Jun 24, 2020

The days of office-centricity are over... and a birthday 🥳

By Jurriaan Kamer • Issue #24 • View online

“The days of office-centricity are over”, said Shopify’s CEO. Often triggered by a surprising increase in productivity, many companies (including Twitter and Facebook) have announced that they will allow employees to permanently work from home.

We will likely never fully return to the old situation. But I’m not sad about it. Instead, I believe this is a really good moment to start adopting participatory leadership and a more adaptive, human way of working.

In this newsletter, I have collected 10 articles that will help you navigate and embrace the new reality. You can also listen to my interview on this podcast (Dutch, after 5 mins) titled ‘Throw away the organizational chart, embrace the chaos!’.

In other news, our book Formula X is celebrating its first birthday today! And what a year it was. We sold thousands of copies world-wide, it was listed in the Dutch top 10 of best selling business books for 3 months, and a total of 8 months in the top 100. Over 70 customers reviews with 5 stars. We received a nomination for business book of the year and were featured by several media, including Forbes calling it one of five must-read books for today’s uncertain market.

Beyond remote: 10 articles

Run your organization like a race team to gain speed and resilience

My latest article on what we can learn from Formula 1 to navigate this shift.

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Remote work is having a moment, but the future isn’t hybrid

Read this if you’re considering moving back part of your people back to the office. It is difficult to get a ‘hybrid’ model to work correctly.

www.linkedin.com • Share

How to Keep Your Culture Alive while Working Remotely

Going remote is an opportunity to redesign your organization and rethink the culture you want. Here are a few good starting points.

liberationist.org • Share

Don’t let remote leadership bring out the worst in you

With remote leadership, it’s easy to succumb to management practices that hurt the team. Here’s how to avoid doing so.

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‎Beyond Remote - Brave New Work podcast

Most of us are working remotely. But we’re just treading water, we haven’t really mastered it. That’s why it’s important to talk about remote work after the novelty wears off.

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Minimum Viable Structure

Eight lightweight interventions to create a Minimal Viable Structure to get your organization out of emergency mode.

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The phases of remote adaptation

Remote creates an entirely new landscape in which to conduct business, but make sure to mature beyond phase 1.

about.gitlab.com • Share

Why does writing matter in remote work?

Using written communication makes remote work better. It saves time, reduces meetings, removes extrovert bias, and invites other perspectives.

www.timcasasola.com • Share

Let’s Seize the Moment — Sustaining Organizational Resilience Beyond Crisis

This crisis could become your accelerated entry point into truly generative organizations, adaptive ways of working, and participatory leadership. Take time out of execution mode to pause, reflect, and learn as individuals and teams.

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Notion Remote Work Wiki

Notion put together a central hub with the best resources on remote work, from actionable tips to articles to company policies.

www.notion.so • Share

I hope you enjoyed this newsletter, please let me know if you have any feedback. Take a look at previous issues and feel free to forward this edition to whoever might be interested. To get in touch with me, simply hit ‘reply’.

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By Jurriaan Kamer

Change how the world works! On organization design, culture change, the future of work, adaptive and responsive organizations, servant leadership and my book Formula X.

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