Chase is responsible for developing and executing Doist’s remote work strategy, co-located events and advocating for the future of work on behalf of the company. He’s the Head of Remote at Doist, a pioneer of distributed work that specializes in productivity software. We’ll be sharing their experiences on how to take back control of technology. And each episode, we’ll be talking to experts in productivity and digital wellness. Georgie: Welcome to Freedom Matters where we explore the intersection of technology, productivity, and digital well-being. So, it was an interesting process to go through to recognize, okay, we’re great at working, but we need to make sure we’re disconnecting from work more than ever right now, and making time for ourselves and our families. And not to over-dramatize it, the company was fine, we were all fine collectively, but people were suffering in their own ways.Īnd with the isolation that comes with remote work, you had to be very cognizant of this for your direct reports. I guess we’re just going to hone in on work.” And then a big drop off in terms of morale, some mental health issues, there was a dark period there for a little while.

And so we found a huge peak in productivity because everybody was hyper-focused and like, “Well, there’s nothing else to do. Chase: We just all leaned into our work a lot.

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