If you work on a computer, you’ve likely been touched in some way by the advances that have made “Office 2.0” possible. In this episode, we discuss a key aspect of tech-enabled work environments: telework and virtual teams. We cover what the research says about the pros and cons of these arrangements, some important factors to consider to have an effective virtual team, and how to know if you are well-equipped to be effective as a remote worker.

Timestamps:

1:00: What

is Office 2.0?

1:35: What

are teleworkers and virtual teams?

2:58: Prevalence

of virtual teams and benefit to organizations

5:02:

Impact of telework and virtual teams on employees

6:50: The

importance of trust and social interaction in virtual teams

10:01:

Balancing office work and telework

12:16:

Competencies and traits that help with remote work

14:50: Our

experience making a podcast as a virtual team

19:45: This

is not Homework: What other technologies could we leverage for the podcast?

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Credits:

Our intro

and outro music is “Ingenuity” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under Creative Commons

(CC BY-NC 3.0). You can find more of Lee’s music at https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/.

https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/.

Our transition music for this episode is “I’m Going For a Coffee” also by Lee;

licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0).

Logo Artwork by Antonella Espinoza. Find her at @ellaspin on

Twitter!