Remote First Company Culture | Marleen Kappert & Sebastiaan Bekker | Beyond Coding Podcast #125

Connect with Marleen Kappert: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/marleenkappert⁠ Connect with Sebastiaan Bekker: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastiaanbekker⁠ OUTLINE 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:28 - Work and holidays 00:03:03 - Hotel and restaurant industry 00:04:54 - Differences in tech organisations 00:06:15 - Early in career program at Xebia 00:09:56 - Hiring globally 00:11:33 - Everyone is working from anywhere 00:12:55 - Keeping the culture 00:14:38 - Culture is ever-evolving 00:16:26 - Behaviour and values 00:18:22 - Workshops on virtues 00:20:13 - Understanding the business as a developer 00:21:57 - Remote working challenges from the development side 00:23:35 - Being deliberate when you work remote 00:25:05 - Marleen set up the people experience team 00:27:26 - Openly discussing challenges 00:29:48 - The way of working within a team 00:31:51 - Wherever people work, mistakes happen 00:34:45 - Having a clear purpose 00:37:12 - The challenge to align everyone 00:39:54 - Remote town halls are challenging 00:41:56 - Processes that change when companies grow 00:44:43 - Being flexible in the way you communicate 00:47:02 - Patrick's memory of working in diverse teams 00:47:51 - How Marleen and Sebastiaan started working together 00:49:31 - Talking about systems 00:50:23 - Not taking things personally 00:53:26 - High quality interactions within a team 00:55:37 - Rounding off #Software #Technology #podcast - Connect with Patrick Akil: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-akil https://twitter.com/PatrickAkil_ Feedback is always welcome :) Beyond Coding is a weekly podcast with fireside chats on tech, entrepreneurship and career journeys. Common topics are: software engineering, leadership, self-improvement and entrepreneurship. Authentic, informative and inspiring. That's the aim for each episode. Shoutout to Xebia for making these episodes possible 💜: https://www.xebia.com Beyond Coding on your favourite podcast platforms 🎙: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7asIKIPU3N6n0SNWHxwMnQ Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-coding/id1572440477 Google Podcasts - https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81YmI1N2VhYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Audible - https://www.audible.com/pd/Podcast/B08K56MZBQ Anchor- https://anchor.fm/beyond-coding Castbox - https://castbox.fm/channel/id4169675 Breaker - https://www.breaker.audio/beyond-coding Pocket Casts - https://pca.st/gljc9jhh Radio Public - https://radiopublic.com/beyond-coding-G3YVLg Equipment we use 💕 Rodecaster Pro - https://www.amazon.com/-/en/dp/B07M5LQ1YZ/ref=sr_1_1 Rode Procaster - https://www.amazon.com/Rode-Procaster-Broadcast-Dynamic-Microphone/dp/B001IPUJJI/ Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro - https://www.amazon.com/Beyerdynamic-Professional-Headphones-Limited-Renewed/dp/B07KWY57MR/