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1 Dec, 4 tweets, 1 min read
The office was an assembly line of conformity. One-size-fits-all where everyone worked the same hours, used the same tools, did the same things

Remote will let us:

Choose the tools we want
Select the schedule we need
Control everything related to the quality of work produced
We're about to live through the age of personalization

Individuals will have the freedom to choose the tools, modes of communication, consumption, services, and platform that suit what they want and how they do things

This will apply especially to work and education
The 19th and 20th centuries were marked by mass production. Copy and paste products and services

Factories
Schools
Offices

It was too expensive to personalize atoms for individuals
It is relatively inexpensive to personalize bits for individuals

No-code tools
Robotic process automation

Everything in these domains will enable you to create the things you need with as little friction as possible

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4 Dec
I've spoken to 1,500+ people about remote work in the last 9 months

A few predictions of what is likely to emerge before 2030

[ a thread ] 💻🏠🌍
🚜 Rural Living: World-class people will move to smaller cities, have a lower cost of living & higher quality of life

These regions must innovate quickly to attract that wealth. Better schools, faster internet connections are a must
⏰Asynchronous Work: Offices are instantaneous gratification distraction factories where synchronous work makes it impossible to get stuff done

Tools that enable asynchronous work are the most important thing globally remote teams need. A lot of startups will try to tackle this
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20 Nov
The media would have you believe it’s 50/50 whether people want to return to the office or continuing to work remotely after Covid-19

The reality is far clearer

[ a thread ] 💻🏠🌍
90% of never want to work in an office again full-time
50% of never want to work in an office ever again

The dissonance around this is huge

People who love offices *love offices* and think everyone else feels the same way as them.

The problem is that clearly, most don’t
The office is broken & always has been

It’s great if you're in a specific demographic. It discriminates/disqualifies a huge number of people who find it impossible to work from there

- single parents
- those caring for family
- people with health conditions/impairments
Read 25 tweets
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22 Oct
6,500 companies — with 11m+ aggregate employees – signed up to our waitlist in the last 6 months

The biggest opportunites this decade will be in the future of work and living space

Here’s why me and @ShaneMac are launching a rolling fund today

[ a thread ] 💻🏠🌍
🌍Market size: there are 255m desk jobs globally today. After Covid passes around 30m of them will be done remotely full-time, rising to 70m+ by 2030

A majority of these jobs will be done remotely 3 days+ a week

There will be massive 1st, 2nd, and 3rd order effects as a result
👀Our focus: remote is at the same stage mobile computing was prior to the iPhone

The infrastructure and rails that enable remote work and living to rise globally still have to be built

Our focus is on finding, supporting, and investing in these startups
Read 25 tweets
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21 Oct
The world is changing rapidly

The future of work and living has accelerated more in the last 6 months than it has in the last 30 years

This is just the beginning

[ a thread ] 💻🏠🌍
🏢 Full-time office work is dead:

Companies going back full-time won’t survive

Their competitors will be 👇

1. More talented
2. More diverse
3. More efficient

Office-first companies won’t be competitive rapidly

They get replaced within 2-3 years – if they last that long
🏚Offices die the same bricks and mortar retail did:

Gradually, then almost overnight they’ll disappear

The remote (work from anywhere) vs. office debate today
is the
Bricks and mortar retail vs. eCommerce debate of yesterday

Everybody knows how that ended
Read 7 tweets
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20 Oct
We are now 7 months into remote working

Here are a few benefits we never initially considered

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🎆 work when you want: the 9-5 is a remnant of the industrial revolution that does not work for knowledge workers

remote work lets you set your schedule and work when you are most productive
🍻 no after-work expectations: promotion decisions based on who you drink with after work are why workplaces remain homogenous

a massive problem in organizations that are not diverse, where people wonder why management all looks the same
Read 24 tweets
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17 Oct
The 2020s will be known as the Remote Work decade

A few predictions of what is likely to emerge

[ a thread ] 💻🏠🌍
🏦Third Space: Office and Working from Home will be joined by somewhere close by that a number of people will use

Supermarkets or local bank branches should emerge as a convenient ubiquitous location option – if they are smart
⏰Asynchronous Work: Offices are instantaneous gratification distraction factories where synchronous work makes it impossible to get stuff done

Tools that enable asynchronous work are the most important thing globally remote teams need. A lot of startups will try to tackle this
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