AI-Driven Remote Work Performance Optimization

AI didn't take my job... It helped me get promoted. It also came up with that hook. 🤖 Now that I know you are invested in learning about AI, I want to show you some tools I am using to maximize my efficiency in my new fractional remote role. Like most people, I used to juggle countless apps, lists, and notes, only to end my day feeling overwhelmed and underproductive. But integrating AI into my workflow has completely changed the game. Here's the 3 tools that I currently use the most: Notion.so : Organize & Streamline Notion: Effortlessly structures my ideas, projects, and plans in one cohesive space. UseMotion.com : Prioritize & Schedule Motion: Transforms chaotic task lists into clear, prioritized schedules, reducing stress and boosting productivity. The automatic scheduling and rescheduling of tasks, directly into my Google Calendar has been incredibly powerful. Here in the next couple weeks I plan on integrating several more members of my Heron Labs team into the app as well so that all of our projects and tasks are immediately visible to eachother. No more back and forth emails trying to schedule a call. (A note here, Google Calendar recently rolled out a new native feature for scheduling calls based on your calendar that works really well too) ChatGPT.com : Create & Inspire ChatGPT: Fuels my creativity, quickly turning rough ideas into polished content and captivating visuals. By delegating routine decisions and overcoming creative roadblocks with AI, I've been able to assume more professional responsibilities without sacrificing personal family time or neglecting my farm/homestead chores. Time is my most valuable resource. AI tools help me me spend it wisely. How are you leveraging AI to optimize your time?

The biggest productivity killer of remote teams? It's not bad WiFi. It's manual work slowing everything down. Without automation, remote teams struggle with: ❌ Late updates that cause miscommunication ❌ Missed deadlines that stall projects ❌ Endless admin work that eats up time The fix? Automation tools that do the work for you. These AI-powered tools handle project management, communication, HR, and security. Here’s how to automate and streamline your remote team using them: 📌 Project Management & Task Automation Asana Auto-assigns tasks, tracks progress, and sends deadline alerts Trello Moves tasks, schedules reminders, and automates workflows 📌 Communication & Collaboration Slack  Automates updates, notifications, and scheduled messages Microsoft Teams  Uses Power Automate for approvals and meeting scheduling 📌 Time Tracking & Productivity Hubstaff Auto-tracks time generates reports, and runs payroll timegram AI-powered time tracking with automated invoicing 📌 HR & Administrative Tasks Employment Hero Automates onboarding, leave requests, and performance reviews BambooHR Manages HR workflows, time-off approvals, and detailed reporting 📌 Security & Access Management Okta Automates logins, access control, and compliance LastPass Secure password sharing with automated updates The best teams don’t waste time on things that can be automated. They focus on growth and results. Follow Tersh Blissett for more automation insights.

AI will retire the micromanager. Micromanagement has long been a source of frustration in the workplace. AI is poised to render it obsolete. The disconnect: micromanagers believe they’re leading from the front, but in reality, they’re slowing everyone else down. AI offers a solution by automating oversight and empowering teams to work more effectively without constant interference. Here’s how AI is already dismantling micromanagement: 1. Automating Routine Oversight: ↳ AI tools like task managers and project management platforms (e.g., Trello, Asana, and Monday.com) automate scheduling, task delegation, and progress tracking.  ↳ These systems eliminate the need for managers to hover over employees. ↳ 30% increase in efficiency has been reported in workplaces that implement AI-driven task automation. ↳ Tools like Zapier and Motion dynamically adjust workflows in real time, redistributing tasks based on team capacity without requiring human intervention. 2. Data-Driven Trust: ↳ Micromanagement often stems from a lack of trust. ↳ AI removes this barrier by providing transparent, real-time data on team performance. ↳ Monitoring software aggregates insights at the organizational level rather than focusing on individual minutiae. ↳ Over 70% of employees report that AI-driven feedback feels more objective and trustworthy compared to human managers. ↳ Nearly 80% of workers prefer AI-generated performance reviews over traditional ones because of their impartiality. 3. Empowering Employee Autonomy: ↳ AI fosters autonomy by automating repetitive tasks and enabling employees to focus on high-value work. ↳ This shift boosts morale and productivity. ↳ Companies using AI to enhance autonomy report a 32% increase in employee engagement. ↳ Employees save significant time—up to 40%—on mundane tasks, allowing them to focus on creativity and strategy. 4. Reducing Turnover Costs: ↳ Micromanagement is costly: it leads to high turnover rates and disengaged employees. ↳ Studies show that workplaces with AI-integrated management systems experience a 50% reduction in turnover rates. ↳ Increased job satisfaction for 71% of employees, as AI eliminates unnecessary oversight and fosters a culture of trust. While AI is dismantling micromanagement, it raises a provocative thought: will mid-level managers become redundant? With AI handling task delegation, performance tracking, and even decision-making, some argue that the role of middle management will shrink dramatically. This shift frees organisations from inefficient hierarchies but also spark debates about job displacement in managerial roles. . The future of leadership lies not in control but in enabling teams to thrive independently—and AI is leading the charge. ♻️Repost to your network to learn these lessons. ➕ Follow me (Dr. Martha Boeckenfeld) for more to Unlock Your Future. Brilliant Visuals: Roberto Ferraro

