a more confident storyteller? When and how to hire a salesperson for your scaleup? How to manage sales teams? So many questions to talk about - to discuss, I invited veteran sales consultant Stephen Steers.

This episode focuses on the consulting industry and how it is undergoing structural changes due to the tectonic shifts in how we work. How to provide flexible solutions for flexible needs? How to optimize projects & efficiency in a fragmented workplace? Why and how are the lines blurring between talent networks, consulting companies, and fractional roles? To discuss, I have Holly Marriott, who’s the founder of Eighteen-O-Four, a talent consultancy for the future of work.

This episode focuses on fractional leadership. What is a fractional leader? How does it differ from a consultant or a part-time leader? Can you make an impact if you are fractional? Will this be the future of work for leaders? To discuss, I have Karina Mikhli, who founded a growing community of fractional leaders, the Fractionals United. She is also a fractional COO for growing companies.