What are the challenges of managing a team who are sometimes present and sometimes not? How do we make sure hybrid working is inclusive? Is a hybrid meeting - that's effective for everyone - actually possible?

In this week's episode of The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, speaker and writer Gary Cookson joins Ross G and Owen to share insights from his research.

We discuss:

• what hybrid working is
• the hybrid working challenges faced by employees, managers and organisations
• strategies for developing networks within organisations

Show notes

For background, see 'Most people in the UK did not work from home in 2020, says ONS' at: theguardian.com/world/2021/may/17/home-working-doubled-during-uk-covid-pandemic-last-year-mostly-in-london

And, from the ONS: 'Coronavirus (COVID-19) latest insights: Work 19 November 2021' at: ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19latestinsights/work#homeworking

Gary's book will be published by Kogan Page in June 2022. You can find him at: epichr.co.uk/

In WILTW, Owen discussed how Google has made us feel overconfident: Ward, A. F. (2021). People mistake the internet's knowledge for their own. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(43). Available online at: pnas.org/content/118/43/e2105061118

This paper is discussed at: phys.org/news/2021-10-online-overconfident.html

Ross shared insights into the Sheldon Spectrum, covered by Wired at: wired.co.uk/article/ocean-creature-size

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• Ross Garner @RossGarnerMT
• Owen Ferguson @OwenFerguson
• Gary Cookson @Gary_Cookson