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How does a school with no teachers create top-performing students? In this mind-blowing episode, Andrew visits Alpha in Texas—the futuristic school where students learn 2X more, in just 2 hours a day. Follow along to: 🏫 Discover the counterintuitive benefits of a ‘no teachers’ model 🚀 Get inspired by what kids can achieve with limitless potential 🌍 Uncover how AI-forward global remote teams are innovating education Watch the latest Out of Office, available now. #FutureOfEducation #AI #RemoteWork #OutOfOffice #EduTech

🏆 You're Shaping the Future of Work. It's Time to Be Recognized. Nominate your favorite remote rebel (or yourself) now: https://lnkd.in/gVS4JFEU Hey there, remote work pioneer! Yes, you. Your innovative ideas are transforming how we work. Whether you've: • Cracked the code on virtual team synergy • Redefined leadership for the digital age • Created a remote culture that feels like family • Developed tech that makes distance disappear • Championed policies that level the playing field Your vision matters. Your impact is real. And it's time the world knew. 📣 The 2024 Remote Work Leadership Awards are your stage. Share your story. Inspire millions. Join a global network of visionaries like you. 🌏 Why step into the spotlight? • Turn your ideas into a movement • Amplify your influence • Connect with fellow trailblazers • Be the face of work's future Don't let self-doubt hold you back. The world needs your insights. Be bold. Be you. Shape tomorrow's workplace, today. #RemoteWorkAwards #FutureOfWork #RemoteWork #Leadership

Alright, let's cut through the AI hype for a sec. ✂️ We've all seen those endless posts about "game-changing" AI tools, right? I've actually been in the trenches with some of these for months now. No BS, no affiliate links – just real talk about what's really making a difference in my day-to-day grind. ⚠️ Fair warning: This isn't your typical "10 MIND-BLOWING AI TOOLS!!!" list. These are the battle-tested few that have earned their keep on my digital workbench. They're not perfect, but they're damn useful. 1. AI scheduling tools 🗓️ We have folks from almost every timezone here at Crossover. So, scheduling across time zones used to be the bane of my existence. Reclaim AI has been a lifesaver. 2. AI notetakers 📝 Seriously, why are we still writing down meeting notes? Try Otter, Granola, or Circleback. They'll take notes for you, and even attend meetings when you can't. Otter's been my go-to. It even covered for me last week when I had to duck out of a call. The recap was spot on. 3. Personal chatbots 🤖 I got sick of answering the same questions, so I built a little FAQ bot with all the team and project documentation I have. Now when someone asks about a particular process for the millionth time, I just point them to my Claude project (you can also try custom GPTs). 🚀 Pro tip: Create an onboarding bot for new team members and thank me later. Botpress is a good tool for this. 4. A cleaner inbox (finally!) 📨 I'm not talking about using AI to respond to emails (everyone does that already) – I mean using AI to nix spam and junk mail, prioritize key mails, and generally crush repetitive email tasks. Superhuman and Sanebox are great tools for this. 5. AI for async communication 🎥 At Crossover, we have to embrace async communication from day one, which means a lot of video messages for my team. Look, I'm no smooth talker on video. Loom AI doesn't make me eloquent, but it does polish my ramblings into something coherent. No more "um" and "ah"! I'll take it. 6. AI for insights 📊 As a knowledge worker in tech, analytics can be... a bit scary, ngl. Luckily, AI can process large amounts of data and make sense of it in ways that help me be better at my job - from visualization to collection and insight summary. My fav is Coefficient, but SEMRush Suite and Rose AI are equally good. 7. Faster, prettier presentations 💼 Last month, I had to prep a presentation 10 minutes before the meeting - no time to make it pretty. Canva's AI features helped me cobble together something that didn't look like a complete train wreck. Always grateful! Here's the thing – these tools aren't magic bullets. They won't do your job for you. But man, do they take some of the grunt work off your plate. Links to them are in the comments below. What about you? Drop your fave productivity tools below 👇. Always looking to up my game. #RemoteWork #ProductivityHacks #AITools

📣 2024 Remote Leadership Awards: Nominations now open. Know a leader making remote work awesome? Give them the spotlight they deserve. 🏆 Nominate your remote work champion: https://lnkd.in/gVS4JFEU (Sorry cats, only humans are eligible at this time.) #RemoteWork #FutureOfWork #Leadership #Awards

