Remote First Company Culture with Marleen Kappert & Sebastiaan Bekker

Connect with Marleen Kappert: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marleenkappert Connect with Sebastiaan Bekker: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastiaanbekker Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/CwiDLWboAvs New episodes every Wednesday with our host ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!   Big shoutout to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE00:00:00 - Intro00:00:28 - Work and holidays00:03:03 - Hotel and restaurant industry00:04:54 - Differences in tech organisations00:06:15 - Early in career program at Xebia00:09:56 - Hiring globally00:11:33 - Everyone is working from anywhere00:12:55 - Keeping the culture00:14:38 - Culture is ever-evolving00:16:26 - Behaviour and values00:18:22 - Workshops on virtues00:20:13 - Understanding the business as a developer00:21:57 - Remote working challenges from the development side00:23:35 - Being deliberate when you work remote00:25:05 - Marleen set up the people experience team00:27:26 - Openly discussing challenges00:29:48 - The way of working within a team00:31:51 - Wherever people work, mistakes happen00:34:45 - Having a clear purpose00:37:12 - The challenge to align everyone00:39:54 - Remote town halls are challenging00:41:56 - Processes that change when companies grow00:44:43 - Being flexible in the way you communicate00:47:02 - Patrick's memory of working in diverse teams00:47:51 - How Marleen and Sebastiaan started working together00:49:31 - Talking about systems00:50:23 - Not taking things personally00:53:26 - High quality interactions within a team00:55:37 - Rounding off