Why working from home is good for business | The Way We Work, a TED series

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  • @SeanTheDon17
    @SeanTheDon17 5 років тому +50

    “Talent and intelligence are equally distributed throughout the world, but Opportunity is not” This is an amazing insight, if more companies adopted this mindset, they would find much more fulfilled employees.

    • @NiseGen-13
      @NiseGen-13 3 роки тому +1

      I can imagine coal miners doing work from home.

  • @Altaria_
    @Altaria_ 4 роки тому +4

    Working at home haves a lot of benefits.
    And he gave a lot of good points, not olny to manage your time and create your own schedule, create an ideal space where you feel comfortable and you can be productive. This gives many opportunities to people who live far from the company as well.

  • @Virru112
    @Virru112 5 років тому +47

    Could listen to this guy all day... Great voice, message and character

    • @rhabeldibabeldi6812
      @rhabeldibabeldi6812 4 роки тому +1

      me too. You should go and check out the interviews with tim ferris (if you havent already), they are pretty good

    • @abreham97
      @abreham97 2 місяці тому

      still listening?

  • @aminozuur
    @aminozuur 4 роки тому +6

    Matt Mullenweg is the best. I've been following his writings and thoughts for 10 years. He's an original thinker.

  • @maskman6146
    @maskman6146 5 років тому +50

    With such an environment, no need to quit your job to travel around the world. You are able to do your job and travel at the same time!

  • @zumbadancesandy
    @zumbadancesandy 4 роки тому +8

    I love when you mentioned that you dont use the word 'remote worker' and about documentations. In our company we are switching from Skype to TEAMs for example. Also you are showing empathy to others.

  • @Linfamy
    @Linfamy 5 років тому +127

    One downside to working without an office is the isolation. In an office you have coworkers to interact with. Sure there are ways to mitigate this, like video conferencing, but it's not the same. There's no "hey let's go grab a drink after work" with your coworkers.

    • @topaznora2055
      @topaznora2055 5 років тому +83

      Which is perfect!! Work isn't a frat house! I hate jobs where there is a social structure to get ahead. Work should be based on your work!! If you aren't basically bff with the managers they don't recommend you for new positions... Ugh!! Can't wait to leave. I'd work from home everyday if I could. Hate working with random annoyingly friendly/shady people.

    • @CaptainSteen
      @CaptainSteen 5 років тому +59

      I hate having to be social with coworkers. It's like forced friends! Wouldn't you prefer choosing your friends?

    • @syhlex
      @syhlex 5 років тому +6

      I work with a company as a field technician and I understand the feeling of isolation. It was very hard for me to adjust at first. I had come from an environment where I knew everyone, and the idea of working shoulder to shoulder was the norm. These people were part of something greater, a tribe who experienced the same daily nuances, and although we were never really forced to connect, the nature of the environment encouraged it. Of course the feeling of connecting on a much deeper level cannot translate well with video conferencing, persistent emails, and chatty phone calls. There’s just so much more information in person. Things started to change when I shifted my focus through introspection to begin seeing the best in all of this. I started realizing the amount of freedom I was gifted. This bit was empowering. So I started to embrace this new role by listening to audiobooks, TEDTalks and reading books. I opened my heart to new people outside of work building, bonding, and allowed me to allocate my energy differently.

    • @klimtkahlo
      @klimtkahlo 5 років тому +4

      Topaz Nora every job in America seems to work like that. People have no life outside their jobs and they only have work friends, which is mostly always phony and out of interest. Terrible!

    • @stayfree870
      @stayfree870 5 років тому +7

      I work by myself now but I do miss having lunch and coffee breaks with my coworkers and with my manager. It took some time to get used to working solo but no drama or politics is great.

  • @gabrielareyna6985
    @gabrielareyna6985 4 роки тому +10

    This a great idea now that we are under this pandemic we need to innovate. I have
    been working from home for over 6 months and I can say I really would like to continue like this. My students enjoyed this video a lot

    • @misterkiller89
      @misterkiller89 2 роки тому

      It certainly changed things across all levels of society.

