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21st Century Work Life and leading remote teams


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May 22, 2015

This episode is dedicated to Coworking, specifically, to the Impact Hub in King's Cross, London. I speak to Maria Trindade, Will Cardy and Letizia Custodero from Impact Hub and to Luca Turconi, from Accelerance.

00:30 Pilar's introduction. Reflections on her attempt at a Writing/Work Holiday. (Pilar mentions Episode 1, on Work Holidays.)
Why coworking spaces can help with motivation. (Self-determination theory.)
Deskmag's 3rd Global Co-working survey. www.deskmag.com/en/1st-results-of-the-3rd-global-coworking-survey-2012

08:30 Impact Hub.  www.impacthub.net and Impact Hub King's Cross.

13:57 A tour with Maria Trindade, General Manager of Impact Hub King's Cross.

19:25 The story and ethos of Impact Hub.

21:20 A chat about the membership with Will Cardy, Communications Manager.

23:45 Letizia Custodero, Operations Manager, talks about the different events organised and hosted by Impact Hub King's Cross.

29:30 Pilar talks to one of the members, Luca Turconi, founder of Accelerance. Luca describes his organisation and shares how coming together for a couple of days has helped his global team.

41:10 The new Virtual, not Distant online course for managers and leaders of virtual teams.