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Remote Work: A Crash Course in Working from Home

Gleb Arkhangelsky, Olga Strelkova

  • Productivity

A short practical guide to remote work by time management specialists. The book came out in spring 2020, when offices were moving to remote work en masse.

Inside: how to organize your workspace and day, avoid burning out at home, stay in touch with the team and manage remote employees.

Key ideas

  1. At home you need boundaries: a separate place, a start and an end to the working day.
  2. Plan the day around results, not hours online.
  3. In a remote team, agreements are recorded in writing.
  4. Regular short status reports replace hallway conversations.
  5. Rest needs planning too, otherwise work spreads over the whole day.

How I apply it

I work remotely with clients from 25 countries. I record all agreements in writing and show interim results on schedule, without waiting to be asked.

Where and how I applied it

  • Demo · Web app · tasks from chat · kanban · evening digest

    AI agent in a team chat

    The agent turns assignments from the work chat into cards with an assignee and a deadline and sends a summary in the evening: agreements are written down and the status is visible without calls.

  • Demo · Web app · meeting transcript · minutes · kanban

    Meeting minutes → kanban tasks

    After a stand-up there are written minutes: decisions, tasks with an assignee and a deadline, risks and open questions.

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