Mitch Turck - How Countries Need To Adapt To Remote Work

Mitch Turck is a transportation innovation evangelist that is investing his time into the US legislation, for it to include remote work.

In this great interview, we talked about PORT, Proof of Required Travel, and how remote work can help us fix the problems we face in the world, like climate change.

This is a must-listen conversation, either you are an employee looking for a remote opportunity, or if you have a company and want to understand the benefits of allowing employees to work remotely.

Shownotes:

00:15 – About Mitch Turck
01:20 – Mitch’s current position – What does a transportation innovation evangelist do?
01:57 – What is the biggest impact that working remotely can have in people’s life?
03:17 – What people will choose, if they are working remotely: the countryside to live a calmer life or continue to live in the cities where they have access to services, for example?
06:06 – What companies have to win with remote work
07:33 – Study says that the millennials will change jobs 30 times during Worklife
08:15 – By having remote employees, corporations will have more improved management styles and structures
09:57 – Study about whether people will not mind having a pay cut to have a work balance
10:58 – Facilitating leadership style is an important aspect in a company
12:22 – Feedback loops, to make sure everything is working fine, and if not, address it and fix it
12:35 – Should companies hire worldwide and focus on asynchronous communication or should focus on synchronous communication and teams closer together in the timezone?
13:57 – People need to start to understand that is possible to work with a team spread out in the world
14:53 – Opinion regarding the one-day working remotely per week
16:48 – How can we make remote work the new mainstream? Which steps are needed to make working remotely available for everyone who wants it?
19:38 – Environmental institutions could be the key to help promote remote work in the future as a way to save the planet?
28:45 – Video about Fahim, about how to shatter boundaries with running remote
29:45 – How much more equality can we have in the world if remote work increases?
34:21 – Companies are starting to implement remote work because they cannot hire the best people and at a fast desired rate to grow
35:35 – Mitch’s actions in the US to change the slowness in adopting remote work? How and why?
43:28 – Next steps to keep going and push forward with what needs to be legislated
47:07 – Attracting remote workers gives more economic value to the cities/ countries
48:39 – How can cities, states, regions can work properly to attract remote workers?
53:18 – Final remarks

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