WEBVTT 00:00:01.600 --> 00:00:05.840 I love helping people, and I love to teach them  how to become better designers. 00:00:05.840 --> 00:00:08.840 And when you're a regular teacher in like a university, 00:00:08.840 --> 00:00:12.880 then your audience is quite small and you only help so many people. 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:16.480 Whereas with the IxDF, you have such a broad audience – like worldwide! 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:19.280 So, you have the potential to really help a *lot* of people. 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:22.160 - For me, it's a very fulfilling job because 00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:27.440 it has a mission and it's very focused on reducing the cost of design education. 00:00:27.440 --> 00:00:29.880 - Design education is becoming more and more important, 00:00:29.880 --> 00:00:35.240 and it's just really meaningful to be able to create educational materials that people from all over the world can use 00:00:35.240 --> 00:00:39.200 and you can work with the best to create the best materials, 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:41.360 and everybody can afford it, 00:00:41.360 --> 00:00:44.320 no matter where you're situated or what your finances are like. 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:47.040 - I'm very happy to have 00:00:47.040 --> 00:00:51.840 full control over my working flow and my working time. 00:00:52.280 --> 00:00:57.160 - So, the reason we hire remotely is that we're enormously focused on finding that individual; 00:00:57.160 --> 00:01:01.360 that *talented individual with a passion* for what he or she is doing. 00:01:01.760 --> 00:01:03.480 We want to hire the best talent. 00:01:03.480 --> 00:01:05.360 And sometimes that's in Denmark. 00:01:05.360 --> 00:01:06.880 Sometimes that's in Belarus. 00:01:06.880 --> 00:01:08.160 Sometimes that's in the US. 00:01:08.720 --> 00:01:11.960 The side effect of that is that we don't have to do big investments 00:01:11.960 --> 00:01:14.280 in offices and cleaning 00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:16.560 and other expenses that normal companies have. 00:01:16.560 --> 00:01:20.000 And we can pass on those savings to our members. 00:01:20.160 --> 00:01:24.120 - It also means that we can get stuff done and execute in a very efficient manner 00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:30.240 because you haven't got as many distractions, meetings, office egos all interrupting your workflow. 00:01:31.400 --> 00:01:33.720 - All right, so I'm at the airport right now. 00:01:33.720 --> 00:01:34.920 - Waiting to board a plane. 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:42.080 - We have these team trips once a year, and  it's really good to get to know each other and   00:01:42.080 --> 00:01:44.240 to build a sense of being a real team. 00:01:44.240 --> 00:01:48.000 It makes it a lot easier to work remotely if you get together from time to time 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:49.960 and actually have *fun* together! 00:01:49.960 --> 00:01:53.280 - We don't have a physical office; we only see each other on-screen. 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:55.960 So, it's a chance for us to really meet each other face to face. 00:01:55.960 --> 00:01:56.840 - We get to know each other. 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:01.880 Another purpose is that we get to work really concretely on: "What are we going to do in the next year? 00:02:01.880 --> 00:02:03.760 What are we going to do in the future?" 00:02:03.760 --> 00:02:05.360 - Everyone is very friendly, 00:02:05.360 --> 00:02:08.440 and work really, really hard to achieve the best we can. 00:02:09.040 --> 00:02:14.280 - We always look at profits or revenue or numbers as a side effect of *quality*, 00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:18.200 as a side effect of *love*, as a side effect of that *perfectionism* 00:02:18.200 --> 00:02:20.680 we put into our work *every single day*. 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:24.440 - So, we're never satisfied with what we're doing right now. We *always* want to improve. 00:02:24.440 --> 00:02:26.440 And I think that's one of our core values.