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Hi!
I am Daphnée Laforest, founder of Modern Leaders, a consulting company on a mission to help executives, people ops, and team leaders drive a company-wide shift toward remote-first ways of working.
Within 10 years of experience in fully distributed companies, I played key roles in establishing scalable asynchronous workflows, facilitating business decisions remotely and building internal products dedicated to digital-first teams.
As an early advocate of remote work, I previously led in 2016, the first online conference about remote as a business strategy, with over 1500 live attendees.
I am also the host of the Remote First Podcast where every other Tuesday, I chat with leaders from large or innovative companies (ie: Spotify, Dropbox, Atlassian, Gitlab) about their experience at scaling a digital-first workplace experience.