We asked leaders who’ve made remote-work effective at their organizations to share their stories, lessons, and insights with us below.

Bryan Goltzman

Our entire team is 100% remote and we always will be. Our custom virtual office definitely deserves some credit in our success. The platform we use for our office eliminates the need to the share links to get on a call with someone. If you need to speak with a coworker, you simply navigate your avatar to the person you want to talk to and you’re instantly connected through a live video call. The virtual environment we’ve created has allowed our employees to communicate “face-to-face” in an instant, and personalize their work space and avatars to allow for individuality. Read more>>

Carolina Rodrigues Bivens

Since I moved to the United States I was able to keep my job in Brazil as Head of Creative at NSports TV. I feel that after Covid a lot of companies realized that it is possible to be productive even without being at the office everyday. That’s what I feel with the department I run. Even with the different timezone we are handling all the jobs from the places we are right now. Also, being at home we don’t need to struggle with the traffic and spending money to go to work. That’s positive for the companies too, because having people at the office they spend money too. Sometimes I miss the interactions face to face, but I realized most of the time I was not focusing the way I should be. This hybrid model is perfect too. In my case, it isn’t possible because I’m in another country, but working for companies here that have this kind of model I think will be a good choice for me in the future. Read more>>

Amber Sawaya

[Editors: this is a long story that you can cut and go straight to the second half of the answer that starts with “Since we opted not to have an office, we wanted to put that money back into the crew.”] Remote work has been our first choice since we opened our business in 2006. At that time, very much like today, most of our clients were outside of the Mountain West, so it didn’t make sense for us to have an office for a long time. After several years of working from home, I started going to local coworking spaces like Work Hive (https://workhiveslc.com). I was ready to get out of the house! Read more>>

Rodolfo Delgado

Growing up in a city dominated by businesses run by individuals from similar backgrounds, I witnessed firsthand how this lack of diversity stifled innovation. Let me tell you, diversity and inclusion are more than mere buzzwords—they are the lifeblood of a thriving organization. Read more>>

Rebecca Prephan

In the face of uncertainty, I knew I had to adapt quickly to ensure the continuity of our sacred women’s circles. With a little fear and an open mind, we swiftly transitioned our gatherings online. At first, I was unsure how this digital shift would affect the deep and intimate experiences we had in person, given the unique components and modalities that were a part of our circles. But I was determined to make it work. Read more>>

Nick Bozzone

I started working in professional studios back in 2004. Between then and 2018, I had learned almost all of the ins and outs of how to not only produce high quality and professional audio, but how to run my own studio. These skills were given to me throughout the years by some of the kindest and most talented people in the industry from all over the country. Read more>>