A little while back, Bradford Church & I pivoted Village. We started on one problem, but kept experiencing a bigger problem; how you make remote & hybrid work, actually work. Here’s how we’re solving it👇 Quick context: we came from Uber, and originally started Village to build tech that creates way better relationships between marketplace platforms and the workers and suppliers that power them. But a few big things changed along the way. Our team was fully remote. That meant we were able to hire incredible people, but the day-to-day of remote sucked. You often hear high performing companies — Uber, OpenAI, Apple — referred to as cults. These companies make talented people irrationally motivated to hit insane goals. Remote kills that. The high trust and vulnerability needed is hurt by fewer close relationships. You need speed and direct communication, but ~50% of employee time in remote gets spent on informational updates and transactional video calls. Finally, ownership erodes. It’s not because people can hide. It’s because you don’t bond as a group and create a shared sense of ownership of something bigger than each other. So what’s the solution? We call it Atlas. It’s already made our team 10x more connected and productive working remotely. How does it work? It 1-click connects to all the tools your team uses everyday - Workspace, Jira, Notion, Slack, Teams, Asana etc - and uses an LLM and rules-based automations to synthesize all their content and data to create highly actionable summaries, insights, and levers to drive performance and productivity. Atlas lets leaders see around corners and have a direct line of sight into performance. It turns managers into supermanagers. It makes employees far more productive. It makes orgs way more connected. You can do some pretty magical things with Atlas: get perfect visibility into what your team or an org is working on, and how that relates to broader goals. Totally eliminate the 50% time spent on busy work and admin. Get way more real-time coaching and feedback on how you’re doing individually, or how your team or org is doing as a whole. Way better understand who someone is personally, and what they are working towards. I’ve heard Atlas described as ‘the iPhone health app for your business’ or a ‘Chief of Staff for everyone in the org’. Whatever the analogy is, our goal is to make managers and employees 10x more effective. We couldn’t be more pumped to start talking publicly about Atlas and sharing it. We’ll be rolling it out over the next few months - if you want to experience it for yourself, reach out - we’re giving it away free for the first 30 teams we onboard. 

AI products are easy to demo, but much harder to turn into real business impact at scale. That’s why I’m excited to see the latest research in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (QJE) showcasing the tangible results AI is delivering in the real world. This study, originally conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), provides some of the strongest evidence yet on how AI-driven guidance can significantly improve business performance and ROI. At Cresta, we’ve seen this firsthand. This same research was featured in Harvard Business Review, where we partnered with a customer to study the impact that AI-powered real-time coaching had on their customer experience operations. What were the findings? A 13.8% increase in productivity, with the biggest gains seen by the least experienced agents—closing the performance gap by 60%. As AI continues to reshape how businesses operate, these findings reinforce a crucial point: AI can unlock new levels of efficiency and expertise across teams, and empower agents to perform at their best. If you’re curious to dive into the research, you can explore the QJE version here: https://lnkd.in/g-NSRssY Or read the licensed HBR version here: https://lnkd.in/gbjSt5NY Would love to hear your thoughts — how is AI driving measurable impact in your organization?