Managing Remote Employees: Best Practices from Doist’s Head of Marketing

Hint: If you’re asking how to monitor your remote employees, you’re starting with the wrong question.

Remote Work While Traveling Abroad: Candid Advice From People Who’ve Done It

Tips, resources, and a Todoist checklist for being successful as a “digital nomad”

13 Home Office Upgrades You Need If You Work Remotely

These upgrades pay for themselves in health, happiness, and productivity.

How to Build Trust in the Remote “Workplace”

The future of work is trust, not tracking

What Great Teams Do Differently (Hint: It’s Not More Meetings)

Rethink meetings and build a healthier team culture. Learn async rituals, trust-based systems, and practical tools for sustainable team productivity.

How to Make Tax Season Less Terrible

Keep track of income, deductions, and deadlines with Todoist—and avoid being unpleasantly surprised at tax time

How to Ask to Work From Home (With Exact Scripts & Email Templates to Aid Your Negotiation)

Follow these 9 steps to secure a remote work arrangement even in the most skeptical of organizations

How to Know If Your Remote Employees Are Really Working

If you can't see them in the office every day, are they really doing their jobs?

The 9 Best Locations for Digital Nomads

Trade in your routine for the digital nomad lifestyle in one of these beautiful cities

The Remote Working Parent’s Survival Guide

Lessons in work-life balance for remote working parents *and* their companies.

Team Rituals: The Small Habits That Build Big Culture

Learn the science behind team rituals and create meaningful ones that make employees feel engaged, valued, and connected.

The 13 Most Impactful Things Teams Can Do To Stay Productive While Working From Home

Essential advice for both team leaders and individuals adapting to a new WFH reality

How to Make Virtual Networking Less Cringey (With Real-Life Examples to Help)

Connect with industry peers, potential clients, and future employers without feeling super awkward

How to Become a Market Leader in 10 Years

Lessons learned building a sustainable company in a competitive market with millions of users and zero investors.

The 8 Biggest Mistakes to Avoid When Applying For a Remote Job

Advice on landing remote roles from hiring experts at Doist, Buffer, InVision, Timely, and Toggl.

Building a Company Handbook

4 Ways to Leave Work On Time Without Feeling Guilty

Working long hours is bad for your health and bad for your work. Here's how to break the habit...

So You’ve Been Told to Work From Home. Now What?

Advice for individuals, managers, and teams on how to navigate remote work

This Is How We Manage Projects on a Fully Remote Team

Lessons learned managing cross-functional projects on a team of 60 people spread across 23 countries

10 Tips for Extroverts Working Remotely

Working from home makes socializing a challenge, but there are many small ways to connect

What Most Remote Companies Don’t Tell You About Remote Work

Isolation, anxiety, and depression in the remote workplace and what we’re doing about it

The Remote Worker’s Guide to Becoming a Better Writer

On a remote team, everyone is a writer. Here's how to do it well...

What To Do When Remote Projects Go Awry

Course correct remote projects when communication and collaboration go wrong...

Five Powerful Techniques and Tools to Achieve Work-Life Balance

With a little planning, it is possible to have it all.

5 Habits for Crafting the Perfect Remote Work Day

The reality of working from home is rarely as rosy as it seems

6 People Who Prove You Don’t Have to Sacrifice Your Career to Work Remotely

Grow your career and embrace the flexibility of remote work too

How Doist Makes Remote Work Happen

68 people in 25 countries building products used by millions. We believe that one day soon this way of working will be the norm.

The Remote Worker’s Guide to “Managing Up”

Actionable steps for making sure "out of sight" doesn't mean "out of mind"

The Unexpected Freedom of an Eight-Hour Workday

Is a flexible work schedule really better?

The Pyramid of Remote Team Communication Tools

How to stay in sync across 26 countries and 15 time zones

Ask Doist: My Teammates Assume I’ll Be Immediately Available to Help Them 😫

A manager and his team navigate the rocky transition to remote work

No Kings: How Do You Make Good Decisions Efficiently in a Flat Organization?

Practical thoughts from a back-end team lead

It’s Time to Re-Examine the Office-Serendipity Theory of Innovation

One of the biggest concerns about remote work is that there's no more chance encounters. But is that really what drives innovation?

Makers vs Managers: The Battle Over Remote Work

Managers want to go back to the office. Employees aren’t so sure.

How to Build Human Connections in an Async Workplace

Team culture is primarily built by how you work together, not how you socialize together.

How to Onboard Remote Team Members

Set up new employees for success with remote onboarding

How to Keep Your Employees Happy Post-Pandemic

Which workplace perks do employees really care about?