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21st Century Work Life

Pilar Orti

Business

Frequency: 1 episode/10d. Total Eps: 430

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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WLP382 Booknotes: How to Change

Thursday, April 30, 2026 • Duration 26:02

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

Friday, March 20, 2026 • Duration 26:04

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!

If you're interested in All the World's a Workplace, sign up here.

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It's Time for a Pause after 10 Years...

Thursday, January 2, 2025 • Duration 05:53

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: https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/contact-us

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WLP292 Rethinking Thinking Remote: Working Out Loud

Episode 292

Thursday, January 27, 2022 • Duration 49:49

In this episode, we revisit the chapters from Thinking Remote which addressed the concept of "working out loud".

Adopting the concept helps to keep the team spirit, how to stay aligned and creative. Working out loud allows those who thrive on interactive energy - we can think of "working out loud for productivity, creativity and collaboration".

The concept of working out loud has been around for a while, since the online world started thriving. (For more on this, check out episode 170, with guest Jochen Lillich https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/wlp170-working-out-loud )

8.50mins How have things changed since we wrote those blog posts?

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An example of the power of "working out loud" and "thinking outloud".

We quote from this article: Can Matt Mullenweg save the internet?
25.40

We revisit the chapter from Thinking Remote The Dangers of Working Out Loud , First published as a blog post in 2016.

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Next up, we turn our attention to the team member, and revisit the chapter by Maya: Now that I'm remote can anyone see how hard I'm working?

39.36
Community news, we share what others are tweeting and saying from our connections

For more links and transcript, head over to www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/revisiting-working-out-loud

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WLP291 Starting a New Role Remotely

Thursday, January 13, 2022 • Duration 35:35

In today's episode Pilar catches up with long-time friend of this podcast, Marcus Wermuth to talk about his mid-pandemic transition into new role as the full-time senior engineering manager at Remote.com.

This podcast is brought to you by Virtual Not Distant in London (virtualnotdistant.com) where we help managers and teams transition to an office-optional approach. For detailed show notes, visit our podcast page.

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WLP290 What Do the Many Versions of "Remote" Look Like?

Tuesday, December 21, 2021 • Duration 50:19

This podcast is brought to you by Virtual Not Distant in London (virtualnotdistant.com) where we help managers and teams transition to an office-optional approach.

In today's episode Pilar and Maya reflected on the changes which have taken place in remote work throughout 2021 - differentiation of terminology, the rise of asynchronous communication, new apps, and the endless talk about hybrid!

We also thank our community, and share news about upcoming workshops and themes for the new year.

36.08 Virtual Not Distant news

40.52 Thank you to our community

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WLP289 Bringing Together the Remote and Rural Communities

Thursday, December 9, 2021 • Duration 37:04

This podcast is brought to you by Virtual Not Distant in London (virtualnotdistant.com) where we help managers and teams transition to an office-optional approach.

In today's episode Pilar interviewed Carlos Jonay Suarez and Elsa Rodriguez from Pueblos Remotos: https://www.pueblosremotos.com/ about their exciting initiative to bring remote workers and rural communities together in Spain's Canary Islands. Connecting local entrepreneurs with international nomadic workers synergises creativity and idea sharing, while creating lasting friendships in a sustainable ecotourism environment, to benefit all participants.

Carlos would rather network with you in person than online, but meanwhile can be found on LinkedIn and also (in Spanish) SinOficina, and LinkedIn is also the best place to find Elsa - as well as keeping up with all the news and information on the main Pueblos Remotos site.

You can find out more information and get in touch with us over at www.virtualnotdistant.com

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WLP288 Rethinking Thinking Remote - Designing the Digital Workplace

Thursday, November 25, 2021 • Duration 58:38

This podcast is brought to you by Virtual Not Distant in London (virtualnotdistant.com) where we help managers and teams transition to an office-optional approach.

In today's episode, Pilar and Maya kick off a series reflecting on Thinking Remote: Inspiration for Leaders of Distributed Teams, which was published in 2018 - a geological epoch ago, in remote work terms. What has changed, what has stayed the same, and how have Pilar and Maya changed and evolved their own thinking on these themes?

The first chapter of the book dealt with designing the digital workplace, and you can read the original blog post from which the chapter derived here: Designing the Digital Workspace: What We Can Learn from the Physical Space — Virtual not Distant.

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WLP287 The Struggles of the Remote Manager

Thursday, November 11, 2021 • Duration 33:08

This podcast is brought to you by Virtual Not Distant in London (virtualnotdistant.com) where we help managers and teams transition to an office-optional approach.

In today's episode host Pilar Orti speaks with Corine Tan from emotional wellbeing platform Kona. They discuss their recently published Remote Manager Report 2021, and the product they have created - which helps teams check in with each other and share their context and emotions, via a slackbot which presents as a cute dog avatar.

Download Kona's team building guide, and keep up with Corine and Kona on Twitter.

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WLP286 The Challenges of Adopting Asynchronous Communication

Thursday, October 28, 2021 • Duration 29:57

This podcast is brought to you by Virtual Not Distant in London (virtualnotdistant.com) where we help managers and teams transition to an office-optional approach.

Today's episode features Tammy Bjelland founder and CEO of Workplaceless, and features a deep-dive into their new product Placeless Coach.

Tammy talks to Pilar about the background to Workplaceless, and the evident need for Placeless Coach, which helps teams and individuals develop better habits and behaviours around asynchronous working. Check it out at Placeless Coach - Reserve Your Spot.

And keep up with Tammy on LinkedIn and Twitter, to see what else she is working on.

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