PODCAST: The future of virtual-first work

Before long, remote work won’t exist. It will simply be “work.”

“Virtual-first work,” as remote work expert Laurel Ferrar calls it, will become so normalized that it won’t even require discussion.

This episode of the CUNA News Podcast features Ferrar, who’s head of TeamOps at GitLab and has worked remotely for 17 years.

She explains how virtual-first work arrangements will evolve in the future, new tools that will improve this work style, where organizations struggle with these arrangements, and best practices for making them work.

You can listen to the CUNA News Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and Stitcher Radio.

In this episode:

1:15: Laurel’s favorite ride at Disneyland

2:23: Remote work 17 years ago

3:26: New tools for remote work

5:42: Improving staff’s well-being

7:37: Problems that arise in remote work arrangements

9:05: The importance of documentation

10:16: How to gauge the success of virtual-first work

11:47: The biggest questions about virtual-first work

13:33: How to foster community among virtual-first employees

15:33: Habits that keep Laurel on track

17:39: How remote work will evolve in the future