Matt Mullenweg: Why working from home is good for business
Matt Mullenweg: Por qué trabajar desde el hogar es bueno para los negocios
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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de trabajar en una oficina
with working in an office
of your work environment.
nuestro entorno de trabajo.
and I'm the CEO of Automattic,
ejecutivo de Automattic,
Jetpack and WooCommerce.
Jetpack y WooCommerce.
and they live everywhere,
que viven en todas partes del mundo:
to where I live in Texas.
incluso Texas, donde yo vivo.
to have a home base, they're nomads.
no asentarse, son nómadas.
o por medio de Airbnb,
or traveling through Airbnbs,
cada día, semana o mes.
every day, week or month.
we don't care where they are.
no nos importa dónde estén.
no ocurrió por accidente:
didn't happen accidentally.
from the very beginning.
desde el comienzo.
son esenciales y otras no.
and some aren't.
pues todos están en la misma posición.
to describe what we do,
on an equal playing field.
para montar una empresa.
to build a company.
de forma deliberada.
approach it consciously.
were people I'd never met in person.
no los conocía en persona,
en línea, a veces durante años.
sometimes for years.
for one simple reason.
continuar así por una razón sencilla:
en todas partes del mundo,
throughout the world.
las empresas tecnológicas
the big tech companies fish
the same small pond or bay.
en la misma pequeña laguna.
can fish from the entire ocean.
podemos pescar en todo el océano.
in Japan but lives in California,
de Japón que ahora vive en California,
trabajan, se levantan y se acuestan
wherever they are in the world.
understanding of that culture
diferente desde sus culturas,
to go distributed,
del trabajo distribuido
over how they do their work.
a las personas autonomía en su trabajo.
where specific hours are important,
demande horas específicas del día,
their windows, the food they want to eat,
ventanas, la comida que prefieran;
and when there's silence.
con música o en silencio;
the room should be.
de la habitación;
que gastan trasladándose
you'd spend commuting
that are important to you.
importantes para Uds.
en empresas tecnológicas.
is ideal for a technology company.
but what about everyone else?"
¿qué hay del resto?".
para posibilitar el trabajo distribuido.
to build distributed capability.
to make decisions in the moment,
decisiones en el momento,
are having those conversations
a este tipo de conversaciones;
pero no entenderán el porqué.
without understanding the why.
y qué cosas pensaron.
and what you were thinking about.
continuar lo que Uds. iniciaron
where you left off.
de distintas zonas horarias.
time zones to interact,
as an organization evolves,
los cambios de personal.
as possible online.
en línea como sea posible.
it allows new people to catch up quickly.
los nuevos pueden ponerse al día rápido.
that help with day-to-day communication,
y servicios para la comunicación diaria,
gestión de proyectos, etc.
probably aren't objects anymore.
probablemente ya no son objetos,
desde su computadora.
through your computer.
colaborativas, vean cuál funciona mejor.
tools that enable collaboration,
48 weeks out of the year
en el mismo lugar
en las que no están juntos.
three or four weeks apart.
for short, intense bursts.
reuniones breves una vez al año
pasan una semana juntos.
comes together for a week.
everyone's aligned and on the same page,
estamos todos en el mismo camino,
with their colleagues.
se relacionan entre sí.
contarán con ese entendimiento y empatía.
the rest of the year,
that understanding and empathy.
crear su propio entorno de trabajo.
to make their own work environment.
tienen un salario de cotrabajo.
has a co-working stipend
en un espacio de cotrabajo
towards a co-working space
así no los corren de la cafetería.
get kicked out of the coffee shop.
decidió juntar sus salarios
decided to pool their stipends together
en un muelle de pesca.
un salario para su oficina en casa.
gets a home-office stipend.
in getting the right chair, monitor,
para comprar sillas, un monitor,
the most productive environment for them.
donde sean más productivos.
that are distributed first.
con personal totalmente distribuido.
I predict that 90 percent of companies
que cambiarán el mundo
the course of the world
personal distribuido
or they'll be replaced by those that are.
por quienes así lo hagan.
what you're going to build next,
talento a nivel global,
into global talent,
para vivir y trabajar donde deseen,
where they feel they should
en lo que estén creando juntos.
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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