Matt Mullenweg: Why working from home is good for business
Matt Mullenweg: Porque é que trabalhar a partir de casa é bom para os negócios
Matt Mullenweg is the co-founder of the open-source blogging platform WordPress, the most popular publishing platform on the web, and the founder and CEO of Automattic. Full bio
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with working in an office
of your work environment.
o nosso ambiente de trabalho.
and I'm the CEO of Automattic,
e sou o CEO da Automatic,
da Jetpack e da WooCommerce.
Jetpack and WooCommerce.
and they live everywhere,
que vivem por toda a parte
to where I live in Texas.
até onde eu vivo, no Texas.
na Índia, na Nova Zelândia.
to have a home base, they're nomads.
têm uma base, são nómadas.
or traveling through Airbnbs,
ou a viajar em Airbnb,
every day, week or month.
cada dia, semana ou mês.
we don't care where they are.
não nos interessa onde estão.
didn't happen accidentally.
não aconteceu por acaso.
from the very beginning.
desde o início.
a palavra "à distância",
and some aren't.
to describe what we do,
para o que fazemos,
on an equal playing field.
é o mais eficaz para uma empresa.
to build a company.
approach it consciously.
seja consciente.
were people I'd never met in person.
muitos dos 20 primeiros recrutas
sometimes for years.
às vezes durante anos,
for one simple reason.
por uma simples razão.
pelo mundo inteiro.
throughout the world.
the big tech companies fish
as empresas tecnológicas
the same small pond or bay.
can fish from the entire ocean.
pode pescar no oceano inteiro.
in Japan but lives in California,
no Japão mas vive na Califórnia,
que vive, trabalha,
wherever they are in the world.
que esteja, no mundo inteiro
diferente dessa cultura
understanding of that culture
to go distributed,
over how they do their work.
autonomia para o seu trabalho.
where specific hours are important,
um horário específico,
a sua janela, a comida que querem comer,
their windows, the food they want to eat,
and when there's silence.
ou quando há silêncio.
the room should be.
you'd spend commuting
that are important to you.
is ideal for a technology company.
é ideal nas tecnologias.
but what about everyone else?"
mas como é para as outras pessoas?"
to build distributed capability.
para distribuir as competências.
to make decisions in the moment,
tomar decisões no momento,
are having those conversations
não têm acesso a essas conversas
sem perceberem porquê.
without understanding the why.
e em que é que estão a pensar.
and what you were thinking about.
possam continuar o vosso trabalho.
where you left off.
time zones to interact,
em diferentes zonas horárias.
como evolui uma organização,
as an organization evolves,
as possible online.
it allows new people to catch up quickly.
as pessoas apanham as coisas rapidamente.
os instrumentos certos.
that help with day-to-day communication,
que ajudam a comunicação diária,
probably aren't objects anymore.
provavelmente já não são os objetos.
através do computador.
through your computer.
que permitam a colaboração,
tools that enable collaboration,
48 weeks out of the year
48 semanas por ano
three or four weeks apart.
três ou quatro semanas.
for short, intense bursts.
para reuniões curtas, intensas.
comes together for a week.
se reúne durante uma semana.
everyone's aligned and on the same page,
with their colleagues.
com os seus colegas.
durante o resto do ano,
the rest of the year,
that understanding and empathy.
de criar o seu próprio ambiente.
to make their own work environment.
has a co-working stipend
num espaço de trabalho comum
towards a co-working space
get kicked out of the coffee shop.
para não serem expulsos do Café.
juntar todos os subsídios
decided to pool their stipends together
um subsídio para a casa-escritório.
gets a home-office stipend.
in getting the right chair, monitor,
numa cadeira adequada,
para terem o ambiente mais produtivo.
the most productive environment for them.
that are distributed first.
que são distribuídas.
prevejo que 90% das empresas
I predict that 90 percent of companies
the course of the world
ou serão substituídas pelas que são.
or they'll be replaced by those that are.
what you're going to build next,
descobrir talentos mundiais,
into global talent,
where they feel they should
e trabalhar onde quiserem
que estejam a criar em conjunto.
it is that you're creating together.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Matt Mullenweg - DemocratizerMatt Mullenweg is the co-founder of the open-source blogging platform WordPress, the most popular publishing platform on the web, and the founder and CEO of Automattic.
Why you should listen
Matt Mullenweg is the co-founder of the open-source blogging platform WordPress, the most popular publishing platform on the web, and the founder and CEO of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce and Jetpack. He also runs Audrey Capital, an investment and research company.
Mullenweg has been recognized for his leadership and success by Forbes, Bloomberg Businessweek, Inc. Magazine, TechCrunch, Fortune, Fast Company, Wired, University Philosophical Society and Vanity Fair.
Mullenweg is originally from Houston, Texas, where he attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and studied jazz saxophone. In his spare time, he is an avid photographer. Mullenweg splits time between Houston, New York and San Francisco.
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