Help shape the classroom of tomorrow. 📚 Alpha - as seen in the latest Out of Office episode - is expanding its team: 🧠 Guides (Multiple positions) 🎨 Workshop Designer (1 position) These roles are your ticket to: - Unlock students' limitless potential using cutting-edge AI and motivation techniques - Lead project-based workshops that teach critical life skills - Collaborate with a global team to redefine the future of education ⚠️ Note: As seen in the episode, some Alpha roles aren't remote because they involve supervising students onsite. Those roles are always clearly marked as 'in-person', and do require applicants to be eligible and willing to live and work in the specified location. But don't worry: Team Alpha has many remote positions too, which are open to applicants everywhere. Ready to make history? Explore all Alpha roles and apply now: link.crossover.com/WTzs #FutureOfEducation #EdTechJobs #Alpha #NowHiring

🏆 The 2024 Remote Work Leadership Awards are rolling out the virtual red carpet! We're spotlighting the visionaries and thought leaders who are redefining the workplace of tomorrow. Know a remote work guru who's shaping the future? Let's give them their moment to shine. Nominate here: https://lnkd.in/gVS4JFEU #RemoteWorkAwards #FutureOfWork #RemoteWork

🚨 Ever had a manager who made you question your life choices? 🚨 We’ve all been there - working remotely doesn’t mean bad management disappears. In fact, it gets even weirder. Curious about the types of bad manager lurking in the remote world? This article wades into the murky waters of remote management, uncovering the five types of notorious remote managers you're likely to encounter. Bet you’ve worked for one of these doozies at some point!   ➡️ The Menacing Micromanager "So hands-on, you'd think they're another item on your desk." ➡️ The Broken Telephone "Playing 'guess what I’m thinking' more than actually managing." ➡️ The Runaway Train "Their 'urgent' should come with speed limits." ➡️ The Decision Dawdler "Couldn’t make a decision if it was on their to-do list." ➡️ The Critical Overlord "Finds more faults than a geologist." Tired of battling bad bosses? Gain the upper hand with our strategies for dealing with the most notorious types of remote managers. 👇 Read it now! #remotework #remotemanagement #remotemanager #badmanagement #badmanager #futureofwork #managementstyles #remoteteams

📣 Have a question for a VP at Crossover? Post them in the comments below. 〰️ 〰️ 〰️ This week's question comes from Hind A. in Jordan, answered by Heather Lother, VP of Talent and People Operations at Crossover.👇 "Hi Hind, Qualities that make candidates successful vary from team to team. For example, teams with a lot of collaboration and human interaction naturally prize soft skills more than teams that require mostly individual work. One theme I've noticed across all teams, however, is that candidates who are able to "unblock" themselves autonomously tend to be more successful than those who require a lot of handholding to start making progress. There are two reasons for this: 1) in remote settings, the person who can help you figure something out is not always available, so you may end up wasting time while you wait, and 2) our teams are just busy and therefore often require new joiners to drink from the firehose. A few other themes that stand out: - Internal compass: Willing to work with a framework rather than a full plan (e.g. you can take a big idea, an end goal, a loose set of principles and figure out what you need to do to make it happen). - Adaptable: Able to work productively with a variety of communication styles, personalities, and cultural norms. This is particularly important when giving and receiving feedback. - Proactive: If you see a problem, you fix it or flag it for the appropriate team; you don't pass the buck and you don't ignore opportunities for improvement just because it's outside your scope. - Self-motivated: You don't require a personal cheerleader at work to do your best; while positive feedback is part of all teams, the frequency varies and needing to be constantly pumped up tends to be a mismatch. - High personal quality bar: You know what your best work is, and you don't settle for less. If we hire you, that means we've vetted you so much that we are 99% certain you have the hard skills to succeed in that role. If you'd like to succeed in the long run, though, these are the factors that separate the good from the great. Good luck!" - Heather 〰️ 〰️ 〰️ 💡 #AskCrossover is a feature in Radically Remote, our bi-weekly newsletter ranked 10th in popularity on LinkedIn. This excerpt comes from its 34th edition. #RadicallyRemote #RemoteWork #FutureOfWork

If 8x the local pay sounds too good to be true, how about 16x? 😎 #RemoteWork #EqualPay