Sinopsis
The world of work is changing. Our attitudes to work are changing. The 21st Century Work Life podcast looks at different ways of earning a living, of using technology at work and of managing teams. If you're working in a conventional office, if you're part of a virtual team or if you just want to find out how our attitudes to work keep evolving, join Pilar Orti and guests every week. And pop in every other week for virtual coffee with Lisette Sutherland.Pilar Orti blogs at Virtual, not Distant.
Episodios
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WLP264 Cultivating a Culture of Learning in Organisations
04/03/2021 Duración: 01h41sBrought to you by Virtual Not Distant in London, where we help those working apart rom each other feel closer together: https://virtualnotdistant.com 5:21 Today, Pilar talks to Jennifer Riggins about the upcoming Aginext conference, (and why they're using the Spatial Chat app for their networking sessions), and then: 19.21 We share a panel recorded at Agile Tour London, October 2020, featuring: Beth Maguire from Hubspot Gonçalo Silva, CTO at Doist Marcus Wermuth, engineering manager at Buffer, Morgan Legge head of sales and success at Convert.com Discussing personal learning styles, embedding learning in organisational culture, practices for sharing and reflecting on learning - and much much more. Enjoy!
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WLP263 What's Going On: "Remote" Is Not The Only Current Challenge
18/02/2021 Duración: 55minBrought to you by Virtual Not Distant (https://virtualnotdistant.com) in London, in today's "what's going on?" series Pilar Orti and Maya Middlemiss discuss: 02:08 The state of remote work right now Pandemic working is not remote working But this wasn’t what I meant, when I said working from home was great! Older employees are adapting to remote work better than younger workers 17.10 Location independent lifestyle Hawaii's Remote Work Program Comes With Free Flights Repeople (Nomad City) 23.38 New tech for remote ‘Moodbeam’: A wristband that tells your boss if you are unhappy. The Future Of Trello Is On The Horizon: Take a Sneak Peek and Going Beyond The Board: A Whole New Trello Is Here. Healthy Happy Homeworking mailing list: Don't be a Zoom Zombie!) The launch of Microsoft Viva - the 'employee experience platform'. 45.37 Virtual not Distant news A LinkedIn discussion which became a blog post, Making the Most of Virtual Facilitation: Using the Asynchronous Space Maya's community for homewo
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WLP262: Building a Routine and Building a Network when Working From Home
04/02/2021 Duración: 49minHello and welcome to episode 262 of the 21st Century Work Life podcast, brought to you by Virtual Not Distant in London. Before we dive in the interview a quick reminder about our Podcasting for Connection service - podcasting is a great asynchronous tool that can help maintain a sense of belonging. 04.29 Chris Coladonato Chris Coladonato works in learning and development at a large insurance enterprise, and is a great advocate for remote work. She is very active on social media and we’ve long enjoyed the insightful content she shares and discusses, from virtual commutes to networking and connection. 17.00 Teamwork and staying connected 35.45 External social media Connect with Chris on LinkedIn, Twitter and her blog. Speaking of LinkedIn, we had a great conversation over on our own page, about getting started with working remotely… And if you love podcasting as much as we do, you’ll want to follow Adventures in Podcasting, for news about a new book from Pilar coming soon.
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WLP261 What's Going On with The New Way of Working in Belgium
28/01/2021 Duración: 42minA special bonus episode, of this podcast brought to you by Virtual Not Distant in London (http://virtualnotdistant.com), Today we talk to Bart Van Roey and Viviane Kock about their new book “Beyond New Ways of Working" - 'dialogue book' in Dutch, which is extending the conversation about remote work and the future of work in more ways than one. Contact Viviane via her own website at Formation et consultance en télétravail - NestYourDesk and Bart at ihop : for people and business,
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WLP260 What's Going On: Mindset and Technology
21/01/2021 Duración: 45minWelcome to our first recording of 2021, brought to you by Virtual Not Distant in London. https://virtualnotdistant.com 2.39 We share and discuss a great message from a LinkedIn connection in Guatemala, Francisco Corzo. 10.09 Tech round-up: apps offline, Hey for work, Deaf people and online meetings, and MSTeams updates. 20.24 Communications and collaboration in 2021 36.10 Community news, including Minds at Work and our own Podcasting for connection service. Do keep in touch and let us know 'what's going on' in your remote work world.
