Running a Remote Distributed Company Powered by WordPress

In this lightning talk, Gan will share how Automattic – the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce and more – runs its internal company operations with WordPress, how it fosters a unique company culture, and the benefits and impact of doing so.

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1. Gan Eng Chin Senior Software Engineer
2. “What is WordPress?” 2
3. 3 - Blog - Company website, marketing, etc. - E-commerce online store - Bookings - Learning management system All these are public, external facing websites. How do people use WordPress?
4. How about internal facing website? 4 aka. Intranet.
5. You can build an intranet with WordPress. 5
6. Running a remote distributed company powered by WordPress Gan Eng Chin Senior Software Engineer
7. About Automattic - Fully remote distributed company. - About 2000 Automatticians work from around the world. - Our intranet: more than 1000 WordPress P2-themed sites running on WordPress.com. 7
8. How? 8
9. Automattic’s Intranet 9 - More than 1000 WordPress P2-themed sites running on WordPress.com. - WordPress.com is the world’s largest WordPress multisite network.
10. 10 https://wordpress.com/p2/
11. 11 https://automatticp2demo.wordpress.com/
12. 12 https://automatticp2demo.wordpress.com/
13. 13 https://p2guides.wordpress.com/how-organizations-use-p2/how-news-uk-built-its-intranet-with-p2/
14. 14 How we use P2 - Company news and announcement. - HR. - Legal. - Finance. - Employee handbook. - Leave application.
15. 15 How we use P2 - Partnerships. - Security incident. - Team website. - Project management. - Knowledge sharing. - Hobby and special interest group. - And many more!
16. Why? aka. The Benefits. 16
17. People 17 - Open, honest, transparent communication. - Trust. - Culture.
18. 18 Source: https://automattic.com/creed/
19. 19 Most Loved Workplace Source: https://www.newsweek.com/rankings/global-most-loved-workplaces-2023 Automattic is ranked at #20 in the Global Most Loved Workplace list.
20. 20 Source: https://mostlovedworkplace.com/companies/automattic-inc/
21. 21 Source: https://mostlovedworkplace.com/companies/automattic-inc/
22. Business 22 - All important communications happen in P2. - No emails, no WhatsApp messages, i.e. no information silo! - Information silo can be costly!
23. Business 23 - Every decisions are documented and traceable. - Make better-informed future decisions based on past decisions.
24. 24 https://wordpress.com/100
25. Who? aka. Can I use this? 25
26. Can I use this? 26 - Democratize intranet! - Small business. - Large business. - Developer agency.
27. This is not a sales pitch. 27
28. WordPress for your own company and culture 28 - This is not a P2 sales pitch. - This is meant to be an inspiration or an idea pitch. - You can customize WordPress and make it work best for your own company and culture.
29. Thank you. Gan Eng Chin Senior Software Engineer gan.eng.chin@automattic.com LinkedIn / GitHub / Twitter: @ecgan