--- title: Musings about leadership and management from a geeky perspective | Matthew Stibbe (2) description: Matthew is founder and CEO of Articulate Marketing. Writer, marketer, pilot, wine enthusiast and geek. Not necessarily in that order. Never at the same time. (2) image: https://geekboss.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Totoro-at-Studio-Ghibli-1.jpg --- Latest article 15 minute read ## [Remote working: lessons for managers from 20 years’ experience](https://geekboss.com/blog/remote-working-lessons-for-managers) By [Matthew Stibbe](https://geekboss.com/blog/author/matthew-stibbe) As I write this, many thousands of people have been directly affected by the COVID-19 coronavirus, including members of my family. 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