A not-for-profit initiative for better distributed work
Founded in 2022, the Institute gives organisations high-quality knowledge and support for building remote-first workplaces.
Our goals
Make the case for remote-first work
Offer evidence and practical alternatives when organisations reconsider flexible work.
Create global standards
Define what good remote-first processes look like.
Provide open access to training
Make learning available to people and organisations with fewer resources.
Produce local research
Publish specialised reports and analyses for the places and sectors that need them.
Founding member
Mine Dedekoca
Mine is the founder of Happy Work Studio, an Istanbul-based workplace wellbeing, culture and Future of Work consultancy, and has worked with organisations across Türkiye, Europe and the MENA region.
Our web address has changed
The Institute’s home is now remotefirst.institute. Our former address, remote-first.institute, is no longer operated by us, and the content published there does not come from the Institute.