21st Century Work Life

Today's guest is Daphnée Laforest, who is also helping organisations adopt asynchronous practices to make remote work sustainable.  Daphne is the host of the podcast The Remote First podcast, which started during the pandemic to help companies adopt remote work, and now it focuses on optimising new ways of working. Daphne works with small and medium enterprises transitioning to remote or hybrid ways of working, helping them adopt asynchronous operations, improving their onboarding etc. Her and Pilar talk about the slow widespread adoption of asynchronous practices, the importance of culture and the difficulty of "working out loud". For more show notes and to subscribe to our newsletter, check out https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/async-operations 

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/

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/      

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  

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 

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 

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  

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  

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  

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