WLP226: Researching Collaboration Spaces

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This podcast is brought to you by <a href="https://virtualnotdistant.com">Virtual Not Distant</a>, helping businesses transition to successful remote working.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today we interview</span></p> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">6.07 Caitlin McDonald</span></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr Caitlin McDonald is a digital anthropologist at the Leading Edge Forum, an organisation which works with senior leaders to help them reconsider decisions and outcomes, through research, events, and advisory services. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pilar participated in recent research for the Forum on</span> <a href= "https://leadingedgeforum.com/research/reconfiguring-the-collaborative-workspace-making-the-most-of-time-space-attitude/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Reconfiguring the collaborative workspace</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which took a deep anthropological dive into workplace organisational structures and digital tools - in particular the ways we interact differently on and offline.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recent policy shifts in remote working and travel restrictions will affect many organisations for the first time, and Caitlin was keen to point out that ‘remote under duress’ is not a recipe for success, as we have discussed in this podcast previously. And in urban areas particularly, not everyone has a home environment suitable for work - it could be noisy, shared, unheated, etc. Asking employees to set up their own space doesn’t always work, people need support and resources from the organisation.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We strongly recommend checking out the executive summary of Caitlin’s research</span> <a href= "https://leadingedgeforum.com/research/reconfiguring-the-collaborative-workspace-making-the-most-of-time-space-attitude/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, and you can connect with her on</s