May 6, 2022
In this episode, our guests talk about how their approach to their work and their work has changed, as well as how the view of work in relation to the rest of our lives has changed.
03.45 After an introduction to the episode, we hear from Theresa about how the delivery of her training and consultancy has changed, Pinar tells us about delivering her wine tasting workshops online and Maya reflects on what has changed at her end.
09.30 We hear from Richard about travelling less for work, Bree tells us how she’s changed where she works from and Simon reflects on all the things he’s gained from working more online.
How about what’s at the core of
our work, ourselves as humans? How has the way in which we look
after ourselves changed over the last three years? How about the
way in which we connect with others?
Mark
points out the importance of “energy management”, we’ll hear again
from Richard about using technology efficiently, and Eva
tells us how she’s expected at more meetings now than before the
pandemic - although they’re also incorporating more async. Tim and
Pilar reflect on how the desired levels of interaction
change.
Bree, who hosted our season on Connection and Disconnection in Remote Teams, shares how working on that season made her more aware of her own needs.
20.52 What about our relationship with
technology? Tim talks about how he experiments with different
communication media as business leader and Ross tells us how the
way in which he works with clients has evolved.
24.34 Pilar suggests that remote work can be a
great option when we don’t get on with our colleagues… And that we
can control our communications more. Richard reminds us to take a
break, Bree has started to experiment with her working
patterns
Richard has also developed fluid
boundaries between work and non-work time and Pilar has swapped her
Saturday for the Friday. Is it allowed, to work on the
weekend?
30.50 Eva describes how the difference between
separators and integrators is now more visible, Pilar suggests the
work-life balance conversation is out of date and Simon thinks most
knowledge workers can change our relationship with work - and
shares why he thinks he’s “got it wrong”.
Mark
talks about getting value from his work, Tim describes his new view
of his role as a business leader, while Ross describes work as a
mixture of insight, knowledge and experience.
37.45 Eva shares how her own organisation has
changed the focus of how they work. Anish would like to know what
people are using the time they save in commuting for - building a
new business or career, etc? Are we going to see the rise of the
portfolio worker? Tim talks about cognitive consistency between who
we are and who we see we are at work. Simon points out that the
missing conversation at the moment is about how the working lives
are going to be different.
45.00 We tackle the broader question of what
we’re hearing from others. We start with the work from home
experience. Mark has been thinking about the craftsmen working a
few centuries ago whose workshops were tied to their homes, Richard
has noticed how people have discovered the benefits of not going
into an office every day, while Pinar suggests we’re looking for
more meaning in our work.
Tim
wonders whether we’re closer to becoming a “self we recognise” at
work, and this will lead to a better life experience. Ross wonders
whether we’re becoming different personalities when we are
online.
50.31 The conversation around purpose at work,
why we work, etc will continue. Pinar goes as far to suggest that
the meaning of work is being redefined. Finally, Maya suggests that
all the words we’re using now to describe the location of our work
and other aspects of it will disappear, and we’ll just talk about
work.
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