Rapid Response: Remote teams, w/WordPress/Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg

Masters of Scale

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Entrepreneurship, Business, Management, Reid Hoffman, Mindset, Diversity & Inclusion, Jeff Berman, Bob Safian, Startups

4.6 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

The first in a series of special episodes with tools you need RIGHT NOW | Suddenly, many of us are remote workers. As companies radically reimagine their day-to-day in response to the pandemic, we all need to know what Matt Mullenweg has learned: How to thrive as a successful remote team. As founder of Automattic (creators of WordPress etc.), Matt runs a 1,000-person team that’s almost entirely remote. How do they do it? Matt shares his best practices here. It won't sound like our typical episodes. This is just Reid and Matt, sharing insights on how to run fully distributed teams that build culture and trust — and succeed.

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0:00.0	High listeners, we are currently hard at work on the next season of Masters of Scale, and
0:05.7	just like everyone else, we are grappling with the challenges brought on by the coronavirus.
0:11.1	A big one of these is the sudden, unexpected shift we have all taken to remote working.
0:17.7	Just like so many of you, I am also working from home.
0:21.4	In fact, I am recording this podcast from home, which is why I sound a bit different than
0:26.8	usual.
0:28.2	There are so many companies and entire industries that have transitioned to fully remote work.
0:34.3	This transition is different for everyone, but there is a lot to learn from founders
0:39.0	that have been all in on the work from home culture since long before this crisis.
0:44.4	So we have drawn on some unreleased material from the Masters of Scale interviews for a series
0:49.8	of bonus episodes.
0:51.7	Matt Mullinwag is the founder of WordPress, which is a fully remote company.
0:56.4	So he is the perfect person to talk to about how to approach work life in the corona era.
1:02.2	I recently interviewed Matt for the show and wanted to share a part of our conversation.
1:07.2	There are so many great insights that I think you will find helpful.
1:10.6	We will have a full episode with Matt in the next season of Masters of Scale, but I wanted
1:15.4	to get this segment out to listeners as soon as possible.
1:19.4	And if your company has found an interesting solution to the challenges of the current crisis,
1:24.4	send us an email at helloatmastersofscale.com.
1:28.9	We'll look for a way to amplify your idea.
1:32.1	I hope you enjoy my conversation with Matt Mullinwag.
1:48.7	Hey listeners, it's Tucker LaGurzki, a staff writer on Masters of Scale.
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