W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 13 M A R C H 7 , 2 0 2 2
WO R K P L A C E T R A N S F O R M AT I O N
and, in Portland, the Cloudport cowork-
ing hub and Roux Institute. One day,
she worked from the Shawnee Peak ski
area for a few hours before going to visit
her parents.
"We have a hilarious group text
thread," Shorey says of the Live + Work
in Maine trio, "but we really love being
together in the office these days."
And while Whited's reaction to
the use of "Teams" as a verb (as in "I'll
[Microsoft] Teams you later" is to "LOL"
("Laugh Out Loud"), E2Tech Executive
Director Martin Grohman cringes at
any email "unpacking" reference.
"It sounds elitist to me," Grohman
says. "If your snowmobile won't start, no
one ever says, 'ere's a lot to unpack
here.'" As for his work locale, while
he prefers E2Tech's floating desk at
Biddeford's ink Tank coworking space,
P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY
C O N T I N U E D O N F O L L OW I N G PA G E
»
F O C U S
Remote-first meetings
allow all of us to have
the same audio and
visual so there is less of
an 'us versus them' vibe.
— Becky McKinnell
iBec Creative
Becky McKinnell, founder
and CEO of iBec Creative,
has been back in the office
full-time since last summer.
