Jeff Robbins interviews Egor Borushko, who is the Co-founder and Producer at the Running Remote Conference about the current state of remote work, the current state of conferences, and the gamut of all the things that have changed around the pandemic. Here’s the transcript: JEFF ROBBINS: Hi Folks. It’s Jeff Robbins, back with Episode 88 of the Yonder podcast where we talk to company leaders and big thinkers about how to make remote work. We’re focused on expanding the remote work job market and helping listeners to create happy, productive, distributed teams. This time we talk with Egor Borush ..read more

Jeff Robbins interviews Jeremie Kubicek, CEO of GiANT, a leadership consulting and training company. Jeremie is also the author of several books including Five Voices: How to Communicate Effectively with Everyone You Lead, and a popular book called The 100X Leader. Jeremie has a SaaS platform which they’ve launched called Giant TV, which is described as Netflix meets Peloton for adult learning. Jeremie and Jeff dig deep into culture, communication and trust building in this interview. Here’s the transcript: JEFF: Hi Jeremie. Welcome to the Yonder podcast. JEREMIE KUBICEK: Jeff, so good to be w ..read more

Jeff Robbins interviews repeat guest Daron Robertson, CEO and Co-Founder of Bhive and CEO of BroadPath Healthcare Solutions, about the shifts that are going on currently around remote work during this Coronavirus pandemic from the perspective of running a large distributed company. Here’s the transcript: JEFF ROBBINS: This is Yonder. Hi everyone, it’s Jeff Robbins back with Episode 86 of the Yonder podcast where we talk to company leaders and big thinkers about how to make remote work. We’re focused on expanding the remote work job market and helping listeners to create happy, productive, dist ..read more

Jeff Robbins interviews Mark Faggiano, CEO of TaxJar, a sales tax calculation SaaS business, with over 160 employees all of whom are working remotely. The company tripled in size last year, and Mark has a lot of great insight into culture, growth, and transparency. Here’s the transcript: JEFF: Hi Mark. Welcome to the Yonder podcast. MARK FAGGIANO:  Hey Jeff, thanks for inviting me. Great to be here. JEFF: Yeah, well we’re [laughing] recording this. I should give people a little reference. We’re recording this right at the end of March. Tomorrow will be April 1st in 2020, and we are right ..read more

Jeff Robbins has been setting up remote and distributed companies for 15 years. Ivan Stegic runs TEN7, a fully-distributed digital agency and also hosts a podcast. Now that the coronavirus is forcing the concept of remote work into the forefront, Ivan and Jeff decided to do a podcast with some high-quality information about transitioning to remote work, from folks who’ve been through it, and now believe it’s a better way to work. This podcast is an introduction to remote work for managers and workers forced into it by the pandemic. The conversation is loosely based around the article that Jeff ..read more

Jeff Robbins interviews Ali Greene, who for the past four years has been working as the Director of People Ops at DuckDuckGo, and she’s got a new company called Cohana, which offers consulting services and general remote work advocacy. They talk topics related to culture, vulnerability, and intentionality. They also discuss what it’s like building diversity on a remote team and battling isolation through community support. Here’s the transcript: JEFF: Hello everyone. It’s Jeff Robbins back with Episode 83 of the Yonder Podcast, where we talk to company leaders and big thinkers, about how ..read more

Jeff Robbins interviews Jerad Bitner, who is the Development Manager and a Developer at Lullabot, the company Jeff co-founded back in 2006. They discuss the potential of virtual reality in remote work environments and other virtual communication topics. Here’s the transcript: JEFF: Hi everyone. It’s Jeff Robbins back with Episode 82 of the Yonder Podcast, where we talk to company leaders and big thinkers, about how to make remote work. We’re focused on expanding the remote work job market, and helping listeners to create happy, productive, distributed teams. This time, we’re talking with Jerad ..read more

Jeff Robbins interviews Aaron Weiche, CEO of GatherUp, about working how you work best, expressing passion in a virtual environment, and amplifying productivity through remote work. Here’s the transcript: JEFF: Hi everyone. It’s Jeff Robbins back with Episode 81 of the Yonder Podcast, where we talk to company leaders and big thinkers, about how to make remote work. We’re focused on expanding the remote work job market, and helping listeners to create happy, productive, distributed teams. This time, we talk to Aaron Weiche who is the CEO of GatherUp. GatherUp is a SaaS platform for reviews stuf ..read more

Jeff Robbins interviews Greg Hanover, CEO of LiveOps, about what it’s like to work in a virtual call center, the value of physical get togethers, education and virtual learning, and how managers can measure results for remote workers. Here’s the transcript: JEFF: Hi Greg. Welcome to the Yonder podcast. GREG: Good Morning Jeff., Great to be here. JEFF: Yeah, it’s great to have you here. (3:11) The first question I ask our guests on every podcast, when I remember to ask is, where are you talking to us from today? GREG: Today I’m actually in Dayton, Ohio. We have an office here in Dayton and I’m ..read more

Jeff Robbins interviews Andy Tryba of Crossover.com about the future of work, this idea of a cloud wage, building company culture, and radical candor. Here’s the transcript: JEFF: Hello friends. It’s Jeff Robbins, and this is Episode 79 of the Yonder Podcast, where we talk to company leaders and big thinkers, about how to make remote work. We’re focused on expanding the remote work job market, and helping listeners to create happy, productive, distributed teams. This time, we talk to Andy Tryba, who is the CEO of Crossover, which you could find at crossover.com. They’re an interesting company ..read more