Podcast: Rewired, Not Retired – How Glen Hicks Shifted His Work-Life Balance To Being A Digital Independent
Dave Veale and Greg Hemmings chat with ‘digital independent’ Glen Hicks on the Boiling Point podcast.
Dave Veale and Greg Hemmings chat with ‘digital independent’ Glen Hicks on the Boiling Point podcast.
A self-described “Work From Anywhere Evangelist” has great insights into what makes the region special.
Glen Hicks is part of a growing number of “Digital Independents” who work from anywhere and at any time of the day or week.
The community and business partners behind a program that’s looking to bring remote workers to Saint John have received more than 80 applications so far.
The “work from anywhere” trend will produce changes in how many of us work, making “digital nomads” of people once bound by 9-5 days in office buildings.
The partnership with funding from the provincial government offers workers with remote jobs to experience living in Saint John with the hopes of convincing them to stay in the area.
Physical distancing has accelerated a movement that has been emerging for a few years now, and that is “work from anywhere,” says USTATION founder and CEO Glen Hicks.
Covid-19 has caused many businesses to shift where and how they work. A University of New Brunswick Saint John MBA student is trying to help a local company figure out how to do that better.
Saint John-based ConnexionWorks and USTATION may be the “workplaces” of the future as the economy recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic.
The UPOD, a little bigger than a phone booth, is a mini work station convenient for mobile professionals who need to get work done while on the move.