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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.

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Mar 20, 2026

Pilar shares her booknotes from: 

Black Box Thinking: Growth Mindset and the Secrets of High Performance

by Matthew Syed

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: 

Black Box Thinking: Growth Mindset and the Secrets of High Performance

by Matthew Syed

“The paradox of success: it is built upon failure.”

During the episode, Pilar shares:

Zoe podcast episode from 16 March 2026 Tim Spector's 7 health habits for 2026
https://zoe.com/learn/tim-spectors-7-health-habits-for-2026

The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly
The Trial by Rob Rinder
Pandora’s Jar: Women in the Greek Myths

New newsletter! Pilates and Remote Work: https://pilatesandremotework.substack.com/

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

 

Part 2: Personal Updates

Enjoying writing about Pilates, looking for different teachers to learn from and lots of voicoever jobs last week!

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