21st Century Work Life

WLP278 What's Going On: Office Dilemmas and Virtual Watercoolers

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In today's episode Pilar and Maya explore 'what's going on' with an evergreen perspective, looking at issues about returning to the office, some new research, and more, including:

• Location-independent employment in Norway Regjeringen vil ha flere på hjemmekontor, som Guro Aanerød i Lofoten. Kan skape jobber i distriktet – NRK,
• Facebook are going to allow Irish staff work from other European countries,
• The 'Zoom towns' luring remote workers to rural enclaves.
• 'You shouldn't feel pressured': Many Americans dread returning to the office.
• A Field Experiment on Virtual Synchronous Interactions and Performance of Organizational Newcomers - data-driven contemporary research, looking at how well interns integrate and find long-term success in virtual teams, according to different 'virtual watercooler' protocols.
• You can now schedule messages in Slack
• Our LinkedIn question of the month: In this current work environment, how can we help or encourage our teams and colleagues (and ourselves) to avoid burnout and too much computer time while still being productive?
• Pilar is doing a talk at The Inaugural Ei Evolution Summit+ - EI Summit, and also we have a discount code if you want to book for the main summit (PILARORTI10).

For this bonus episode, Nadia Vatalidis talks about the onboarding process at the distributed company Remote. This show is brought to you by Virtual not Distant. You can find the full show notes over at www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/onboarding-remote-teams

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In today's episode Pilar Orti interviews Mark Kilby, Mark has a course in the Lucid Meetings platform, How to Discover, Interview, and Hire Amazing Remote People,

The discussion includes points of difference between remote and face-to-face recruitment and hiring, and highlights lots of positive potential created by the remote environment.

Learn more about Mark at MarkKilby.com, and check out his former appearances in this podcast, especially episode 219 for more on onboarding/integration.

Brought to you by Virtual Not Distant in London, this month's 'what's going on?' remote news round-up was recorded by Pilar Orti and Maya Middlemiss on 1st June 2021.

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Under discussion:

The evolution of hybrid work in context, and the impact on lockdown on things like creativity (because it's not just productivity that matters).

Pilar's twitter space, held at midday UK time every Wednesday - do come and share, or just listen if you want.

The 'Virtual First' policy at Dropbox: Why Dropbox's 'Virtual First' model could be the future of work; Featured Collection Virtual First Toolkit.

Global trends: Major New Zealand bank makes working from home model permanent and the Estonian e-residency scheme expanding e-Residency new locations | e-Residency.

Google is exploring the future of video conferencing, with Project Starline: May 18 / Research Project Starline: Feel like you're there, together.

And shout-outs to our listeners and LinkedIn community - we always love to hear from you.

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Today's episode we take a deep dive into the world of Online training, and how this has changed and continues to evolve.

3.03 Interview with Catherine Nicholson, Virtual Training Team

Learn more about Catherine and the Virtual Training Team check out their YouTube channel (which includes loads of guides and support for your own online training), and do connect with her on LinkedIn.

35.50 Pilar's thoughts on hybrid working

We have always talked about 'office-optional' working at Virtual Not Distant, but this has never been such a complicated question!

Keep an eye on Pilar's Twitter at midday (UK time) on Wednesday, for ongoing discussions of this and similar themes.

A bonus episode encouraging those who move events like All Hands / Town Hall meetings and conferences online, to approach the whole design process differently to how they would be run online. For the accompanying show notes, head over to https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/engaging-online-events

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Today's episode, recorded 04-05-21, brings you a discussion between Pilar Orti and Maya Middlemiss about

What people mean, when they talk about hybrid work? (Tl;dr - a lot of different things with no consensus on definitions);

What the future might be for co-working spaces?

What can we learn from the Basecamp story, about how asynchronous teams communicate and share?

And our experimentations in Twitter Spaces - will we see (hear) you there?

Today's episode features a conversation recorded back in February 2020 between Pilar and returning guest John O'Duinn about how he's helping the government in California to show how remote work can benefit the environment, and how he's seen people experience the sudden transition to remote work. Find out more over at https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/remote-work-environment

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In today's episode Pilar interviews Ann Collins from Bluebottle coaching, who has been conducting some fascinating in-depth research with leaders of remote teams and the impact of COVID on their work.

You can read more about Ann's work and this research on LinkedIn, and she'd be very glad to connect with listeners there and send further details of her findings.

Her own podcast is Leaders who love what they do.

In today's episode, Pilar talks to Anish Hindocha, who, after working as a change consultant for over 20 years, now helps organisations improve their culture.

They talk about what organisational culture is, whether it has changed in organisations during the pandemic - and how - and the opportunities to make the world of work a better place. You can connect with Anish here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anishhindocha/ And you can find more detailed show notes over at https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/culture-conversation