  • @topaznora2055
    @topaznora2055 5 років тому +116

    Lol overly outgoing people are already complaining about not being able to socialize.
    Not everyone enjoys or even wants to socialize after work. No! I don't want to grab a beer... I just spend the whole day with you people, the last thing I want to do is spend my non paid free time with you. Working from home all the time would honestly be a dream!
    To the outgoing people complaining... Honestly, you can go play in traffic. 🙂🙂

    • @leonflorence118
      @leonflorence118 5 років тому +5

      Hahaha I feel the same way

    • @MsLulumaria
      @MsLulumaria 5 років тому +1

      Amen!

    • @ethanhall8662
      @ethanhall8662 5 років тому +1

      Agree with you Nora 100%

    • @marvinschumann6832
      @marvinschumann6832 5 років тому +2

      As you said, you do not want to go out with them since you already spend all your time with them. If you spent most of your time home alone, you would very likely change your mind

    • @reducecotwo
      @reducecotwo 5 років тому +2

      The people who do enjoy socializing don't really want to hang out with the ones who don't anyways, lol

  • @stayfree870
    @stayfree870 5 років тому +1

    This is the lifestyle that I wanted, the freedom to live anywhere in the world. I love my current job but I'm stuck living at home because I'm in the tech hardware service field (field technician). I need to be physically at locations to fix things when somethings are not working. With all the free time I have I wish I can pick up and move but I can't go far in case I'm needed.

  • @rajoak3097
    @rajoak3097 5 років тому +4

    I am starting my own company for STEM toys and these series seem to be a perfect guideline to manage my team!

  • @m.t-thoughts8919
    @m.t-thoughts8919 5 років тому +6

    A plus is your projects will be worked on 24/7. But no one needs to do over work. 👌🏼

  • @adnansz8930
    @adnansz8930 4 роки тому +3

    Covid 19 makes my office forced to wfh and wfo. 5 days work (3 days in office and 2 days in work from home except you theres a urgent or must meet a client).I will say that please even when covid 19 end, i hope my office keep this schedule. It feels like more productive.

  • @GMRTranscriptionServicesInc
    @GMRTranscriptionServicesInc 5 років тому +2

    Remote working opportunities are great for a work-life balance. As rightly pointed out in this video, not just the employees but also the employers are benefited at large. By stretching geographically, employers can hire the best quality resources from a vastly spread out talent pool.

  • @juancho1254
    @juancho1254 4 роки тому +1

    I think this videos is sooo helpful because is giving us some tips of how we can do a really good work from home specially right now that almost 70% of works are doing or using the work from home, at least here in my country no many companies have this option but right now a lot are using it so everyone needs to share this video 🙂

  • @spencerjentzsch8807
    @spencerjentzsch8807 5 років тому +2

    I work for a remote company that helps connect other remote workers so you aren't dealing with some of the problems people discuss here like being in isolation or loneliness. Traveling with the Hacker Paradise group is the only way I've been able to survive three years on the road without going crazy. The big benefit for me of doing this as opposed to just socializing with your coworkers in an office is that you get more power to choose who you want to be with and they generally align more with my interests.

  • @sameershaikh3996
    @sameershaikh3996 2 роки тому

    Finally found this gem while searching for benefits of WFH for companies after two years WFH since the lockdown

  • @ad-bk9bo
    @ad-bk9bo 5 років тому +2

    I work from home and it is a great experience. I'm willing to forgo better opportunities, just to stay here. I live in the country, but have 30mbs (somehow) wifi. One thing I have learned though is that it is nice to have colleagues in the office. For easy questions. Leave emails for business... text or skype chat (whatever) for other things. Use the web camera!

    • @technolus5742
      @technolus5742 5 років тому

      I don't have colleagues, I work on my own and it is still a great experience. I do think it would be nice sometimes to have skilled people nearby to look up to and to learn from. But now a days with google, youtube, coursera, and others I don't really feel disadvantaged in this regard. It is also very satisfying to know that I can make it on my own and that no one has the ability to lay me off. :)

  • @mariajoserodriguez5892
    @mariajoserodriguez5892 4 роки тому +1

    Awesome ideas, It's helping us a lot nowadays because we are improving our office at home. Sometimes it's difficult but when we find the way it's easy and we really enjoy it. Thanks!