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WLP259 Shaping Culture through Virtual Retreats
07/01/2021 Duración: 38minWelcome to our first podcast episode of 2021, and happy new year to you wherever and whenever you are listening - from Virtual Not Distant in London (http://virtualnotdistant.com). Today we reflect further on culture in organisations, and bring you a great interview someone whose job revolves around this critical issue. 04.47 Stella Huang, head of Talent and Culture in Shield GEO Pilar spoke with Stella Huang in December 2020, Shield GEO take their retreats very seriously as a globally distributed organisation, and shifting them online during the throes of 2020 was a highly tactical endeavour. Being unable to do that the following year, they still wanted to connect people the best way they could, switching from a one-off annual get together to a regular cadence of monthly hour-long events. Please see https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/culture-virtual-retreats for full shownotes. 28.09 Getting clear on organisational culture Ensuring that human element of connectedness is at the heart of the new ‘Podc
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REPOST Remote Work for Social Change
22/12/2020 Duración: 01h28minThis episode first went out in October 2019, as episode 212. We don't want this aspect of remote work to get lost amidst the pandemic forced remote work from home conversation. Our guests include Chris Slemp, Mandy Garner, Nacho Rodriguez, Lorraine Charles and Laurel Farrer. For full show notes visit https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/remote-social-change
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WLP258 Beyond WFH: Embracing the Spirit of Remote Work
10/12/2020 Duración: 47minBrought to you by Virtual Not Distant in London. In the final recording of the year, Pilar Orti and Maya Middlemiss take a longer perspective on the recent transformational shifts in remote work - while being mindful of all that 2020 has taught us. We discuss: 03.34 Serendipitous encounters (listener question from our LinkedIn page) (see also episode 211 on planned spontaneity) 14.06 Designing for the interactions we want to see Why You Need a Head of Remote Work. Embracing a flexible workplace 25.20 A ‘work from anywhere’ future? Should employers let staff work remotely from abroad during lockdown? Google Asks Workers Who Went Abroad for Covid to Return. Time to re-energise - workingmums.co.uk GitLab: work where you want, when you want For full shownotes please see https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/beyond-wfh-remote-spirit, and learn about the range of services and support that Virtual Not Distant can offer you as you and your team go 'beyond wfh' into 2021.
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WLP257 Shaping Culture in a Virtual Organisation
26/11/2020 Duración: 30minBrought to you by Virtual Not Distant in London. Today's imterview features Robert (Bob) Glazer who previously joined us 2 years ago back in episode 179, CEO of global partner marketing agency Acceleration Partners and author and podcaster Robert’s company is fully remote and has always valued flexibility, long before the upheavals of 2020, so is glad to see the legitimising of the remote-first approach for agencies. Robert’s Friday Forward email newsletter helps reflect and disseminate Acceleration Partners’ values and vision, bringing these to a wider audience nowadays, and also modelling a culture of learning, ownership, and growth and improvement. Do connect via his website http://robertglazer.com/, and check out the Friday Forward book too. Don’t forget to share your own thoughts about culture, identity, and team cohesion in the online space, and do look out for our new service to help you deepen your own team’s connection and relationships - podcasting for connection. For full shownotes see https://
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WLP256 Bonus: Current Employees' Concerns in the Workplace
24/11/2020 Duración: 26minIn the final episode of the mini-series How the World of Work and our Attitudes to Work are Changing, Pilar talks to Dr. Chris Mullen, Executive Director of The Workforce Institute at UKG, about their recent research into employees' concerns "for the workplace of today and tomorrow." You can read a summary of the study here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200915005303/en/Physical-Safety-Psychological-Security-Job-Stability-Employees-Worldwide-Share-Top-COVID-19-Concerns-for-the-Workplace-of-Today-and-Tomorrow And to connect with guest Chris Mullen, you can follow him on Twitter, https://twitter.com/chrismmullen or connect on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrismmullen/ We'd love to hear your comments through our contact form on https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/contact-us
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WLP255 Bonus: Will Hybrid Workspaces Work in the UK?
