Olivia Nottebohm on remote work
From Future of Work with Dropbox COO Olivia Nottebohm (CXOTalk #671) · · CXOTalk
“One of the ones that I care passionately about is diversity. I think, and the leadership at Dropbox believes, that the more distributed remote work that we have, the more opportunity we have to hire and engage candidates that otherwise might not want to move into the hub of the Bay Area or the hub of New York or some of these places that come with high living expenses, complexity in terms of work/life balance, long commute times, all of these things.”
On , Olivia Nottebohm, Chief Operating Officer at BOX INC, spoke about remote work during Future of Work with Dropbox COO Olivia Nottebohm (CXOTalk #671) on CXOTalk.
About Olivia Nottebohm
Olivia Nottebohm, Chief Operating Officer at Box, stated in a November 2024 video that AI is evolving faster than any other technology she has seen, with progress measured in weeks rather than months or years. She emphasized that teams designing AI-powered offerings should focus on solving customer problems and ensuring solutions are future-proof. In a September 2021 interview while serving as COO of Dropbox, Nottebohm discussed the future of work, describing the company as a "Switzerland platform" that integrates with tools like Zoom and Slack. She noted that remote work led to a 20x increase in Zoom integrations on Dropbox and argued that distributed work offers opportunities to hire more diverse candidates. Nottebohm also stressed the importance of overcommunication in remote environments, setting goals for accountability, and being kind to oneself during periods of change.