  • @saurabhpandit26
    @saurabhpandit26 5 років тому +9

    I think ideally both choices should be available... Sometimes u need to physically collaborate with you team to get stuff done other time you can work alone at home....

  • @andersonakerman9849
    @andersonakerman9849 4 роки тому

    I totally agree with you, working at home is a very good way to work!.
    In my case I hadn't have a work yet and I would like to work at the company, in that case I could choose work at home or at the company or the office!.

  • @gabyyou7516
    @gabyyou7516 4 роки тому

    I like every idea that you gave us because it's a fact that a lot of workers are working from home and it's important that some companies can give us some opportunities and we could know some information about working from home.

  • @celeste8467
    @celeste8467 4 роки тому

    everyone can work from home and I agree that we must believe in the talent and intelligence of each person, because it is something very important that can unite us all and do a great job.

  • @edwincalderon2526
    @edwincalderon2526 4 роки тому

    This video provides many details of the advantages and tips that most companies should implement to increase the performance and growth of their workers.

  • @the_best_of_times
    @the_best_of_times 4 роки тому +30

    Your wish to work from home has now been granted it seems. Welcome to the new normal. 2020

    • @whatsnext_42
      @whatsnext_42 3 роки тому

      Not exactly, 2021, as governments loosen measures, companies force people back to the office/dungeons.

  • @karlasamayoa7631
    @karlasamayoa7631 4 роки тому

    I think that He gave us good advices because it is important to know somethings before to begin work at home and my favorite advice is find right tools because I think that if the company has good app or tools, our job will be easier and we can be more productive

  • @AmandaDavie
    @AmandaDavie 4 роки тому +1

    Very inspiring and very simple. A no brainer business case.

  • @xForeverXXI
    @xForeverXXI 3 роки тому +1

    Sounds ideal! Goals.

  • @zeph6439
    @zeph6439 4 роки тому +5

    Great video. If most people would work from home instead, it would be so much easier on the environment, besides all of the other advantages you mention..

  • @pinchastaylor
    @pinchastaylor 5 років тому

    I just recently started a non-profit and really appreciate this video. We should be able to utilize some of these tips for all the work that goes into creating the videos we post to this channel. Thanks again!

  • @ktc333
    @ktc333 5 років тому +7

    This sounds brilliant.

  • @channelbizt
    @channelbizt 4 роки тому +20

    If you fast forward a decade... how about a year when an unforeseen pandemic occurs.

  • @NilesBlackX
    @NilesBlackX 4 роки тому +1

    These are great points, does TED hire remote workers? Say, from places that aren't within driving distance of their offices?

  • @lamminhtriet7606
    @lamminhtriet7606 Рік тому

    This idea became more popular today, specially after Covid pandemic 😀

  • @joycecalson5728
    @joycecalson5728 2 роки тому

    WORKING FROM HOME SET UP IS THE FUTURE WORLDWIDE...THERES A LOT OF ADVANTAGES...

  • @PreferidoIncPLLC
    @PreferidoIncPLLC 5 років тому +1

    Great thoughts shared!
    Been surely one of the most controversial and debatable topics in past few years.
    Due to numerous factors, circumstances or choices this might have prevailed or continued to prevail; the following was accomplished during this period too which is surely worth sharing with everyone.
    "Cost avoidance of $192,000.00 during this period. Building professional and personal relationships for short term and long term strategies, enablements as well as shared value propositions".

  • @cryptomom3170
    @cryptomom3170 2 роки тому

    I like to be in control of my work environment!

  • @IceyJunior
    @IceyJunior 5 років тому +2

    Construction field? Small subsubcon company? How can I apply this?

  • @ellerylittlefield6143
    @ellerylittlefield6143 2 роки тому

    Influence is amazing but careful out there it's so easy to isolate and lose track of time on your own schedule!