20/11/2020 Duración: 34minThis is the second of three episode of the mini-series, "How the World of Work (and our attitudes to work) are Changing". Today, Pilar talks to Andrew Saunders about the research carried out in September 2020 the exclusive survey carried out by Management Today on what leaders really think about the return to the workplace: Will Hybrid Working Ever Work? You can connect with Andrew via Linkedin or Twitter. You can download the report here: https://cached.offlinehbpl.hbpl.co.uk/NewsAttachments/OTM/Will-Hybrid-Working-Ever-Work-Mangement-Today-special-report-2020.pdf
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WLP254 Bonus: Remote Work Survey in Ireland
17/11/2020 Duración: 37minThe first episode in our three-part series on how the the world of work and our attitudes to work are changing. Today, Pilar talks to Katerina Bohle Carbonell about the results of the Remote Working during COVID-19: Ireland’s National Survey, phase II. This work was carried out with the support of the Whitaker Institute, NUI Galway and the Western Development Commission. Katerina is one of the four authors. You can check out the survey here: http://whitakerinstitute.ie/project/remote-working-during-covid-19-irelands-national-survey/ And to connect with Katerina: https://netnigma.com/ Subscribe to her newsletter: https://netnigma.substack.com/ Connect on Twitter with her: https://twitter.com/katerinabohlec
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WLP253 Online Conferences and Virtual Retreats
13/11/2020 Duración: 22minThis bonus episode is brought to you by Virtual Not Distant in London, and it continues the conversation between Pilar Orti and Tim Burgess of Shield GEO, looking at what’s been happening in both companies and the events they’ve been involved with. Pilar took part in the IAF conference, which was a week-long single track event, taking place online for the first time. Very different was Agile Tour London - also run on Zoom, but with the community conversation centred on Slack. Finally, Pilar has just attended Repeople, which used to be the NomadCity event in person in Gran Canaria. Also Shield GEO have run events online for their own distributed team, instead of their usual face-to-face retreats. Dividing their 17 regions into 3 blocs by timezone, they had fun online with trivia and so on, but also dived deeply into cultural exploration and learning from each other about each other’s locally lived experiences. Pilar has run webinars recently on Visible Teamwork, and learned from participants that even wh
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WLP252 What's Going On as The World Embraces Remote Work
12/11/2020 Duración: 53minWe have a special guest for today’s What’s Going On episode, as Tim Burgess from Shield GEO joins Pilar Orti from Virtual Not Distant, while Maya is away. Recording on the 6th November 2020, heres:' 5.32 What's going on Home vs Office This article The commuters who don't want to return to the office illustrates how women in particular feel less rushed and time pressured, when they don’t have to travel to work outside the home. Business Insider Australia point out that Dutch civil servants now get $2 a day to cover coffee and toilet paper while remote working — and you should ask your boss for the same, a financial institution says. This is now law in parts of Europe, with new law in Spain to ensure boundaries, and this from Switzerland: Companies must pay share of rent for employees working from home. 21.50 Research into future of work Great to see work from anywhere entering the academic discourse with featured articles in Harvard Business Review from Prithwiraj Choudhury, and we love the uptake of
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WLP251 Leveraging Cultural Differences in Global Virtual Teams
29/10/2020 Duración: 45minToday we’re delighted to be speaking to Theresa Sigillito Hollema, about her new book Virtual Teams Across Cultures: Create Successful Teams Around The World, in discussion with Pilar Orti from Virtual Not Distant Ltd. Theresa is a cultural consultant and team coach with Interact Global, working with virtual teams spanning cultures and borders, for many years. Pilar and Theresa discuss cultural competence, the intersection of cultural difference and remote team dynamics, team belonging, and diversity and inclusion, in this interesting conversation - please see full shownotes on our website, and keep up with Theresa on Twitter and LinkedIn for more information about her work and her writing. Also, do check out our earlier episodes exploring some of the concepts covered in the episode, which are summarised and linked in a single big blog post here.
