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21st Century Work Life
by Pilar Orti
Brought to you by Virtual not Distant, the 21st Century Work Life podcast looks at leading and managing 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.
Episodes
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WLP386 An Unexpected Legal Challenge of Working from Home, plus updates
In this episode, Pilar shares a different kind of remote-work related story, featuring an unusual (and dark) circumstance showing why it's important for organisations to know when they're employees are actually working, when working from home. Plus, Jack Nilles' endorsement of All the World's a...
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WLP385 How Remote Work in Organisations affects Performance. (All the World's a Workplace expanded.)
This episode is part of the All the World's a Workplace Expanded season. Pilar looks at a recently published metastudy, looking at the recent evidence about how working remotely affects job performance in organisations. Plus, personal updates at the end of the episode. Links: Toward a Better...
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WLP384 Communication Repertoires in Hybrid Workplaces part of the All the World's a Workplace Expanded season
When we're looking at hybrid workspaces, the emphasis should not just be on where people are working from, but also on how their communication ecosystem is organised. In this episode, Pilar discusses a recent pre-print on communication repertoires in hybrid office work, exploring how face-to-face...
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WLP383 All the World's a Workplace season kick off: Work is location agnostic. People are not.
A little August episode to celebrate the fact that I (Pilar) have finished the manuscript for All the World's a Workplace! I realise half-way through the recording that while the work is location agnostic, the people are not. (It took me over a decade to articulate this!) [0:00] Welcome, and...
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WLP382 Booknotes: How to Change
In today's episode, Pilar shares her highlights from the book: How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Katy Milkman
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WLP381 Booknotes: Black Box Thinking. Growth Mindset and the Secrets of High Performance
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...
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WLP380 Booknotes special: a conversation on Connection and Disconnection in Remote Teams
A different kind of episode today! We're back with two voices, and this time, instead of Pilar sharing notes from a book, she speaks to her co-author Bree Caggiati, about their latest book, "Connection and Disconnection in Remote Teams". They cover some of the book's topics, how the research has...
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WLP379 Booknotes: Code Dependent: How AI Is Changing Our Lives
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: Code Dependent: How AI Is Changing Our Lives by Madhumita Murgia...
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WLP378 Booknotes: Make Time and Four Thousand Weeks
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: Make Time: How to focus on what happens every day by Jake Knapp…
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WLP377 Booknotes: The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary
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...
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WLP376 Booknotes: The Art of Possibility
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 Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal...
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WLP375 Booknotes: Futureproof by Kevin Roose
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: Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation by Kevin...
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WLP374 Booknotes: Because Internet
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: Because Internet: Understanding how language is changing by...
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WLP373 New season! Booknotes: How to Have a Good Day
The 21st Century Work Life podcast is back - with a different kind of content and format. The Booknotes season starts and will last... for a while. In today's episode: Part 1 Pilar shares her booknotes from How To Have A Good Day: The Essential Toolkit for a Productive Day at Work and Beyond by...
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It's Time for a Pause after 10 Years...
A very short episode where I (Pilar Orti) share the reasons why the 21st Century Work Life podcast is going on pause. Stay subscribed though, as you never know when new episodes might drop! Thank you very much for listening and all the best for 2025. Get in touch:...
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WLP372 What's Going On: Let's Not Blame Remote
It's the end of the year, but we're not making any predictions - things are moving way too fast! Instead, Pilar and Maya review some of the issues that have been blamed on "remote". For an extensive summary of the episode, check out www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/dont-blame-remote-work You…
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WLP371 Using Frameworks for Connection and Back to Basics
Listener Richard de Villiers reached out to host Pilar Orti after hearing the episode on the 3 A's of Connection. He has plenty to say on the subject of connection in remote teams, and many different frameworks to share to help other listeners think through change programmes and their own...
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WLP370 A Curated Experience in Romania for Digital Nomads and Remote Professionals
In this episode, host Pilar Orti interviews Andreea Gătin an event and community manager who is organising a unique experience for digital nomad and remote workers in Romania. Andreea discusses her goals for the experience, which include showcasing Romania as a destination for digital nomads and...
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WLP369 Strategy Leader with a Heart
In this episode, host Pilar Orti talks to Sagar Chandni, who describes himself as a distributed work practitioner and a strategy leader with a heart. We talk about the nuances of these terms and the evolving nature of work, particularly in India where Sagar is based. Sagar discusses his work with...
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WLP368 How do You Build a Hub of Talent?