  • @shuu_39
    @shuu_39 2 роки тому +1

    Wait, this video was released before the pandemic?!

  • @vishnuvardhan720728
    @vishnuvardhan720728 5 років тому +81

    Please give us a job

    • @technolus5742
      @technolus5742 5 років тому

      What can you do?

    • @nabilachaaraouinetwork5683
      @nabilachaaraouinetwork5683 5 років тому

      John Waters Me two ,, i can sell any thing online .

    • @technolus5742
      @technolus5742 5 років тому

      @@nabilachaaraouinetwork5683 I dont have a business set up yet, but I am looking to do so. Can you sell website creation and maintenance services to small businesses? What work conditions you need in order to perform that function?
      Note that I don't have clients at the moment so the business's viability would depend on your ability to get clients for my services.

  • @HunterHemingway
    @HunterHemingway 5 років тому +2

    this type of environment coupled with future transportation, the bees knees🐝

  • @giggleghost3751
    @giggleghost3751 5 років тому +3

    Working from home is the best.

  • @sonikasingh5618
    @sonikasingh5618 4 роки тому +2

    My productivity has sored since CoVID situation. I just cannot focus with open office space and distractions every 2 minutes

    • @armslides2105
      @armslides2105 3 роки тому

      Get a private office or cubicle. Open plan offices suck, that's why people prefer to work at home, not because they don't like offices, but because they don't like open plan offices.

  • @funny-video-YouTube-channel
    @funny-video-YouTube-channel 5 років тому +4

    *Could work well, if* all the employees clearly understand the mission and the goals of the company. Where the managers do not have to push for results all the time.
    Distributed companies are able to grow faster, because they do not deal with local laws for hiring people. They pay on the pay by month basis. It's like a way around the bureaucracy.
    The better Internet access will make distributed companies more and more common on our planet !

    • @Hexydes
      @Hexydes 5 років тому

      "Could work well, if all the employees clearly understand the mission and the goals of the company."
      If your company doesn't already have clearly defined missions and goals, where your employees are working won't make a difference. One of the main reasons so many managers and employers are against remote work is because it's one thing they CAN control (where and when people are working) since they don't have control over their company's goals or mission.

    • @bsaunders
      @bsaunders 3 роки тому

      Distributed companies do deal with local laws for hiring people. That's one of the impediments to companies adopting this. They have to deal with local laws (such as tax withholding) everywhere an employee might be.

  • @mommaof1337
    @mommaof1337 5 років тому +3

    HOW DO I APPLY??

  • @carprincess
    @carprincess 5 років тому +3

    I do love the idea of working from home as an office. However doing so requires so much structure and will power. After all the place you consider your 'relaxation zone' now could be a place of stress and your work-life line gets much more blurry when you work from home. People start to think you are available at all hours.
    I only work from home on Fridays, which is nice and in the future I'd want to have a system and more 'office' like workspace so I could increase the number of days I work from home each week.
    I waste so much time commuting so working from home 2 or 3 days of the week seems like a great way to get time back.
    Overall I'm conflicted on the idea, but I definitely think the pros beat the cons IF the person working from home is able to focus on working and is able to balance their work and life.

  • @MrPDawes
    @MrPDawes 5 років тому +1

    I work from home and it's f#%king lonely. It's great not having to commute but my work requires to travel all over the country and when I am at home it's nice to recharge, but it's very isolating. Also, half my home has been taken over by work and costs me in heating and electricity all day.

  • @charlieahmen6348
    @charlieahmen6348 5 років тому +2

    this is so amazing

  • @spongebobsquarepants1411
    @spongebobsquarepants1411 5 років тому +66

    Most people watching this don't own a business

  • @timluttrell1095
    @timluttrell1095 5 років тому

    As a business owner that has attempted the work at home concept locally my question is how do you maintain accountability? We had some problems with team members not doing so much work but were involved in other areas of their lives while on the clock.

