Tune in to discover more about how Airbnb is creating the future of work and is leveraging its existing business model to try and revive tourism, as well as work through the complexities that every employer has to take on to enable their employees to live and work anywhere.

Today, we have Q Hamirani, the Global Head of the Live and Work Anywhere Program at Airbnb.

In this episode:

[01:34] Q’s journey to become the head of Airbnb's global Live and Work Anywhere program

[05:09] The lessons and insights Airbnb has gleaned from this program

[08:39] What changed about working and traveling and what didn’t after the Pandemic

[12:47] Airbnb’s mission as industry leaders to drive the future of work

[18:21] The Live and Work Anywhere program for Airbnb employees

[21:31] The keys to the success of the program

[26:55] How the program was validated both internally and externally

[29:03] The way the program is helping hosts attract remote workers

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## Connect with Q Hamirani

Q Hamirani is the Global Head of Live and Work Anywhere center of excellence at Airbnb. He is a business-driven people executive, advisor, investor, and executive coach with a passion for building scalable people functions to help change the world.

On LinkedIn

Airbnb Website

Map of Daphnee's live and work anywhere experience using Airbnb for 3 years. 

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What if I told you that remote doesn’t always come first?

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For the last episode of Season 5 and 2022, I'm sharing the mic with Scott Markovitz, a startup advisor and fellow podcaster with his show Leading from afar. We got to take a break from remote podcasting and we let in-person come first as we recorded this episode in real life in Berlin.

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In this episode, we’re talking about the absolute necessity of getting people together in real life, especially for fully remote companies; some ways to build relationships virtually; working from anywhere; the importance of async for the future of remote work. 

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We also got to share what we feel the year 2022 was like for remote work, and what we see happening in the upcoming year of 2023. Scott went even farther into the future and shared with us his musings on what work will look like in 2024.

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Thank you so much for listening! I wish you all a wonderful holiday season and see you next year for Season 6, starting on January 10.

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In this episode:

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[04:25] The importance of IRL meetings for building a strong remote culture

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[07:22] Ideas to foster connections and build relationships virtually

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[17:27] Going to the office versus co-working spaces and working from home

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[23:12] How and why async first is the future of remote work

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[40:06] Reflecting on 2022 and looking towards 2023, and even 2024

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About Our Guest

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Scott Markovits is the host of the Leading from afar Podcast. He was the first hire at InVision and helped build the foundations of the company. From marketing, sales, product, operations, and most things in between. He’s also mentored and consulted with over a thousand early-stage startups; including a ton of remote ones. 

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Connect with Scott Markovits

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On LinkedIn

Leading from afar Website

Leading from afar Podcast

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