From Helsinki, Finland…
A tech tip about moving to a technology stipend for allowing your employees to choose and maintain their own hardware so you don’t have to deal with it, and using a service like Hello Retriever if you still want to be able to reclaim computers and monitors from your former employees.
Some concise advice about the remote work trend – where it’s headed, whether it makes sense for your business post-COVID.
I have a lot more ideas about marketing, management, finance, and technology in your practice that I send out in my Friday File email each week. Get it here.
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