Communication & Document Management Lessons to Learn from Remote-First Companies
Now that the world has been plunged into working from home, we all have a lesson to learn from the companies that were prepared for this. These companies—which promote a remote-focused work environment—are being looked at as a role model to follow in the current crisis. Remote-first companies include leaders like Stripe in finance, Zapier in automation, InVision and Sketch in design, and Doist in project management. What puts remote-first companies ahead of ‘remote-friendly’ ones is their commitment to fully digitizing their workspace. Sure, every company can handle letting a few employees work from home, but in the current COVID-19 crisis, these remote-friendly companies are struggling to operate their business outside of a designated work environment. To combat this, here’s some lessons we can learn from remote-first companies on how to carry on business as usual during a pandemic. How to communicate (effectively) outside a physical space One of the benefits of working out of a cent