The Future Way of Working: The Distributed Company
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The document discusses the concept of a distributed work environment, emphasizing the significance of remote working for freelancers and small startups. It highlights the challenges and benefits of engaging in a distributed workforce while pointing out key statistics about major tech companies' online user engagement. Additionally, it raises questions about communication and collaboration in a remote setting.
The Future Way of Working: The Distributed Company
- 3. work nirvana
- 5. distributed: only freelancers & small startups?
- 7. distributed, with a big impact Monthly Uniques (US) Employees Google.com 156M 26,316 Facebook.com 147M 2,000+ WordPress.com 103M 99 Yahoo.com 98M 13,600 Amazon.com 75M 37,900
- 8. 74 cities, 21 countries
- 9. Skype 5% IRC 25% 70% Internal Blogs
- 10. Skype 100+ 5% IRC Projects, Teams, 25% watercooler 70% Internal Blogs
- 12. IRC: sign into the “office”
- 13. self-starter
- 14. Work - Life
- 15. Employers: you want this It’s hard to grow Trying to grow? Apple Store limitations
- 16. beyond the apple store radius
- 18. distributed, but engaged
- 19. Meet, don’t work
- 20. the future “out of office”