Durning the pandemic many restaurants turned off their ovens, corked their wine, and closed their doors. Services like Seamless and Doordash exploded providing the vital service of connecting hungry customers with a variety of culinary delights. But many of these orders weren't from restaurants at a…
Remote Space
by Microsoft
Working at home not as exciting as you thought it would be? Have a seat, get cozy by the fire, and tune in to hear stories and lessons learned by folks working and living in Remote Space. With host Doug Thomas you’ll hear from Work From Home newbies and veterans, managers managing remotely, authors, trainers, and workplace analytic specialists who pour over the data of worldwide workforces shifting their work habits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The 2020 pandemic led many to discover that they weren't as tethered to a specific location as they previously thought. Realizing that they could continue to do their job from anywhere they had a laptop and reliable internet, it was easy for people to pick up their lives and become a digital nomad. …
Have you noticed an ever-increasing cacophony of barks and meows in your neighborhood since the pandemic began? Well you're certainly not alone. Since the pandemic brought the majority of America's workforce inside their homes, people who previously were apprehensive about getting a pet only to leav…
When offices began working remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic, teams had to work extra hard to figure out ways to communicate effectively when every team member was siloed in their respective homes. Is there something better than just another Zoom or Microsoft Teams call?
On today's episode, Dou…
Having worked professionally in Australia and Europe, and both coasts of the United States, it's clear that Adam Naor likes to keep moving. So what happens when someone with an active spirit, a health-focused mindset, and a background in computer science is forced to work from inside the confines of…
We all have our own ideas about what works and what doesn't in the new digital workspace. Online meetings, video chats, no water cooler talk have various advocates and detractors. And some have learned to love the “new normal.” To quantify these ideas, we can turn to Andy Goodman of The Goodman Cent…
Over the past year as the global workforce largely shifted to working remotely, our work-life balance was thrown for a loop. But one silver lining of the complications of working from home 24/7 and all the confusion and uncertainty caused by the pandemic is that it has led to a spotlight on both our…
Since the Coronavirus pandemic began, most of us have transitioned to working remotely. It didn’t take long for some people to see some of the obvious benefits of ditching the traditional office setup in exchange for the remote work model, and many of those people have since realized they don't need…
We’ve all seen those classic company compliance videos, you know the ones; poorly-scripted dialogue trying to teach us not to divulge company secrets. But Rashelle Tanner, Senior Corporate Counsel for Compliance and Ethics at Microsoft, knew that there was a better way to get information across than…
In this episode of Remote Space, host Doug Thomas is joined by Maria Mendiburo, PhD, a Senior Technical Programmer at Microsoft. Outside of her day job digging into the engineering that makes AI work, Maria has a lifelong passion for education.
Maria has taught classes for TEALS, a program connecti…
The sudden shift to remote work has forced many executives and their assistants to adjust their working dynamic to fit today’s demands.
In this episode of Remote Space, Doug Thomas is joined by Laura Belgrado, a project coordinator and executive assistant to the President of KIND International at M…
“We've got a good mixture of modern buildings with modern workstations, but when you're in the Palace of Westminster is like traveling back in time. One thing that I like to do if I am working on the estate is actually just have a walk round just to remind myself [that] this is where I work, and adm…
"Talk about flipping somebody's world upside down and just shaking them, because that's exactly what happened … And once you flip it and you go online, you have to kind of learn how to, to interact with people completely differently." - Ethaniel Sinclair
The retail market has changed drastically. Fr…
What is the future of customer service in the remote landscape?
Try and imagine simulating the experience of interacting with a customer in-person while working remote. You might think that interaction could be quite simple, but even with today’s technology, people are realizing that customer experi…
Congratulations, you’ve landed a new job! Minus filling out HR paperwork, your first day will be exciting as you shake hands with your teammates, get introduced to your new workspace and office equipment, and (most importantly) make the acquaintance of the coffee machine. But what if you couldn’t ph…
With the mass migration to remote work earlier this year, companies quickly found themselves changing their work model and mode of communication, sometimes overnight. But for other companies, the shift to remote work came before the environmental necessity to work from home.
In this episode of Remot…
Who didn’t dread the commute to work? Getting dressed, scarfing down breakfast, the traffic, the crowds, the anxiety. And that’s on a good day. In a different world where we can go to work in our pajamas and work entirely from home, a lot of us are actually missing the commute to work.
In this epi…
In today’s tech world, remote work is part of an overall remote lifestyle. From smart home devices that can lock doors, turn on lights, and set your thermostat, to digital apps that help your entire household stay organized, remote work is a welcomed addition to life in the digital age.
In this epi…
The quick transition to remote space has got us rethinking our approach to work. The same issues surrounding company productivity, employee engagement, and work and life balance are now met along with an urgent push towards working remotely. While this sudden change has got a lot of our heads spinni…
The transition to remote work, while having its challenges, has also brought unexpected positive changes to the new way that we work. Now more than ever, workers from different locations around the world, who may have found it difficult to connect remotely before, are able to connect fairly througho…