21st Century Work Life

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

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/

In today's episode, Pilar talks to Niklas Dorn, co-founder and CEO of Filestage about how they recruit in the company, the role of values in the day-day and what async communication looks like in the company. For more detailed show notes, visit https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/async-feedback

Today's guest Stefan Zavalin goes into detail about how he works with teams in organisations to sit less. There is plenty here for you to incorporate into your team. Plus, the conversation is also relevant to those involved in introducing change. You can find out more about Stefan go to stefanzavalin.com and check out his book "Sit Less: Evolve Your Work and Life Without Compromising Your Health". For the full show notes, visit www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/sit-less

In this episode, Maya and Pilar discuss the the recent developments around the 4-day week experiments in the UK and Spain, they reflect on whether audio quality might give rise to a new kind of unconscious bias and they have a go at introvert/extrovert stereotypes. Plus, bits and pieces around collaboration tech and news from our network. The approach to the 4-Day Week has many parallels with remote work. Organisations need to have the appropriate culture, and it will look differently in different companies. A chip shop featured in The Guardian's article Thousands of UK workers begin world's biggest trial of four-day week is a prime example of this, where they've implemented a whole new set of shifts, to make sure that customers still get the same level of service. 18.05 MINS Pilar, who pays unusual attention to audio, has noticed that her first impressions of people online, specially those featured in events, is affected by the quality of their audio. If remote workers want to show up as their best in meetings and presentations, it's worth organisations, or individuals, investing in external microphones. (We recommend a YETI microphone.) 29:40 MINS There are still many misconceptions of what introverts are, thinking that they are always shy. There are some introverts who are shy, but there are also shy extroverts. It's all about how energy is managed, and what energises us. A short and fun one to end with: are we in danger of "slack-splaining"? We discuss this article which talks about how so many people are overthinking their written messages (on Slack, etc) and the stress it's causing. Full show notes here https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/4day-week