No Office

No Office

A podcast by Nozbe about running 100% remote company and building a product. Hosted by Michael Sliwinski (CEO) and Rafal Sobolewski (Chief Product Officer).

Episodes

November 22, 2024 49 mins

Struggling with email overload, chaotic meetings, and constant interruptions? In this episode, we tackle the pain points of team communication and show how Nozbe can revolutionize your workflow.

✔️ Why Nozbe is the ultimate solution for eliminating chaos & boosting efficiency
✔️ Addressing the boss' concerns like cost, security, and the fear of change.
✔️ Real strategies to implement Nozbe and get your team on boa...

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What is the price of productivity? How do you save money thanks to good organization and effective communication in a team? Check out how the founder and CEO of Nozbe calculates the costs associated with delays, lost information, misunderstandings in the team. 

🎙 Topics

00:00 - 🎶 INTRO
02:14 - Is time the money?
04:25 - How much time and money can you save with a project management app
08:05 - Sponsor presentation...

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See how all communication in a company can be organized into tasks and what you gain from it. How preparing and delegating tasks and running discussions in the context of specific topics calms the information flow in the company, reduces chaos and boosts efficiency.


⭐️ Key things you will learn from this episode:

01:14 - Intro
02:43 - What is Task-Based Communication?
06:25 - 5 Steps to Effective Delegation Using T...

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October 7, 2024 47 mins

How to build and stick to habits, even with a busy schedule. And why habits are so important for introducing changes and achieving goals at work and in your private life. We will also give you lots of practical productivity habits you could try out.

⭐️ Key things you will learn from this episode:

00:00 - Intro
01:30 - Why habits are so important
09:27 - How to Build and Stick to Habits, Even with a Busy Schedule
13:...

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The essence of productivity is simplifying and optimizing all activities. In this episode, we'll talk about how tags can help you complete similar tasks even faster and more efficiently, even if they come from different projects.


⭐️ Key things you will learn from this episode:

- What are contexts in GTD® methodology by Davd Allen
- Examples of contexts
- How contexts can be applied in Nozbe as tags
- Examples of...

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In this episode we will tell you a couple of not-obvious things about email. See how to organize your inbox and email communication and how to deal with incoming messages to be more effective, productive and safe.

⭐️ Key things you will learn from this episode:

- why using email in a team is counterproductive
- how to send emails to Nozbe
- which emails you should email to Nozbe
- to which emails you should reply ri...

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See how the new Nozbe feature, Messages, lets you manage all your team communication in one tool. No more switching between apps and paying multiple subscriptions.

⭐️ Here are the main topics of this podcast episode:

- How Messages works in Nozbe
- When this feature is useful
- How to use Messages effectively
- How to create tasks from Messages
- How Michael tested messages

- Who can use Messages

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September 21, 2023 43 mins

You've got to listined to this episode if you've ever been caught up in great stories about startups and entrepreneurs who raised venture capital got lavish in luxury!
Michael Sliwinski the CEO of Nozbe talks to Rand Fishkin, the cofounder and CEO of SparkToro and MOZ (2001-2018) and author of Lost and Founder.

⭐️ Key things you will learn from this episode:

- Why Venture is wrong to almost everyone but it is marketed to ...

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June 21, 2023 52 mins

  • (00:00) - 🎶 INTRO
  • (00:49) - 👯‍♂️ Online friendship
  • (07:11) - 🥽 Vision Pro
  • (27:17) - 💜 Nozbe
  • (29:54) - 🤯 Is Vision Pro a revolution?

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April 2, 2023 27 mins

Tadam! Michael and Rafal are back. In this episode, our hosts talk about interviewing customers, which every company or product owner should do to grow their business.

⭐️ Key things you will learn from this episode:

- Why you should talk to your customers
- How to conduct the interviews with people who use your products or services
- What information you want to get from these online meetings with your customers
- ...