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WLP250 Whats Going On: Hybrid workspaces and a split workforce
15/10/2020 Duración: 52minWelcome to episode 250 - a nice milestone to celebrate, so we even altered our usual running order to make this round number an occasion for Pilar and Maya to record together, and discuss what’s going on in the world of remote work right now in October 2020, brought to you by Virtual Not Distant Ltd in London. Don’t forget you can receive our valuable guide to leading through visible teamwork, just by signing up for our newsletter. For now, let’s take a look at ‘What’s Going On’... Hybrid workspaces and practices Beware the office politics of hybrid workplaces, we’ll have to see how this emerges and unfolds - and see who really has a chance to make a choice. This New York Times article picked up on tensions in some big tech companies in this article: Parents Got More Time Off. Then the Backlash Started. The evolution of remote work Eva Rimbau shared this OECD study: Productivity gains from teleworking in the post COVID-19 era: How can public policies make it happen?, demonstrating large organisation unde
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WLP249 The Evolving Nature of Employment in Remote Work
01/10/2020 Duración: 50minVirtual not Distant Ltd brings you a fascinating episode today, exploring the role of employers in the future of work, and how remote work fits in to this - with two very different interviews and points of view. Firstly, on the 8th October we have a webinar about sustainable asynchronous communications, in association with regular podcast guest Richard Mackinnon at Work Life Psych - classic webinar style, you can listen in passively, or join in the chat conversation of course. And on the 27th October, when Pilar will be talking about adopting Visible Teamwork in your team through asynchronous communication - to help you put it all into practice. 8.06 Erica McMannes, Instant Teams Erica McMannes and Liz Rodewald put Instant Teams together four years ago, to meet the employment needs of military spouses, for flexible location-independent work opportunities. They knew there were companies who needed the dedication and skills that this underserved cohort could bring to that need, so they created the service s
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WLP248 Emotional Intelligence in Remote Teams
17/09/2020 Duración: 55minWLP248 Emotional Intelligence in Remote Teams Today's episode explores the fascinating subject of emotional intelligence in remote teams, and is brought to you by Virtual Not Distant Ltd - with the help of Rowena Hennigan, and Sandra Thompson, from Rise in Emotiona Intelligence ( also on LinkedIn) timestamps: 7.30 Emotional intelligence defined 18.24 Highly emotional intelligent teams 40.10 Developing Team EI
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WLP247 What’s going on with remote work, tech, and the office space
03/09/2020 Duración: 55minWelcome to our monthly What’s Going On round-up, brought to you by Virtual Not Distant Ltd. Today we discuss tech, the future of the office, the future of life and housing and work life balance, and an upcoming event. 3.29 Tech AI-Driven Accountability, https://tldv.io/ “too long, didn’t view”, 12.20 The future of the office UK office demand 'shifting to the suburbs' amid Covid-19 crisis, The age of the office is over – the future lies in Britain's commuter towns | Simon Jenkins MGM Resorts Rolls Out Ultimate Work-From-Vegas Package At Bellagio And ARIA 23.06 Work-life balance and boundaries Building Work-Life Boundaries in the WFH Era - Microsoft Analyzed Data on Its Newly Remote Workforce - 37.15 Back to tech - well, email anyway, and a cool event: The Basecamp/Rework team built a new email app Hey, Built to Last – Audio Conference for Brand Builders. 46.09 What’s going in the Virtual Not Distant community Rowena Hennigan (see episodes 215 and 244) and Sandra Thompson have set up RISE Em
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WLP246 Championing Asynchronous Communication in Remote Teams
20/08/2020 Duración: 01h14minToday’s episode from London-based consultancy Virtual Not Distant is about asynchronous communication - for more on this subject check out episode 234, and also this podcast from My Pocket Psych - because being able to communicate flexibly across time and space without snagging people up in endless calls is so critical to successful online collaboration, as we discuss today with two fantastic guests. 5.02 Gonçalo Silva, CTO at Doist Gonçalo joins us from Portugal, where he works as the CTO of Doist (creators of apps like Todoist and Twist), a fully remote, global, and bootstrapped organisation of 13 years, where they walk their talk and make tools which work for their own communication needs in the first instance. They have grown slowly and carefully, expanding over 34 countries, to a team of now comprising nearly 80 people. Gonçalo role-models the organisation’s core values through his day-to-day interactions, and working toward incremental improvements - self-reflecting, and sharing and making sure his a