Many voices. One Flagrant.
“Who would name their company Flagrant?” you might ask. After all, the word “flagrant” has a ton of negative connotations. If you fill in the blank “flagrant __”, you might come up with: flagrant violation, flagrant foul or flagrant disregard. Let’s face it — Flagrant is a weird thing to name...
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May 13, 2022
“Who would name their company Flagrant?” you might ask. After all, the word “flagrant” has a ton of negative connotations. If you fill in the blank “flagrant __”, you might come up with: flagrant violation, flagrant foul or flagrant disregard. Let’s face it — Flagrant is a weird thing to name
April 5, 2022
No one wants to read about another company’s summit. Shit, most companies don’t want to read about their own summit. What IS helpful to read is how a “non-essential” investment like a summit can light a thousand soul fires inside your company. Especially if your company is remote-first. The
March 31, 2022
Hey, how ya doin? Whatcha been up to over the last 2 years which totally count as dog years? This is a soul-check from your friends at Flagrant, who have been doing a lot of growing over the last 30 months. We started Flagrant in the thick of WTF times. And though it’s been hard,
March 11, 2022
Behind Amanda Gorman’s crackling poems, Malala Yousafzai’s bullet scars and María Belón’s fight against a friggen TSUNAMI are the voices of powerful allies who empowered the shit out of their sisterhood. We shudder to think what the world would look like without women supporting women. And as
February 15, 2022
Who would you rather slog through a tough project with – Kevin Hart or Christian Bale? Humor is one of the most powerful forms of emotional expression and team connection. A spontaneous snort/organ-splitting laugh/doubled-over wheeze all have the ability to leap-frog hierarchies and cultural
February 11, 2022
As the 2022 Lunar New Year celebrations draws to a close, I am reflecting on how immensely grateful I am for this intense and magical time of year. In these past few days, I experienced grief from losing an ancestor, joy in celebrations with family, deep thought-provoking conversations with
January 24, 2022
Take a deep breath in . . . And a long breath out . . . . . How are you doing today? We’ve being doing some powerful work lately and this year is just getting started. I believe that in order to achieve those big dreams we envision, to reach global sustainability within our lifetime,
January 4, 2022
But hey, it’s not what you think! Far from a Plath/Dickinson/Black Sabbath kink, Morgan Moran literally apprenticed at a funeral home for 1 year to learn more about life through death. Yes, she did all the things there. “If you know me, which you don’t, BUT IF YOU DID, you’d know I have a lot
December 20, 2021
We interview based on how we work. Here is a post describing what someone can expect when they apply with Flagrant. There is a juicy sweet-spot between soulless corporate coding and writing software for hipster apps. Flagrant is a lifestyle career – you’ll do work that matters
September 1, 2021
We’ve all been there. You have a deadline or a goal that you, or perhaps your boss, desperately wants to meet. But when you sit down all that comes to mind is thoughts of an unending abyss filled with nothingness. We asked our team what things they do when they get stuck so hopefully you’ll
May 13, 2021
We recently posted a position (Remote Administrative Assistant) and I wanted to share how we interview at Flagrant. In part to set expectations for folks who may apply for this position, but also to address a deeply broken part of our industry. What I am not going to address here is how people
May 3, 2021
Although this position has closed for applications we're always looking for people, like you, who are interested in learning and motivated to get better to join our remote team. Get in touch! Do you possess a favorite high-lighter? Does your brain tingle when you mark comments as
April 8, 2021
When your job is to “be the expert” and provide advice to other people, it sometimes feels uncomfortable to share your mistakes or ignorance. One way that we approach this is to normalize talking about failures and misunderstandings. Those should be as much a part of our conversations as
November 2, 2020
Photo by K8 on Unsplash This has been an extraordinary and eventful year. For me it began with the passing of my father and was quickly followed by the fulfillment of a desire to build something new. Although Flagrant technically began in August of 2019 we weren’t able to get started in
