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Time Doctor presents The Future Workforce Podcast by Liam Martin. human interaction nearshore with Richard Blank

Each episode features industry titans and visionaries, sharing their unique perspectives on topics ranging from technological advancements to shifting workforce demographics.With this podcast, you'll be equipped with the knowledge you need to navigate and succeed in the future of work. Tune in to stay ahead of the curve and gain valuable insights.

In the age of artificial intelligence, Liam Martin sits down with Richard Blank, the founder of Costa Rica's Call Center, to discuss the vital role of human interaction and relationship-building.

Discover how Richard's BPO industry supports this approach and learn about the top changes in the contact center industry over the past 23 years, including the impact of COVID-19 and advancements in technology.

https://youtu.be/m4zPlCaePJI

Gain insights into building a unique company culture, prioritizing empathy, and creating long-term partnerships with clients. Don't miss this deep dive into the power of authentic human connection!


Liam Martin is the co-founder and CMO of Time Doctor and Staff.com — one of the most popular time tracking and productivity software platforms in use by top brands today. He is also a co-organizer of the Running Remote Conference.

He consults on outsourcing and process design and is passionate about how to gain insights into the inner workings of how people work.

He is an avid proponent of remote work and has been published in Forbes, Inc, Mashable, TechCrunch, Fast Company, Wired, The Wall Street Journal, The Next Web, The Huffington Post, Venturebeat, and many other publications specifically targeting the expansion of remote work.

The mission statement that feeds all the products and services that Liam is involved with stems from empowering workers to work wherever they want, whenever they want.

Liam has an undergraduate and graduate degree in Sociology from McGill University. He lives in Canada but travels 3-6 months out of the year due to his ability to work wherever and whenever he likes. He chooses a new place to travel a few times a year but usually spends time in Austin, Las Vegas, and Ubud each year and loves to encourage others to work remotely on his travels.
Liam Martin

The future of work is remote. There is no need to have an office anymore. I can help you transition your company to working remotely or scale your remote organization towards success. If you need help, let me know.

My Projects:

Time Doctor

TimeDoctor.com is one of the worlds leading time tracking software for remote teams.

We help companies to be able to manage remote workers just as if they were in the same office, maintaining a high level of productivity.

Our goal: To help individuals and organizations to be more productive, to help stop people wasting time on distractions and instead finish what is important to them.

Remote workers can easily and quickly track their time so they remain productive, and business owners can relax knowing their team is being effective.

Running Remote Conference

Running Remote is the largest conference on building and scaling remote teams especially for remote business owners and leaders.

Check it out at www.runningremote.com

Running Remote Book

The Running Remote book is focused on asynchronous, remote work methodology.

In this groundbreaking book, entrepreneurial thought leaders share their lessons learned about harnessing the async mindset and growing their businesses remote in the most cost-effective, seamless, and enjoyable ways.

Time Doctor is a Workforce Analytics Platform that gives managers actionable insights to improve team productivity and performance.

Uncover people, technology and operational insights with full access to premium features and unlimited users and groups.

Use your newly gain insights to help your teams be more effective and identify gaps

Prevent burnout, increase engagement through people and operational process optimisations

Gain access to on-demand resources, webinars to guide you and your team
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Improve your team's productivity & performance

Actionable insights to boost visibility, processes and profitability across all teams

Integrated time management

Reduce operational costs

Streamline inefficient process

Ensure organisational compliance

Your productivity lens for your team
Take the guesswork out of managing remote teams
No more worrying or awkward conversations about whether your remote or hybrid teams are working.

Keep an eye on everyone from one people analytics dashboard — wherever they are in the world. All with real-time employee data. All without breaking their focus.

Interactive time tracking software

Silent time tracking software

Real-time dashboards

Screenshots

Your productivity lens for managers
Spot work bottlenecks & team burnout
Uncover workflows and processes that slow your teams down. Use people analytics to see who’s struggling, overworked, or quietly quitting. Improve employee experience and reduce employee turnover.

Timeline report

Project and task management

Team productivity ratings

Work-life balance metrics

Keep teams on track and money in your pocket
Protect your teams, profits, and business outcomes.

Cut down on payroll headaches. Get rid of unused software licenses. And stay compliant with workforce analytics.

Payroll reporting

Tool usage

Web & app usage reports

Executive dashboard

Join Liam Martin, the host of The Future Workforce Podcast, for engaging discussions and insider insights on the ever-evolving landscape of work.


1. Interpersonal Communication Conflict Management Strategy

2. Phonetic Micro Expression reading for mastering verbal tell signs.

3. The Famous Buffer-Boomerang Technique


Advanced telemarketing strategy, conflict management, interpersonal soft skills, customer support, rhetoric, gamification, pinball machines, employee motivation and phonetic micro expression reading.


Richard’s vision quest journey is filled with twists and turns. At 27 years old, he relocated to Costa Rica to train employees for one of the larger call centers in San Jose. With a mix of motivational public speaking style backed by tactful and appropriate rhetoric, Richard shared his knowledge and trained over 10 000 bilingual telemarketers over two decades.

Richard Blank has the largest collection of restored American Pinball machines and antique Rockola Jukeboxes in Central America making gamification a strong part of CCC culture.Richard Blank is the Chief Executive Officer for Costa Rica’s Call Center since 2008.

Mr. Richard Blank holds a bachelors degree in Communication and Spanish from the University of Arizona and a certificate of language proficiency from the University of Sevilla, Spain.

A Keynote speaker for Philadelphia's Abington High School 68th National Honors Society induction ceremony. In addition, entered into the 2023 Hall of Fame for Business along side other famous alumni. Paying it forward to Abington Senior High School is very important to Mr. Blank. As such, he endows a scholarship each year for students that plan on majoring in a world language at the university level.

Costa Rica’s Call Center (CCC) is a state of the art BPO telemarketing outsource company located in the capital city of San Jose, Costa Rica. Our main focus has been, and will always be to personally train each and every Central America call center agent so that we may offer the highest quality of outbound and inbound telemarketing solutions and bilingual customer service to small and medium sized international companies, entrepreneurs as well as fortune 500 companies.

https://costaricascallcenter.c....om/en/outbound-bpo-c

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Human interaction nearshore with Richard Blank. Time Doctor presents The Future Workforce Podcast by Liam Martin.

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