    • @minimcune
      @minimcune 5 років тому +3

      The area you have opportunity to improve may not be accountability per se, but more one of motivation / commitment & engagement. It's not working in a physical office that gets the work done - because low effort / input exists both in remote and non remote staff. How can you engage those staff more so they want to spend more time doing the work?
      It sounds as though you're looking to keep these people accountable - and I'm wondering if having them be accountable to themselves might work better? Setup a time each week where you can discuss the work, have a check-in, give people a chance to tell you what they've done. Remember, working from home / remotely IS about flexibility, if, in the middle of the day a staff member needs to get some personal things done, they're exercising that flexibility, as long as the work itself gets done, then everyone goes home happy.
      Good luck!

  • @8dtamilsongs949
    @8dtamilsongs949 2 роки тому

    Time is money. Work from home saves time.

  • @anthonydrouin2654
    @anthonydrouin2654 5 років тому +2

    Looking for work

  • @nashkp2764
    @nashkp2764 5 років тому +1

    cool speech

  • @paokmoo
    @paokmoo 5 років тому +11

    This is not news. But you did notmention "self dicepline", to work from home people must have self dicipline, most people dosent have it. People must also be social for getting energy to get the work done. Thats why many compaines let they eployees to work both from home and the office.

    • @vaibhavgupta20
      @vaibhavgupta20 5 років тому +1

      Sources for most people don't have self discipline.

    • @topaznora2055
      @topaznora2055 5 років тому +5

      If you have to force or keep an eye on your employees for them to do their work, then either you are a terrible manager (which I'm guessing you probably are) or you have terrible employees. Consider getting new employees.... But my money is on your lack of self awareness. People just hate working for you!

    • @adriancarter2789
      @adriancarter2789 5 років тому

      dont hire them

    • @paokmoo
      @paokmoo 5 років тому

      @Dao Quang Maybe you could start your own cmpanie?

  • @Raphaelo325
    @Raphaelo325 5 років тому

    I don't know what you do, but I sooo want to work for you!

  • @baraaalamayreh9190
    @baraaalamayreh9190 5 років тому

    Dude you're great 👍👍👌👌

  • @miznahalkhalaf5197
    @miznahalkhalaf5197 4 роки тому

    الترجمة العربية متأخرة عن الوقت اتمنى تعدلوها.

  • @bloated_noodles452
    @bloated_noodles452 3 роки тому

    This! 💛

  • @khokh699
    @khokh699 5 років тому +2

    Exactly. Im a game developer and i choose to work remotely because i live in Iraq and in Iraq there are no game companies, so the best and most efficient way to for me is to work from home. At least for now, im planning on moving to another country😊

  • @coachdas4154
    @coachdas4154 4 роки тому

    Thanks

  • @marcobaldo3000
    @marcobaldo3000 5 років тому +2

    This guy has the same voice of Paul Davids

  • @MisterDivineAdVenture
    @MisterDivineAdVenture 5 років тому +1

    Couple of really hard things to understand - they did WHAT on a fishing pier?
    4:10 "I THINK?" that companies will be dist....
    Perfect, Matt -- you're just a model of beardedness at whatever age!

    • @raddad0
      @raddad0 5 років тому

      They put their stipends together to make a workspace on or near a pier.

  • @FikiFirmansyah
    @FikiFirmansyah 5 років тому +3

    sounds good, doest works

  • @misterkiller89
    @misterkiller89 2 роки тому

    This was...before it's time. Going into 2+ years of Covid-19....

  • @armslides2105
    @armslides2105 3 роки тому +1

    "We had one group in Seattle who pooled their co-working stipend together to rent a workspace". Ah, so basically they pooled their resources to rent an office. Lol

  • @NupeAtl
    @NupeAtl 4 роки тому

    *Exactly*

  • @ppaulinka
    @ppaulinka 5 років тому +1

    awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!! :D

  • @77Night77Shade77
    @77Night77Shade77 5 років тому +1

    The basic problem with working in *an office.

  • @ahmadalrashedi5718
    @ahmadalrashedi5718 5 років тому

    Can I get hired boss

  • @leonardios1232
    @leonardios1232 5 років тому +3

    i wud probably just stay home and play video games instead of working

  • @gaetanovindigni8824
    @gaetanovindigni8824 5 років тому +1

    Sign me up.

