WLP302 What's Going On: Asynchronous Book Clubs, the Metaverse and Work, and the New Hybrid Complexity

<p class="" data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Thanks to everyone who commented on our 300th episode! You can now find all the interviews over at the new podcast <a href="https://anchor.fm/worklifechanges">Work Life Changes and Remote Work in Organisations.</a></p> <p class="">We kick off looking at “what might be going on”. Maya has written “<a href= "https://www.e-resident.gov.ee/blog/posts/virtual-e-residency-a-future-in-the-metaverse?utm_sq=h1oqd4a6ps">Virtual e-residency, a future in the metaverse?</a>”, a piece looking at the potential of emerging technologies, and how we might make use of them as part of work in the future. Will “hybrid” mean we use both the metaverse and the office? Will there be a place online where all Estonian e-residents and businesses can meet? And how will taxation work?</p> <p class=""><strong>12.45 mins</strong><br /> We bring in the voices of two of our guests from episode 300, for this section on asynchronous communication. (We like to practice what we preach!)<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.markkilby.com/sdatbook/">Mark Kilby</a> tells us about a new experiment he’s set up using asynchronous video. He’s using the app Volley to bring people together who are reading his book and have questions and comments. It was not feasible to set up online meetings to bring everyone together, as readers are spread all over the world.<br /> <br /> Following <a href= "https://virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/wellbeing-and-emojis">episode 294,</a> where we covered a couple of articles on emojis, <a href= "https://podcastpolishing.com">Ross Winter,</a> our own “podcast polisher” has some further questions on the use of emojis: Why do we only have a handful of emojis? Should we ditch them? Are they harming the quality of our communication? What about predictive replies?<br /> Or is it just a matter of sending a quick reply vs no reply at all?</p> <p class=""><strong>31.16 mins</strong><br /> John Hopkins, has recently completed some <a href= "https://theconversation.com/flexibility-makes-us-happier-with-3-cl