Distributed, with Matt Mullenweg
Matt Mullenweg, cofounder of WordPress and CEO of Automattic, embarks on a journey to understand the future of work. Having built his own company with no offices and more than 1,300 employees in 76 countries, speaking 95 different languages, Mullenweg examines the benefits and challenges of distributed work and recruiting talented people around the globe.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 45 minutes
- Episodes
- 35
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2023
Episode 29: Dylan Field, Figma Co-founder, Talks Design, Digital Economy, and Remote Culture with Host Connie Yang
Distributed by Default: Matt Mullenweg on The Knowledge Project
“Aren’t people lonely because they don’t have their friendships at work?”
On a recent app…
Episode 27: Leading with Values: Sid Sijbrandij joins Matt Mullenweg to talk about GitLab, Transparency and Growing a Distributed Company
Hiring For Distributed Companies & Angel Investing: This Week in Startups with Jason Calacanis
“Why would the best employees in the world choose so little autonomy in the third of their d…
Getting Legal Work Done in a Distributed Environment: Paul Sieminski with Chad Main on Technically Legal
500-page bound merger agreements, office printers, and libraries lined with law books. Legal…
Growing as a Leader: Matt Mullenweg on the Starting Greatness Podcast with Mike Maples Jr.
“Was there a palpable time when you felt like…you had to have a new kind of thought as you g…
Episode 26: Jack Dorsey and Matt Mullenweg on Remote Collaboration, Finding Serendipity, and the Art of Deliberate Work
Episode 25: Davit Baghdasaryan on the Science of Sound in a Distributed Work World
Trying to sound your best as you work away from an office more than ever before?
As aud…
Episode 23: Lara Hogan on the Secret to Being a Successful Manager
Are companies setting up their managers for success? What are BICEPS? How do you assemble yo…
Episode 22: Raj Choudhury Sees a Future Where You Don’t Have to Move Your Family for a Job
Matt Mullenweg with Sam Harris on Distributed Work’s Five Levels of Autonomy
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-rangin…
Vanessa Van Edwards on Navigating the Virtual Workplace in Stressful Times
The world has dramatically changed in just a few weeks. As companies around the world shift …
Episode 18: Jason Fried on Treating Workers Like Adults
Read more about Jason Fried in “Working Smaller, Slower, and Smarter.”
For our first epi…
Episode 17: Matt Mullenweg Reflects on Distributed Work in 2019
Read more of our 2019 takeaways in “Eight Lessons from the Distributed Podcast So Far.”
T…