Jun 2, 2022
Thanks to everyone who commented on our 300th episode! You can now find all the interviews over at the new podcast Work Life Changes and Remote Work in Organisations.
We kick off looking at “what might be going on”. Maya has written “Virtual e-residency, a future in the metaverse?”, a piece looking at the potential of emerging technologies, and how we might make use of them as part of work in the future. Will “hybrid” mean we use both the metaverse and the office? Will there be a place online where all Estonian e-residents and businesses can meet? And how will taxation work?
12.45 mins
We bring in the voices of two of our guests from episode 300, for
this section on asynchronous communication. (We like to practice
what we preach!)
Mark Kilby tells
us about a new experiment he’s set up using asynchronous video.
He’s using the app Volley to bring people together who are reading
his book and have questions and comments. It was not feasible to
set up online meetings to bring everyone together, as readers are
spread all over the world.
Following episode
294, where we covered a couple of articles on emojis, Ross Winter, our own “podcast
polisher” has some further questions on the use of emojis: Why do
we only have a handful of emojis? Should we ditch them? Are they
harming the quality of our communication? What about predictive
replies?
Or is it just a matter of sending a quick reply vs no reply at
all?
31.16 mins
John Hopkins, has recently completed some
research on hybrid work in Australia. It outlines the three
main hybrid work structures, and how happy workers are with them.
Pretty happy by the way.
Back in the UK, two government politicians are determined to get
everyone back in the office. One of our listeners asked for
commentary on the news that an unnamed politician (we don’t want to
give him the space here in our blog, but we name him in the
episode) has been leaving notes on civil
servants’ desks telling them they are much missed at the
office. He wants everyone back and one of the reasons is that the
tax payer is paying for the buildings. (Yes, you read right.)
One of our listeners sent us coverage of this story, with his own
thoughts about how the different departments in the civil service
are still recovering from the pandemic backlog, are at different
points in their “digitalisation” and how some jobs can be done
remotely while others can’t.
46.08 mins
Finally, if you are looking for an activity for your team, check
out these
online puzzles from Google Arts and Culture. And let us know if
you try them yourself! (Pilar heard about this in the After Hours
podcast.)
47.30mins
We have some things to report
from our network, but before that, Maya is hosting a new podcast:
The
Future is Freelance !
Thanks to everyone who commented on the 300th episode! And remember
we now have a new show: Work Life Changes and Remote
Work in Organisations.
Many thanks to Hans Gaertner for sharing episode 298 with Laurel
Farrer, all about biases in the hybrid workplace, and to Zahra for
letting us know that our work resonates at her end too.
Nancy Settle-Murphy recommends remove.bg to remove backgrounds from
profile photos and make quick edits, and there is still time to get
a 10% discount on Penny Pullan’s book
Virtual Leadership, Practical Strategies for Success with Remote or
Hybrid Work and Teams when you get it directly from the
publisher’s site. (But you need to listen to the episode!)
Let us know what you think over at virtualnotdistant.com