Host Pilar Orti is joined by Doug Haines, the founder of Kalium and Marketing Pros. Doug's entrepreneurial journey began with Kalium, where he successfully recruited talent from South Africa. This positive experience inspired him to launch Marketing Pros, an agency connecting South African...
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WLP367 The 3 A's of Connection and other things I've been up to
In this episode, host Pilar Orti shares her new framework showing how we connect at work, and talks about some of her other projects. If you'd like to be alerted when the Remotely Shakespeare wall calendar comes out, head over to remotelyshakespeare.com For more information check out...
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WLP366 The Multiple Challenges of "Hybrid"
A special episode to celebrate the launch of the revised edition of The Long-Distance Leader, written by Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel, who returns to the show with another conversation that made host Pilar Orti laugh plenty of times. The conversation takes a critical look at the "hybrid"...
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WLP365 Career Transformation, Cultural Adaptation and Running a Pilates Studio!
In today's episode, host Pilar Orti catches up with Frédérique Lloyd Bougreau, about how she transformed her career and lifestyle by setting up a Pilates studio in rural France. They talk about cultural adaptation, building a business in a new environment and the Importance of movement and…
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WLP364 Researching Gen Z plus Reading and Listening Recommendations
For today's Recommendations episode, Pilar is joined by Catherine Nicholson, co-founder and creative director of The Virtual Training Team. Before they move onto this month's reading and listening recommendations, Catherine talks about her recent interest: the blend of generations in the…
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WLP363 Building Engagement and Belonging
In this episode Pilar talks to Justin Gignac, co-founder of Working Not Working, and Nicolina Jennings, the company's VP and Managing Director. Our guests share the origins and evolution of Working Not Working, and how what they've learned about engagement and belonging led to their new platform...
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WLP362 Bonding and Bridging - plus Reading and Listening Recommendations
We are joined by regular guest Theresa Hollema who has been doing some thinking with host Pilar Orti on the topic of Bonding within remote teams, versus Bridging, where team members create bonds with other parts of the organisation. Plus, Theresa has her own reading and listening recommendations…
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WLP361 Can Chatbots Affect Connection in Remote Teams?
A new player has entered the field in the world of work: generative AI. As remote teams increasingly rely on asynchronous communication, have AI chatbots become go-to resources for quick answers and idea validation? What does this mean for our workplace relationships and social skills? Maya...
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WLP360 Remote and Beyond: A New Landscape for the World of Work
Host Pilar Orti talks to Henry O'Loughlin, founder of Buildremote. As he shares his journey from running a fully remote marketing agency to creating Buildremote, Henry discusses the pitfalls many companies faced during the pandemic and how his experience led him to develop a "remote operating...
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WLP359 We Geek Out on GenAI and May Recommendations
In today's episode, Pilar Orti welcomes regular guest Mark Kilby onto the show, to find out how he's using generative AI. They share their personal experiences, preferences, and cautionary tales surrounding various AI tools. Plus, they have plenty of reading, listening and tool recommendations…
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WLP358 The Birth of Telework and The Persistent Quest for Change by Jack Nilles
Today's show notes are a little bit different. We'd like to keep Jack's story in his own words as much as possible, so we're sharing a polished version of the transcript over at: https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts /jack-nilles-telework Talking to our host Pilar Orti, Jack takes us on a...
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WLP357 Team Narratives, Harnessing Technology and Social Learning
In this episode, Pilar interviews Jaap Linssen, the founder of OrangeTrail, a company that helps organisations navigate change and adopt new ways of working. Jaap has been helping people in organisations collaborate and communicate through harnessing the power of technology since 2011. Through...
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WLP356 April Monthly Reading and Listening (and Watching!) Recommendations
We've struggled this month to create a collection around remote work, so we've gone a bit "around the edges" - but it's still all relevant to our audience. There is much content around hybrid work at the moment, and it tends to have more of a "how to" angle to it , so we often give it a miss. So,...
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WLP355 Career Pivots, Team Connections and Work Life Identity
In today's episode, Pilar Orti interviews Amale Ghalbouni, a former executive strategy director turned coach. Amale shares her experiences navigating career pivots, rediscovering purpose, and helping individuals and teams foster deep human connections. They talk about the changing nature of work,...
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WLP354 What's Going On: Experiments in Networking
Maya and Pilar discuss some of the ways in which remote workers are networking. And very special guest Matt Ballantine shares his experiment "100 coffees". Recorded on 21 March 2024. To get in touch, head over to https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/contact-us Maya shares a recent event she ran as...
