by Lisette Sutherland | Nov 3, 2014 | Interviews, Podcast, Remote Working
It all started innocently enough. In early 2013, I started doing in-person interviews with people who were working remotely. Because of my work with Happy Melly, I was using Google Hangouts extensively and it seemed like the obvious way to continue forward as I could...
by Lisette Sutherland | Oct 21, 2014 | Collaboration, Remote Working, Speaking, Telepresence
I discovered telepresence by happy accident. A friend of mine in the robotics industry sent me a link to the Suitable Technologies website after a conversation at dinner one night. Fascinated, I signed up on their mailing list and started learning more about it. When...
by Lisette Sutherland | Sep 17, 2014 | Remote Working, Virtual Friendship
I met Abe at a party in 2006 and we’ve been close friends ever since. We have a lot of things in common, but one of those things is our mutual obsession for music. From the first day we met, we we’ve been sharing music. And we quickly started doing that on...
by Lisette Sutherland | Sep 5, 2014 | Experiments, Remote Working, Speaking
Last night was my monthly Toastmasters meeting. I had planned to attend and give my 4th speech from the handbook. The organizers informed me that this night would be a competition… Humorous Speaking! When I protested and said I didn’t know how to be funny...
by Lisette Sutherland | Aug 13, 2014 | Remote Working
A guest blog post by Florian Hoornaar, Entrepreneur and “Man-friend”. Florian recently went from running a company where his employees worked in the office together, to a company where everyone works remotely. Some days I am super productive. I can work...
by Lisette Sutherland | Jul 17, 2014 | Experiments, Remote Working, Work Holiday
A work holiday is where you leave your home and travel to a new place – with the intention of both working and exploring the world at the same time. This recipe is not for the traveler who is always on the go, or for the person who only works in one place....