Distributed, with Matt Mullenweg

Matt Mullenweg with Sam Harris on Distributed Work’s Five Levels of Autonomy

Apr 15, 2020

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Episode guests

Sam Harris

Matt Mullenweg

Highlights

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Episode notes

The Benefits of Asynchronous Work and the 2016 Japanese Relay Race Team

01:27

Organizational Meetups for Thousand-Person Company

00:57

The Shift from Brick-and-Mortar to Delivery: Mitigating Shrinkage and Corruption

01:31

Introduction

2min

The Advantages and Challenges of Working From Home

3min

How to Transition to a Distributed Team

5min

The Different Levels of Autonomy

5min

The Future of Audio Communication

2min

How to Hire the Right People for the Job

5min

How to Be a Better Person in an Office

2min

The Importance of Time in the Workplace

5min

The Barriers to Endpoint Security in Silicon Valley

3min

10.

How to Be a More Transparent Organization

2min

11.

How to Deal With the Tyranny of Notifications

2min

12.

How to Be a Better Manager in a Distributed Environment

3min

13.

The Importance of Distributed Work

3min

14.

The Magic of Distributed Work

2min

15.

The Importance of Organizational Structure

3min

16.

How to Be Sensitive to What People Say

2min

17.

How to Use Emojis to Improve Communication

3min

18.

How to Avoid Falling Into a Great Depression

4min

19.

The Slow Burning Curve of the Economy

4min

20.

The Importance of Data in the Supply Chain

4min

21.

The Impact of 9-11 on the Restaurant Business

4min

22.

The Future of Antibodies Testing

2min

23.

The Importance of Staying Home

2min

24.

Lessons Learned in the Blizzard of Bad News

4min

25.

The Importance of Adapting to the Threat of Climate Change

6min

26.

The Benefits of Adversity

2min

27.

The Dangers of Crashing the Global Economy

2min

28.

The Failures of the Free Market in China

4min

29.

The Importance of Taking Profit in a Downturn

3min

30.

The Importance of Meditation Mindfulness in Uncertainty

2min

31.

How to Think About Meditation in the Context of an Emergency

6min

32.

How to Monetize Digital Content

2min

33.

The Importance of Mindfulness

2min

Distributed host Matt Mullenweg recently appeared on Sam Harris’s excellent podcast, Making Sense, sharing the “five levels of autonomy” when it comes to distributed work. Listen to their wide-ranging conversation on how companies transition to remote work in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. We love Sam’s podcast, Making Sense, so for more go to samharris.org/podcast/ and you can also subscribe to get his premium content, which is totally worth it.