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WLP353 Promises and Perils of Generative AI in Software Development
In today's episode, tech journalist Jennifer Riggins talks about the impact of generative AI on the world of software development, focusing on the challenges faced by DevSecOps teams in keeping up with the accelerated pace of code creation enabled by GenAI tools. She raises important questions...
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WLP352 The Impact of Remote Work on Culture and Collaboration
Today's guest is Linda Redell, Head of Talents and Culture at the hybrid company Homelike. https://www.thehomelike.com/ With a diverse workforce spread across multiple countries, Linda and her team are responsible for maintaining the company culture and employee well-being. The shift to remote…
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WLP351 Laying Yourself Off as a Manager and Reading and Listening Recommendations March 2024
Today's post is the audio companion to the Virtual not Distant monthly newsletter, which you can sign up to here. Every month, Pilar shares with readers articles she's come across on the web, books she's read (or is reading) and podcast episodes she's listened to. And today, she's joined by…
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WLP350 Being a Freelancer in Film and Theatre Production Design
In this episode, Production Designer Kate Rance shares her diverse career spanning theatre and film. She compares design approaches across industries, her affinity for hands-on craft versus managing teams, and learning new skills through her eclectic projects. Kate and Pilar used to work together...
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WLP349 What's Going On: Digital Culture
Maya and Pilar tackle the topic of "digital culture" in organisations, with this article as a springboard: "What is digital culture? The teams best prepared for change use modern digital communication tools, feel comfortable learning new ones and continually adapt how they work." By the team at...
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WLP348 Nurturing Team Growth through Conscious Leadership
In this episode, Barbara Mutedzi describes conscious leadership and its role in transitioning to remote work, with particular reference to her work in Zimbabwe. Throughout the episode, Barbara advocates for the need for leaders to embrace self-awareness, adaptability, and empathy to create more...
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WLP347 Listening and Reading Recommendations February 2024
Today's post is the audio companion to the Virtual not Distant monthly newsletter, and you can subscribe to it via email here. Every month, Pilar shares with readers articles she's come across on the web, books she's read (or is reading) and podcast episodes she's listened to. The newsletter also...
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WLP346 What's Going On: Can We Really Work from Anywhere?
In today's episode, Maya shares her challenges trying to embrace the "work from anywhere" spirit. Our co-hosts also talk about how the popularity of Chat GPT has opened up the need to reinvent education, how they're using the bot and why we should all be vigilant when reading current research on...
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BONUS: Our Course Navigating Asynchronous Communication is out
Hello dear listeners of the 21st Century Work Life podcast. This is a little bonus episode, what some would call, a piece of content marketing, as I've put it together to introduce you to our audio-first course, for managers and leaders of remote teams: Navigating Asynchronous Communication. And…
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WLP345 Growing A Lifestyle-Centric, Values-Driven Distributed Business
In this episode, Pilar talks to Jeanna Barrett, founder and Chief Remote Officer at the fully distributed company FPS. Jeanna shares how she set up the company by following her values and aspiring lifestyle, as well as her approach to company culture, remote operations and how values influence…
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WLP344 How the 21st Century Work Life podcast is changing
Pilar pops in for a quick solo show to let you know how the focus of the show is changing.
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Happy New Year from the seafront!
A quick happy new year from Pilar, cradled by the sound of the sea.
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WLP343 What's Going On? Are We Moving Forwards or Backwards?
It's the last episode of the year, and it's very hard to break tradition! Maya and Pilar talk through some of the recent stories around remote work and the world of work and try to make up their minds as to whether we're moving forward or backwards… Just as they've been doing over the last three...
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WLP342 Location and Schedule: Defining Remote Work in Your Organisation
In this episode, Valentina Thörner talks about the importance of defining what "remote" means in an organisation, particularly around the dimensions of time and location. For a really good summary, check out https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/distributed-teams-matrix Connect with…
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Would you like to give feedback on "Time Management for Remote Workers"?
Hi, Pilar here. This is a very short announcement to let you know that I'll be releasing soon a book on time management for remote workers. This is an experiment. I am co writing it with Chat GPT, but I think it's wonderful. And I can say that because I've mainly been working on this as an editor...
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WLP341 Whats Going On: Will Asynchronous Communication Save Remote Work?
Maya and Pilar share their thoughts on the last two episodes, both of which covered different aspects of asynchronous communication. While some organisations are still struggling with incorporating a "good" version of async, others are getting ready to introduce AI. Where will it all end? Links…
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Brought to you by Virtual not Distant, the 21st Century Work Life podcast looks at leading and managing 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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