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21st Century Work Life


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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Dec 9, 2025

Another episode from the season: Booknotes, where Pilar shares the notes she made while reading a book, allowing new insights to emerge spontaneously behind the microphone.

In today's episode:

Part 1
Pilar shares her booknotes from: 

The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary

by Catherine Gray

Favourite highlight:

“Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.”

 

And don’t forget to check out Connection and Disconnection in Remote Teams, the book!

Part 2: Personal Updates

If you’re interested in the future book The A to Z of Spanish Refrains, sign up here:
https://atozofspanishculture.com/2025/01/16/n-is-for-un-libro-nuevo/

Pilar talks about her recent experience recording for an audioguide (the producer was great!), how her writing is going (the cozy mystery, not so great) and her ongoing learnings as Pilates teacher.


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