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Why Bad CEOs Fear Remote Work

Posted on May 14, 2021May 14, 2021 in remote work, Year Without Pantsby Scott Berkun

Remote work expert David Tate wrote that when fearful CEOs talk about workplace culture, they’re really talking about workplace…

Free digital version of The Year Without Pants (my book on Remote Work)

Posted on March 24, 2020May 27, 2020 in remote work, Year Without Pantsby Scott Berkun

[UPDATE: the book is no longer free! Sorry if you missed it. We gave it away to all for…

Why Remote Workers Fail

Posted on December 12, 2017January 19, 2018 in ask berkun, remote work, Year Without Pantsby Scott Berkun

[On Tuesdays I write about the top voted question on Ask Berkun (see the archive). This week’s question is from Regina [330…

Why Isn’t Remote Work More Popular?

Posted on January 5, 2015October 8, 2019 in remote work, Year Without Pantsby Scott Berkun

I wrote the popular book The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com & The Future of Work about my 18 months working…

How To Convince Your Boss To Try Something New

Posted on March 25, 2014March 29, 2021 in Business, Management, remote work, Year Without Pantsby Scott Berkun

Powerful people often become conservative. Once they’re in charge, it’s easy to feel that the knowledge that helped them…

How Remote Work Improves Diversity

Posted on March 18, 2014March 9, 2020 in Business, remote work, Year Without Pantsby Scott Berkun

A good question about The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com & The Future of Work from Sibylle, in a comment: I…

Remote work @ WordPress.com by the numbers (Infographic)

Posted on March 11, 2014March 9, 2020 in remote work, Year Without Pantsby Scott Berkun

[Update: I learned a lesson about infographic spam after posting this] Here’s a quick visual rundown on remote work and…

FAQ about The Year Without Pants (with satisfying answers)

Posted on February 24, 2014January 26, 2021 in remote work, Year Without Pantsby Scott Berkun

It has been a great few months for The Year Without Pants (the book about my year managing a team…

Book Review: Remote: Office Not Required, by 37Signals

Posted on October 29, 2013October 29, 2013 in Book reviews, remote work, Year Without Pantsby Scott Berkun

In writing The Year Without Pants, about my year working for the 100% remote organization at WordPress.com, I deliberately avoided…

Do You Need That Meeting?

Posted on October 22, 2013October 22, 2013 in remote work, Year Without Pantsby Scott Berkun

I’m sitting in Kevin Hoffman‘s session at UI18 on Running Better Meetings. He makes good arguments about facilitation and visual…

How to transition a team to remote work

Posted on October 12, 2013October 8, 2019 in Management, remote work, Year Without Pantsby Scott Berkun

Vivek Haldar wrote this thoughtful review of The Year Without Pants. His primary critique is there wasn’t enough focus on…

Q&A about The Year Without Pants

Posted on October 1, 2013March 9, 2020 in remote work, Year Without Pantsby Scott Berkun

The folks at Jossey-Bass asked me a few questions about The Year Without Pants. I’m reposting them here: You…

Mega list of Remote Work Tips and Tricks

Posted on September 25, 2013October 8, 2019 in remote work, Year Without Pantsby Scott Berkun

There is a ton of advice on remote work and I’m compiling a list of good, simple advice for…

Ten Great Reasons To Try The Year Without Pants

Posted on September 18, 2013March 9, 2020 in remote work, Year Without Pantsby Scott Berkun

If you’re not sure if the book The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com & The Future of Work  is for you,…

The Year Without Pants: Official Movie Trailer

Posted on September 6, 2013March 9, 2020 in remote work, Year Without Pantsby Scott Berkun

I think you folks will like this, and it’s definitely worth watching thru to the last shot. If you…

Free chapter: The Year Without Pants

Posted on September 3, 2013March 9, 2020 in remote work, Year Without Pantsby Scott Berkun

Hi there. I’m proud to share with you today a free chapter for The Year Without Pants. The official…

Facts and Myths about Remote work

Posted on July 31, 2013March 9, 2020 in remote work, Year Without Pantsby Scott Berkun

While working on The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the Future of Work (An Amazon.com best book of 2013), I’ve…

What work traditions need to go away?

Posted on March 7, 2013March 9, 2020 in Management, remote work, Year Without Pantsby Scott Berkun

One theme of my book The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com & The Future of Work, is questioning aging work…

Grand summary of posts on Remote work & Yahoo

Posted on March 2, 2013March 9, 2020 in remote work, Year Without Pantsby Scott Berkun

With my upcoming book about my experience at WordPress.com, where everyone works from home, I’ve been following the Yahoo announcement closely.…

In Defense of Remote work (and Marissa Mayer)

Posted on February 27, 2013March 9, 2020 in Management, remote work, Year Without Pantsby Scott Berkun

Recently Yahoo CEO Marrisa Mayer decreed that working from home would be banned at the company. In a company…

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