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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 12 days 16 hours 16 minutes
episode 126: Are Virtual Teams Dysfunctional?
In this episode, Pilar and Lisette analyse a recent article by Patrick Lencioni where he recommends to stay away from working as a virtual team. Visibility in Virtual Teams from the website. Scroll down the Inspiration page....
episode 125: Redesigning Workspaces - Work 2.0 Conference
Welcome to a special episode of the 21st Century Work Life podcast, where I share with you my main reflections after attending the Work 2.0 conference last May 2017, in London and where I bring in the thoughts and opinions of other attendees. Don't...
Fickle Friday: An Internal Affair - Virtual Team Talk
A short episode to let you know about Virtual Team Talk's Internal Affair on 14 June 2017. If you would like to join us for this Internal Affair, visit www.virtualteamtalk.com
episode 124: These are a Few of Our Favourite Tools
In this episode, Pilar and Lisette share their favourite online tools and why they work for them. Can you add any to the list? visit How important are tools? Get out your pen and paper - or your favourite note-taking app! Lisette mentions...
episode 123: Building a Collaboration Environment
In this episode, Pilar talks to Chris Slemp about working out loud with teams, creating a collaboration environement and I how remote work has the potential of changing the structure of society. A little bit of an intro from Chris. How...
episode 122: Agile, coaching and hacked retrospectives
Steve Holyer shares why he works as Product Owner coach (amongst other things) and the importance of allowing teams to find how they best have fun together. visit for information on our training, coaching and consultancy services A short...
episode 121: Fickle Friday: Work 2.0 Conference Preview and Discount Code
The programme of the Work 2.0 conference, in London, 25 & 26 May 2017, gives a good overview of what companies are addressing when they plan for the future of their workforce. In this episode, Pilar shares some of the session titles that have...
episode 121: Building Teams and Diagnosing Organisations
Pilar talks to Paul Thoresen about developing teams, trust, and using surveys in organisations. Visit for information on our training, coaching and consultancy services. Paul on Twitter Paul on Medium Paul talks about what he...
episode 120: Work-Life What? Balance? Fusion? Interference?
Pilar mentions this episode from HBR IdeaCast, broadcast on 14 July 2016 "We Can't Work All the Time" Challenging the identity of the person who sees themselves as a different individual at work and at home. Work-life balance doesn't always mean...
episode 119: Making Virtual Meetings Comfortable
In today's episode, Pilar talks through the things we can tweak as individuals, to make our virtual meetings comfortable. 19:25mins Virtual meetings are gradually becoming one more way of talking to those you work with. And if organisations want...