👋 Hi, I'm Maya

Builder, writer & future-of-work advocate.

I help people and teams do their best work. Founder of Remote Collective, author, keynote speaker — sharing what I learn with 80,000+ readers every week.

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About me

I believe work should work for people.

After a decade building distributed teams across three continents, I started Remote Collective to help organizations design healthier, more human ways of working. Today I write, speak and advise founders on culture, async and the future of work.

My work has reached over a million people and been featured in major publications. But what I care about most is the thousands of teams quietly working better because of something they read here.

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Initiatives

Projects & initiatives

Company

Remote Collective

A community and toolkit helping 5,000+ teams adopt async-first ways of working.

Book

The Async Advantage

Bestselling guide to distributed work.

Podcast

Work in Progress

Weekly conversations with builders.

Writing

Latest articles

Why async is a feature, not a fallback

The teams that thrive remotely don't just tolerate async — they design for it. Here's how.

The quiet cost of always-on culture

Responsiveness feels like productivity. It usually isn't. A look at what it really costs.

How to write so people actually read

Clear writing is clear thinking. Five habits that made my newsletter resonate with 80k people.

As featured in

Press & mentions

ForbesThe VergeWIREDFast CompanyTechCrunchHarvard Biz Review
"One of the clearest voices on the future of work today."
— Forbes
"Maya's writing changed how our entire company operates."
— Reader, Berlin
"Required reading for anyone leading a distributed team."
— Fast Company
Kind words

From the community

"Maya's keynote was the highlight of our conference. Practical, funny and genuinely moving."
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James TaylorConference organizer
"Her advice helped us rebuild our culture from the ground up. We're a different company now."
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Rita NovakCEO, Finbank
"I've read every issue for three years. It's the only newsletter I never archive unread."
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