May 11, 2022
In this episode, we focus on the
21st Century Work Life podcast: how it’s evolved and what it could
cover in the future. And our guests have come wise words for you,
our listeners.
00.00 mins Pilar shares how the show has evolved
over the last 100 episodes. Some of the episodes she mentions are:
episode 209
The Journey of the Remote Leader, episode 263 “Remote”
is not the Only Challenge, episode
282 Asynchronous Facilitation and Online Collaboration, episode
286 The Challenges of Adopting Asynchronous Communication.
09.05 mins Bree and Pilar talk about
the
Connection and Disconnection in Remote Teams series and how the
conversations around remote work in general changed during the
pandemic.
15.39 mins We hear some general suggestions from guests
about what they’d like a podcast like ours to cover in the future.
Tim Burgess is first, he’s been leading a distributed company for a
few years - he would like to hear more “secrets” from people who
are in the remote space. Then we hear from Theresa Sigillito
Hollema, who as a guest has talked about leading global teams, her
speciality. She’s interested in the psychology of working away from
each other.
Theresa refers to My Pocket Psych, so
its from its host, Dr. Richard MacKinnon, who we hear from next.
He’s also appeared on this show as guest, and as part of the
Connection and Disconnection series. He would like the show to
cover the “how to” for those new to the space (especially if it’s
evidence-based). He’s followed by Mark Kilby, who’s also been on
this show a lot, (and who Pilar got to meet in person, in London!)
and would like a mix of the “how” and the “why”. Then we hear from
Pinar Akkaya, it’s the first time she’s guested on this show. She’s
looking for inspiration and “what if” scenarios.
24.49 mins Other guests have more specific suggestions.
Simon Wilson kicks this bit off. He’d like to hear more - and be
involved in conversations - about what asynchronous communication
looks like in those teams embracing it, plus deep conversations
about organisational culture. We then hear from Ross Winter, our
podcast polisher, who would like to hear answers to questions like,
Why are we spending so much time looking for connection online? Eva
Rimbau Gilabert suggest we cover the transition to hybrid (of which
there are many versions), especially when we can back it up with
academic research, while Bree encourages us to continue with the
diversity of perspectives and deepening the conversation about the
future of work.
31.32 mins Finally, the guests have some final words for
listeners of the show, and Pilar. We hear from Maya, Simon, Eva,
Pinar, Richard, Tim, Ross (and cat!), Bree, Mark, and Theresa, who
leaves us with an inspiring aspiration.
And thanks to Anish Hindocha, for contributing to the two other
parts of this episode! (By the way, Pilar has “podcastinitis” and
hosts many
shows!)
And we have some outtakes from 40.03mins for your
amusement after our MANY THANKS to all of you!