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“â€� Starting with trust and giving employees great autonomy and flexibility allows people to feel independent and empowered while still feeling like a part of something bigger. This leads to happy, loyal employees with a rich quality of life, which in turn leads to an amazing culture.”
― Larry English, Office Optional: How to Build a Connected Culture with Virtual Teams

“The prevalence of hybrid work is good for the advancement of a permaculture economy.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth, Business Essentials

“To start building your remote culture, establish and share some basic rules. The first and most important rule is mutual trust between the company and its workers. The rules after that? As few as possible. Tell your employees they will be treated like adults with the flexibility to get the job done however is best for them.”
― Larry English, Office Optional: How to Build a Connected Culture with Virtual Teams

“The key to culture is how you build relationships. It’s about the quality and types of conversations you have, not where you have them.”
― Larry English, Office Optional: How to Build a Connected Culture with Virtual Teams

“Maintaining high levels of authentic engagement with remote workers is key to the success of the teams”
― Henry Kurkowski, Remote Work Technology: Keeping Your Small Business Thriving From Anywhere

“In the introduction, I wrote that COVID had started a war, and nobody won. Let me amend that. Technology won, specifically, the makers of disruptive new technologies and all those who benefit from them. Before the pandemic, American politicians were shaking their fists at the country’s leading tech companies. Republicans insisted that new media was as hopelessly biased against them as traditional media, and they demanded action. Democrats warned that tech giants like Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Alphabet, and Netflix had amassed too much market (and therefore political) power, that citizens had lost control of how these companies use the data they generate, and that the companies should therefore be broken into smaller, less dangerous pieces. European governments led a so-called techlash against the American tech powerhouses, which they accused of violating their customersâ€� privacy.

COVID didn’t put an end to any of these criticisms, but it reminded policymakers and citizens alike just how indispensable digital technologies have become. Companies survived the pandemic only by allowing wired workers to log in from home. Consumers avoided possible infection by shopping online. Specially made drones helped deliver lifesaving medicine in rich and poor countries alike. Advances in telemedicine helped scientists and doctors understand and fight the virus. Artificial intelligence helped hospitals predict how many beds and ventilators they would need at any one time. A spike in Google searches using phrases that included specific symptoms helped health officials detect outbreaks in places where doctors and hospitals are few and far between. AI played a crucial role in vaccine development by absorbing all available medical literature to identify links between the genetic properties of the virus and the chemical composition and effects of existing drugs.”
― Ian Bremmer, The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats â€� and Our Response â€� Will Change the World

“Trust in your employees is essential for remote work success. It also forms the underlying foundation of a great virtual culture.”
― Larry English, Office Optional: How to Build a Connected Culture with Virtual Teams

“If you are serious about having a virtual company with excellent culture, you must have the discipline to develop a hiring process that screens for culture matches and for the attributes of successful virtual workers. You can’t just hire for skills—that never translates to great culture.”
― Larry English, Office Optional: How to Build a Connected Culture with Virtual Teams

“The key to scaling your culture lies in leadership. Specifically, you must hire leaders who embody your culture and train them to lead in a way that aligns with your culture and values.”
― Larry English, Office Optional: How to Build a Connected Culture with Virtual Teams

“Many new remote workers worry they’ll be distracted by their home life and lack the discipline to get work done. Instead, the exact opposite usually occurs: remote workers become more productive once they’re freed from a traditional office environment. Perhaps this shouldn’t be a surprise, because working remotely means fewer distractions, no commute, and the opportunity to take real breaks. Instead of the dreaded afternoon slump, you can stay fresh and energized all day.”
― Larry English, Office Optional: How to Build a Connected Culture with Virtual Teams

“Most anyone can learn to be a great virtual employee. The top skills to learn are setting healthy boundaries between your work life and personal life and building relationships virtually.”
― Larry English, Office Optional: How to Build a Connected Culture with Virtual Teams

“Be intentional about locational arrangements.
Your location determines your allocation.”
― Martin Uzochukwu Ugwu

“Right state of mind is an extremely important trigger to support, sustain and scale up remote work or WFH.”
― Dax Bamania

“Having Tech that does not fully meet the needs of remote workers hurts morale, lowers job satisfaction, and increases the potential of burnout”
― Henry Kurkowski, Remote Work Technology: Keeping Your Small Business Thriving From Anywhere

“If we would simply view remote working as the new norm we would be leaps and bounds ahead.”
― Michelle A. Beltran

“In your daily meditation, even if it’s just five minutes a day, be sure to quiet your logical, left brain. Agree with your left brain to reconvene at another time â€� when you’ve learned to quiet your mind and the road gets rough, the entrepreneur still sees a path.”
― Michelle A. Beltran

“With discipline and intention at the helm, success must prevail. No exceptions. These are not things we just call upon or that come to us in a burst of emotion. They are sourced from within, breathed into the business day in and day out, becoming the foundation.”
― Michelle A. Beltran

“We are unconsciously distracted by seeing our reflection. You can alleviate a lot of the fatigue of teleconferencing all day if you turn off your self-view.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“As we navigate the digital world, remote work is not just an option, it's becoming the norm. HR has to adapt to this change, crafting policies and practices that cater to a dispersed workforce.”
― Donovan Tiemie