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November 24, 2022 32 mins

Here is a reunion of David Allen, author of the GTD methodology and Michael who created the first GTD-based productivity app. They talk about the post-pandemic reality in organizations and try to figure out the best way to introduce holocracy and GTD in a team.  

  • (00:00) - 🎶 INTRO
  • (00:33) - Guest Introduction
  • (02:48) - GTD after pandemic
  • (05:45) - Weekly Review
  • (12:47) - Holocracy and GTD
  • (26:52) - David's work today
  • (...
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June 17, 2022 52 mins

Why bother with the time and expense of live conferences while there are so many great ways to improve your skills these days? Rafal will tell you about it based on his latest experience of the Product Camp conference.

🍏 Our host will also tell you about their WWDC 2022 delights: Stage Manager, External Monitor support for iPad, Shared Photo Library, New Home app, Custom Lock Screen and more.

⭐️ Key things you will learn f...

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May 24, 2022 43 mins

Moving from your office to another place where you can do your job or associating a given place with a particular type of work can help you beat procrastination and help you find focus. Listen how!

⭐️ Key things you will learn from this episode:

  • 📆 Changes to our podcast recording frequency
  • 🏡 Does NoOffice approach means only working from home?
  • 👋 How to beat the weekly review-related procrastination
  • 👉 Ideas and tips for ...
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April 22, 2022 41 mins

See how to organize your work, to direct your endeavours and boost your productivity thanks to regular weekly reviews.
The purpose of the review isn’t to try and fit more into your schedule. It’s about figuring out what is and isn’t working for you and how you can work better!

⭐️ Key things you will learn from this episode:

  • What are the benefits of doing regular weekly reviews
  • What issues people usually have with weekl...
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April 8, 2022 54 mins

When your brain isn't busy remembering everything, it works better, your creativity skyrockets and your stress level goes down. Writing things down is the first and most important tip you should try to implement in your team to boost your productivity. See why.

⭐️ Key things you will learn from this episode:

  • ✍️ What are the benefits of writing stuff down
  • 💻 What tools you can use to have everything written up
  • 💰 How you ca...
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March 25, 2022 53 mins

Future is hybrid. Now it is for sure.  Office used to be a tool for the company management while it should be a tool for employees to get their work done in the most efficient way. Hybrid work is all about it. We share our ideas and the best tips to arrange the hybrid work in your company.

💪🏼 What companies should do to make hybrid work… work:

  • Allow employees to choose when they work from home and when they come to the...
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March 7, 2022 55 mins

After a serious introduction involving the war, Ukraine being invaded by Russia and the disinformation we must fight, Michael and Rafal tell you everything about the 4-day workweek in the Nozbe company and our Mighty Fridays.

⭐️  Key things you will learn from this episode:

  • 🇺🇦 Why many Russians believe Russia is right now saving Ukraine
  • 🫂 How the Nozbe company is trying to support Ukraine
  • 💪 How remote work lets push pr...
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Rafał invited Radek (CTO) to talk about his work and how our team implements Kaizen improvements to maintain ability to ship updates to users every week.

⭐️  Key things you will learn from this episode:

  • Why Radek's work is focused on performance?
  • How lean manufacturing can be implemented in software development?
  • How spending less time on building features allows us to ship more features?
  • What is Horizon Expanding Month?
  • What...
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February 11, 2022 49 mins

We discussed 15 years of running #NoOffice company and our plans for 2022.

⭐️ Key things you will learn from this episode:

  • What we learned after 15 years of running #NoOffice company
  • Backstage of launching new Nozbe
  • Why Rafal is selling his car
  • Michael's plans for 2022

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January 28, 2022 46 mins

We discuss today how iPad mini helps Rafal to have more productive Fridays.

⭐️ Key things you will learn from this episode:

  • Why Rafal and Michael have been really tired lately
  • Why remote meetings don't work and how to change it
  • How to design your office to make it foolproof
  • New iPad Mini review by Rafal 

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