The true story of how Tim Sands built a global B2B tech agency without a physical footprint – on the Splendid Group podcast.

Plugged In, Switched On.

What happens when you want to work for the world’s biggest brands but don’t (or can’t) want to go into an office every day? If you’re Tim Sands, you build your own agency (minus the office) and invite your favourite colleagues to join you.

Welcome to a ‘Behind The Curtain’ special edition of “Plugged In, Switched On’ podcast from Splendid Group where we talk with founder Tim Sands and Business Director for APJ Tina Semple about the pros and cons of a 100% remote agency model.

A ‘Behind The Curtain’ special edition of ‘Plugged In Switched On’ lets us take a closer look at how leaders and innovators are creating businesses, inspiring teams, changing models and re-thinking the way agencies work. We get technical, we get personal, we get philosophical. Here’s a little of what we covered when we went behind the curtain of a 100% remote agency:

• What happens when you build a team on trust?
• Why do remote teams struggle when meeting IRL?
• Is the low-cost offshore talent model still relevant?
• How do clients feel when they can’t ’visit’ their agency?

Barrie Seppings is the Executive Creative Director of The Splendid Group and the host of Plugged In Switched On. Connect with Barrie on LinkedIn.

Tim Sands is the Founder and MD of Splendid Group. Connect with Tim on LinkedIn.

Tina Semple is the Business Director for APJ, Splendid Group. Connect with Tina on LinkedIn.

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Chapters

1. The true story of how Tim Sands built a global B2B tech agency without a physical footprint – on the Splendid Group podcast. (00:00:00)

2. Why did Tim want to start his own agency and why did he want it to be 100% remote? (00:02:10)

3. Did Tina feel that pressure, particularly as a woman, as a working mum, in that agency life? That it wasn't going to fit together and the agency wasn't interested in making it fit for her? (00:08:39)

4. What does Tim do to measure productivity, that work is getting done? (00:11:19)

5. What are the warning signs when someone is starting to get a bit disengaged or that remote method is not working for them? (00:12:43)

6. Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. Is there other agencies going hybrid or other agencies going fully remote in the way that Splenid have been able to do? (00:22:00)