GitLab's Head of Remote, Darren Murph, on how to create corporate culture when no one works from the office

<p>My guest&nbsp;today&nbsp;is Darren Murph who is GitLab’s Head of Remote. If you have never heard of GitLab, it's the world’s largest all-remote company, with over 1,300 team members in 67+ countries with no company-owned offices. Darren has spent his career leading remote teams and charting remote transformations and authored GitLab’s Remote Playbook. Darren also holds a Guinness World Record as the planet's most prolific professional blogger, having published 10 million words.</p><p><br></p><p>In this chat, we cover:</p><ul><li>How crisis-induced remote work is different from true remote work</li><li>Darren’s favourite tips from Gitlab’s Remote Working handbook</li><li>Why companies need to change their default to asynchronous communication</li><li>How to create a corporate culture in a remote working environment</li><li>The importance that values play in company culture</li><li>How to recruit for people who are suited to remote work</li><li>The key software that you need to make remote work, work</li><li>How to design for serendipitous moments when everyone works remote</li><li>How to replace water cooler conversations in the remote environment</li><li>How to have effective meetings - and more importantly - deciding when NOT to meet</li><li>Darren’s one page operating manual</li><li>Darren’s favourite gadgets</li><li>Companies that he looks to for remote working inspiration.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Connect with Darren on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrenmurph/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Linkedin</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/darrenmurph" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. Check out Darren’s&nbsp;<a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/readmes/dmurph/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">personal operating manual</a>, GitLab’s&nbsp;<a href="https://learn.gitlab.com/all-remote/remote-playbook?source=in-app-message" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">remote playbook</a>, and Darren’s book&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazo