

21st Century Work Life
Pilar Orti
Brought to you by Virtual not Distant, the 21st Century Work Life podcast looks at leading and managing remote teams, online collaboration and working in distributed organisations.
Join Pilar Orti, guests & co-hosts as they shine the spotlight on the most relevant themes and news relevant to the modern knowledge worker.
Join Pilar Orti, guests & co-hosts as they shine the spotlight on the most relevant themes and news relevant to the modern knowledge worker.
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Nov 24, 2022 • 40min
WLP316 What's Going On: Remote Education, the Unexpected Consequences of WFH and Tool Convergence
We had a problem with our previous file, so just in case you couldn't access it from your app earlier on, here it is. (We had to edit something at the last minute...) In this What's Going On episode, Maya and Pilar talk about how online education is evolving and what this means for the future workforce, the rise of births linked to remote work, as well as a couple of news around tech and our community. Recorded on 15 November 2022. The beginning of the episode covers online education for children and young people. 16.00minsComment on this article: https://ifstudies.org/blog/is-remote-work-behind-the-spike-in-us-birth-rates 24.50minsLooks like everyone is becoming a one-stop collaboration space, with Zoom and Canva widening their features. 33.12mins Thanks to listener Scarlett, and hello to Catherine! Sign up to Judy's course Buzzing online workshops for change-makers starts 5 Dec, listen out for the discount code https://maven.com/inoncollab/buzzingonlineworkshops And Richard MacKinnon has a free and premium community (Community Plus) over at Work Life Psych. https://www.worklifepsych.club/

Nov 24, 2022 • 40min
WLP316 What's Going On: Remote Education, the Unexpected Consequences of WFH and Tool Convergence
In this What's Going On episode, Maya and Pilar talk about how online education is evolving and what this means for the future workforce, the rise of births linked to remote work, as well as a couple of news around tech and our community. Recorded on 15 November 2022. The beginning of the episode covers online education for children and young people. 16.00mins Comment on this article: https://ifstudies.org/blog/is-remote-work-behind-the-spike-in-us-birth-rates 24.50minsLooks like everyone is becoming a one-stop collaboration space, with Zoom and Canva widening their features. 33.12mins Thanks to listener Scarlett, and hello to Catherine! Sign up to Judy's course Buzzing online workshops for change-makers starts 5 Dec, listen out for the discount code https://maven.com/inoncollab/buzzingonlineworkshops And Richard MacKinnon has a free and premium community (Community Plus) over at Work Life Psych. https://www.worklifepsych.club/

Nov 10, 2022 • 49min
WLP315: Effective Manager Mindset for Global Virtual Teams
Today's episode is a bit different. Pilar is joined by Theresa Sigilitto Holleman, who specialises in leadership for global virtual teams, and is the author of the book Virtual Teams Across Cultures: Create Succesful Teams Across the World. They discuss how Pilar's article Key Mindset Changes for the New Remote Manager , written in 2020 to help those suddenly working from home, can be adapted to the global context. You can find the show notes over at https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/virtual-leader-mindset

Oct 27, 2022 • 32min
WLP314 What's Going On: Presenteeism, Async Privilege and the Meta-Office
In this What's Going On episode, Maya and Pilar cover a small set of articles all related to the growing danger of presenteeism at work. Recorded on 17 October 2022. For the full show notes, check out https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/async-privilege

Oct 13, 2022 • 44min
WLP313 The Joys of Being a Remote Worker
Michele Ong has been working remotely in global teams for over 10 years - and she loves it! She tells us why and shares how the profile of remote work in Australia has changed over the last years. For the long form show notes, head over to https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/joys-of-remote-work

Sep 29, 2022 • 58min
WLP312 What's Going On: Remote Work - Promoting Inclusivity or Inequality?
In this episode, Maya and Pilar take a step back to look at the possible effects (both positive and negative) of widespread adoption of remote work. For the links and a full summary, check out: https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/remote-inclusivity-inequality

Sep 22, 2022 • 25min
WLP311 Psychological Safety in Asynchronous Communication
A different kind of episode for today, and we would love your feedback. What does psychological safety look in a team that has embraced asynchronous communication? Pilar and Simon Wilson share a work in progress module of the course they working on. We'd love to hear from you what you think, through our page Your Opinion . For the full show notes, head over to https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/psychological-safety-asynchronous

Sep 8, 2022 • 48min
WLP310 Adopting New Collaboration Habits through Asana
In this episode we go into the detail of how to best use a collaboration tool like Asana - even though we concentrate on this particular tool, much of what we talk about is applicable to many other platforms that allow us to visualise our workflow. To connect with Bastien, you can find him on LinkedIn, and you can check out his website: ido-clarity.com/ For the full show notes, check out https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/using-asana

Aug 25, 2022 • 56min
WLP309 What's Going On: The Increasing Costs of WFH, Hybrid First Aid, Co-Working Stipends, Protests against Digital Nomads
In this episode, Maya and Pilar discuss recent figures about the adoption of remote work, the increasing costs of working from home as energy prices rise, first aid in a hybrid workplace, what co-working stipends say about a company and recent protests against digital nomads. For the show notes, visit https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/august2022

Aug 11, 2022 • 54min
WLP308 The Challenges of Building Digital Communities in Organisations
In today's episode, Pilar talks to Rachel Happe, who is a consultant helping leaders in organisations to boost engagement. They talk about the mindset leadership needs to build digital communities in the workplace, and all the things that get in the way. For the full show notes, check out https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/engaged-communities If you want to continue exploring this topic, check out Rachel's blog post Building a Hybrid Workplace: How Communities Transform Work. https://engagedorgs.com/building-a-hybrid-workplace-how-communities-transform-work/ You can connect with Rachel on Twitter @rhappe, or if you prefer a work-related series of tweets follow the Engaged Orgs account: @engagedorgs You can also connect with Rachel Happe on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhappe/


