This episode builds on one of our guest’s “micro-practices”. Pilar talks to workplace culture facilitator Lech Guzowski about understanding and navigating conflict in remote and hybrid work environments. They explore conflict's essential role in collaboration, delve into various conflict response models, and discuss how to intentionally create space for healthy disagreements within teams.
Read MoreThis episode covers recent research on three different aspects of new and established ways of working: the effect of asynchronous work on folk music creation, the trends in use of online tools and productivity global productivity in the “work from anywhere” economy. (Oh, and we’ve thrown in some numbers from 2017, for you to compare whether anything has changed…)
Read MoreIn this solo episode, Pilar introduces the Five Principles of Asynchronous Communication.
Read MoreFrom this page you can listen to our Management Café May 2023 episodes- but we recommend you subscribe to the show on your favourite podcast app, or subscribe to the Management Café blog, where we post the show notes.
Read MoreIn today’s episode, Wayne Turmel discusses the evolution of remote work culture, and how organisations are adapting to new work setups, like hybrid models, and the need to intentionally shape their cultures. He delves into the meaning of 'culture,' the difference between macro- and team-cultures, and the challenges of maintaining organizational culture in hybrid setups.
Read MoreComing out of the forced-remote period is getting messy: mandates to return to the office, forced working from home, diversity at a global level in how remote work is regulated, plus the ever-evolving technology! Recorded on 19 April 2023, this episode also includes guests Guy Van Leemput and Patrick Van Renterghem, organisers of the Brussels Digital Workplace conference.
Read MoreFrom this page you can listen to our Management Café April 2023 episodes (actually, we only released one in April!) - but we recommend you subscribe to the show on your favourite podcast app, or subscribe to the Management Café blog, where we post the show notes.
Read MoreIn this episode, Pilar talks to Sergey Fedorov (co-founder and CTO) and Tatiana Ivanova (Business Manager) from A1 SolarStore. They deal with physical products, and real-world customer installations, unlike most of the organisations we usually feature. But new ways of working are increasingly pervading every kind of industry, as this case study demonstrates.
Read MoreA special episode, as it was inspired by a message from one of her listeners, who wanted to find out about more about the role of Head of Remote. Pilar reached out to Tyler Sellhorn, a teacher-oriented technologist who maintains the website headofremote.xyz.
Read MoreIn this What’s Going On episode, Maya and Pilar talk about the range of features in collaboration technology that could affect the way in which we work together, without us even noticing.
Recorded on 23 March 2023.
From this page you can listen to our Management Café March2023 episodes - but we recommend you subscribe to the show on your favourite podcast app, or subscribe to the Management Café blog, where we post the show notes every week.
Read MorePilar welcomes returning guest Robert Glazer to talk about helping people develop and thrive in an organisation, the subject of Robert’s latest book “Elevate Your Team: Empower Your Team To Reach Their Full Potential and Build A Business That Builds Leaders.“
Read MoreIn this What’s Going On episode, Maya and Pilar discuss recent research into what people do with the time they save not having to commute to work, why people use third spaces of work and other tech updates.
Read MoreFrom this page you can listen to our Management Café February 2023 episodes - but we recommend you subscribe to the show on your favourite podcast app, or subscribe to the Management Café blog, where we post the show notes every week.
Read MorePilar talks to returning guest Mark Kilby about the different ways in which leaders can gain visibility in remote organisations, the need for pervasive and transparent communication, as well as the benefits of visualising our work.
Read MoreIn this What’s Going On episode, Maya and Pilar take inspiration from a post (not a very sophisticated one) generated by ChatGPT about the challenges facing those working from home this year. They also review articles by humans, on the future of work and the future of office spaces. Recorded on 24 Jan 2023.
Read MoreFrom this page you can listen to our Management Café January 2023 episodes - but we recommend you subscribe to the show on your favourite podcast app, or subscribe to the Management Café blog, where we post the show notes.
Read MoreIn this episode, Shannon Teague shares her story scaling a remote business, and some of the things she learned along the way.
Read MoreFrom this page you can listen to our Management Café December episodes - but we recommend you subscribe to the show on your favourite podcast app, or subscribe to the Management Café blog, where we post the show notes.
Read MoreIn this What’s Going On episode, Maya and Pilar review how new ways of working have landed in organisations and how the freelance landscape is evolving - mainly in relation to remote work. Recorded on 5 December 2022.
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