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21st Century Work Life and leading remote teams

Brought to you by Virtual not Distant, the 21st Century Work Life podcast looks at leading remote teams, online collaboration and working in distributed organisations.

Join Pilar Orti, guests & co-hosts as they shine the spotlight on the most relevant themes and news relevant to the modern knowledge worker.

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Nov 30, 2017

In this episode, Pilar talks about the fears that arise around the use/overuse of technology when we introduce a remote setup.

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In this episode, Pilar talks about the fears that arise around the use/overuse of technology when we introduce a remote setup. In the second part of the episode,...


Nov 23, 2017

Pilar talks to Elise Keith, co-founder of Lucid Meetings. We talk about why “training how to run meetings” often fails and why you should take a holistic approach when trying to improve meetings in your organisation.

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Pilar mentions the new course on Leading Remote Teams, which will...


Nov 17, 2017

A short rambling by Pilar on how the word "learning" is usually used to mean information-absorption or acquiring new skills, rather than the broadest meaning, whereby we are constantly adjusting our behaviour and changing how we do things. 

Plus, how assumptions landed Pilar on the wrong side of town to...


Nov 16, 2017

Working out loud takes effort and energy – and it becomes really hard to do when we are struggling with the work or when we are afraid of breaking the “good vibe” of the team or of not being a “positive team member”.

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Our listener Steve...


Nov 9, 2017

Morgan Legge from Convert.com shares the company’s journey adopting a “holacratic approach”.

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What Convert does and what the original team looked like.
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Why the company decided to go down the Holacracy route: “to give people the freedom to make decisions that would...