Desuckifers we love.
It takes a village to desuckify work. Let’s celebrate those who are making it happen.
There’s more than one way to desuckify
We salute those who share our passion for making work work better. Tell us your desuck story and we’d love to share it here.
37Signals
The team who brings us Basecamp and Hey! email also brings a wealth of wisdom about working. Their “ReWork” podcast goes deep on some simple ways to rethink process, hiring, technology and more. And their two founders Justin Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson bring a ton of insight to their social media feeds. Both are must follows, in our book.
DiGo
These guys are all about positive behavior change. And they don’t just talk about it, they live it. They’ve embraced a work from anywhere strategy, which has helped them attract some amazing people. And they lead a generous conversation on social that focuses on ways we can all make positive changes in our lives.
Jocelyn Brady
Jocelyn is a “brain coach” who makes you wonder how we ever survived without a brain coach before. Her witty, offbeat style is a welcome change from some of the dry content that fills up our feeds. And she backs it up with substance, offering fascinating insights into the ways our minds work that can often sabotage our business, career and life.
Carly Martinetti
Carly is at the forefront of the trust your employees fully mindset. Her PR firm Notably is fully remote, and her feed is filled with clearheaded reasons why this approach can work so well for so many. We’re all adults here. And Carly clearly gets that.
Justin Welsh
Justin is a thriving solopreneur. He may even be one of the main reasons you’ve ever heard the term, “solopreneur.” As the name implies, this is truly working for yourself and running the show, solo. It’s a chance to bring what you love and value most to the people who need what you have to offer. It’s a different way of working—and that’s kind of the whole point.
Paul Millerd
Paul sees the way we work and thinks we’re a bit off our collective rockers. The whole game is based on a 75 year old model that makes zero sense for almost all of us. His approach, outlined on his site, Boundless and on his social feeds, is that we have near limitless possibilities for our life and work, if we’re just willing to yank ourselves out of the mindset that tells us to shut up and take what’s given to us.
Voyageur U
Fractional work is a huge favorite of ours. Why in the world do we need to work 40+ hours a week to add value? We don’t. And more companies are starting to realize this, thanks in part to the efforts of organizations like Voyageur U. They provide a bunch of tools and an engaged community of fractionals to help people make the most of the part-time lifestyle.
Rodolphe Dutel
Rodolphe runs Remotive, a company with a mission to empower remote workers across the globe. His LinkedIn feed brings a sharp POV and tons of helpful info for anyone wanting to thrive in a work from anywhere career.
Mike Wolfsohn
Mike has done the impossible—he’s created an ad agency that people actually want to stay at for large chunks of their lives. In a business where the average turnover is 33% a year, High Wide & Handsome keeps that number under 10%. Perhaps that’s because he and his partners started the agency with one single goal—to create the best place to work in the advertising industry. And they’ve lived up to it, landing at the top of AdAge’s Best Places to Work list a number of times. Personally, I think what they’ve done should be a model for other agencies to follow. And I’m happy to help spread that gospel far and wide.
Chris Herd
Chris is another proponent of the work from anywhere lifestyle. In fact, he built an entire platform—Firstbase—dedicated to making distributed work work better. His social presence is strong and provides a valuable pushback to those who keep insisting in-office work is the only way.
“Mmmm… work.”
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