  • @chandimas
    @chandimas 3 роки тому

    💯

  • @MWtheMonke
    @MWtheMonke 5 років тому +1

    I don't think it's for everyone. It doesn't appeal to me as an extrovert.

  • @hjdgg5796
    @hjdgg5796 4 роки тому

    아 누가 한국어 자막 담당했는지 모르겠는데 싱크 안맞음;

  • @umarsantosoo
    @umarsantosoo 5 років тому +5

    mc gregor

  • @kazuto00
    @kazuto00 Рік тому

    0:00

  • @wklim2201
    @wklim2201 2 роки тому +1

    Wrong! Work from office is more peace than at home with being annoyed by family and pets always interrupted.

  • @truenorth4140
    @truenorth4140 4 роки тому

    Very Romantic, how about, no health insurance, 7 /Hr, Like UBR no employee just another contractor, No human resources, Yes you are free, competing with all around the world, You are a Genius!!!

  • @pth6060
    @pth6060 3 роки тому

    There is no reason that people that work from home pay residential tax. People that run their businesses from home should be paying business tax which is 4 times higher they should be soaked for every penny they have because all they want to do is be lazy at home ,sleep in and live their own lives rather than going to work in an office. The long term effects of this will hurt everyone for many years to come.

  • @vikas274
    @vikas274 5 років тому +3

    I cant work from home... i cant concentrate when i hear my kid crying or asking for his time.
    If i am physically in office, then i m mentally in office. Same way speaker mentioned its better to hire japanese than a japanese born in california... its better to be in location... physically n mentally

  • @wklim2201
    @wklim2201 2 роки тому +1

    Wrong - I like work at the office is more better much than work at home. Office is peace and more activities without family. Home is interrupted from family with requests, annoyed times and lazy.

  • @officially_s
    @officially_s 2 роки тому

    4:06 Did he predict covid 19?

  • @MrNiceGuy500
    @MrNiceGuy500 3 роки тому +1

    Working from home is fake. I can’t work from home and the inequalities that the remote work people have created is vast. I hate people that work from home.

  • @paulbroderick8438
    @paulbroderick8438 9 місяців тому

    Yes, yes and yes BUT what do working from home individuals DO? No product, no raw materials, no machinery, no meetings. Again, what do these DOOOOOOO???? Please
    educate me! I have worked in Photoshop. from home, for years so I well understand that SOME skills can be well home based and results transferred to clients. Educate me!!

    • @_roj
      @_roj 2 місяці тому

      @paulbroderick8438 Code? Design? Edit? Engineer? Architect? Sales? Marketing? Any work that can mostly be done using a computer? Any work at doesn't involve being dependent on thousands of dollars worth of machinery?
      You can't be a machinist and work from home. But there are 100s of jobs that can mostly be distributed-first. Including tech and programming, which is the kind of company the speaker runs!

  • @magdasroka997
    @magdasroka997 5 років тому +1

  • @rw3452
    @rw3452 5 років тому +2

    I wonder if the stats on the 74 thumbs down are of an older generation or people with a controlling character?

    • @pth6060
      @pth6060 3 роки тому

      The thumbs-down ARA people that have experience rather than the Young Generation that have ideals

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    @BoreikoLanguageSchool 5 років тому

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    @DominicMatthews 5 років тому +1

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  • @welshhibby
    @welshhibby 5 років тому +2

    I hate working from home.....home is home and work is work it’s not healthy blurring the lines

  • @StefTechSurfer
    @StefTechSurfer 3 роки тому

    COVID-proof video.

  • @klaas6681
    @klaas6681 Рік тому

    If I learned one thing over the past years: remote or distributed working is extremely overrated.

  • @simplepycodes
    @simplepycodes 4 роки тому

    No this is total BS. Home should be home and work should be done in work environment.

  • @dirtychinchilla
    @dirtychinchilla 3 місяці тому

    He seems nice

    • @_roj
      @_roj 2 місяці тому

      @dirtychinchilla THIS DID NOT AGE WELL