Erik Totten

Content Specialist & Editor, Success

About me

I have worked in the creative field for the last 25 years, covering everything from sports to city council meetings to technology. During that time, I’ve been a writer, designer, editor, publisher, and content specialist. I’ve also owned a variety of businesses (the first was a comic book store) and founded The Outrider Magazine in Wilmington, North Carolina and Food & Spirits Magazine in Omaha, Nebraska. Originally from Nebraska, I now call Wrocław, Poland home.

Favorite book

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Favorite drink

Whiskey. No ice. No water. Just whiskey.

My articles

A Complete How-To Guide for Working Remotely: Best Practices, Tools, Teams, Leadership

Connect

84 min read | Mar 16 |

Erik Totten

A Complete How-To Guide for Working Remotely: Best Practices, Tools, Teams, Leadership

? Intro ? What’s remote work? ? Remote work in practice ? Virtual teams ? Remote leadership ? How to work remotely ? HR and remote work ? Best practices ? Pros and cons... read more

News

3 min read | Mar 11 |

Erik Totten

News in a Number: Pandemic Pushes Changes to Business Communication, Employee Experience

95 That's the percentage of companies that have changed the way they communicate with employees due to the pandemic in 2020. COVID-19 has made employee... read more

News

3 min read | Feb 25 |

Erik Totten

News in a Number: How Long Does It Take AI To Write a College Essay With a Passing Grade?

20 That’s the maximum number of minutes it took artificial intelligence (AI) to write a college essay with a passing grade. Don’t look away now. AI and natural language... read more

The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: Pandemic Pushes More Food Delivery, Fewer Trips for Uber

News

2 min read | Feb 11 |

Erik Totten

The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: Pandemic Pushes More Food Delivery, Fewer Trips for Uber

Like the line from Charles Dickens’ book “A Tale of Two Cities,” it’s been the best of times and the worst of times for two business sectors at Uber. On the one hand, the... read more

AI Can Now Bring Back the Dead, but Is It Ethical?

News

3 min read | Jan 28 |

Erik Totten

AI Can Now Bring Back the Dead, but Is It Ethical?

South Korean national television broadcaster SPS will showcase a performance this week with new songs from Kim Kwang-seok, a famous South Korean singer. There’s just one... read more

AI Still Can’t Understand Language, but There’s an Easy Way To Teach It To

News

3 min read | Jan 14 |

Erik Totten

AI Still Can’t Understand Language, but There’s an Easy Way To Teach It To

There’s been a lot of hype surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) and its ability to understand, process, and even write in human languages. Along with that hype has... read more