Remote Works: Work Rebalanced
36 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -We dig into the big questions about how work is changing again. Questions about security, how and where we meet now, and what Gen Z can teach the rest of us about the new workplace. So many of us are searching for that sweet spot between working in the office, at home and everywhere in between. Hybrid work brings opportunities to seize, but it also brings challenges to tackle. Our host Melanie Green is learning how we can all thrive in hybrid work - for the long haul. You’ll hear compelling stories and advice from leading experts. Produced by Citrix. Follow along @Citrix
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Trying turning it off and on again
October 26, 2022 04:05 - 22 minutes - 10.9 MBTechnology is the glue holding the hybrid workplace together. Videoconferencing, collaborative applications, cloud computing – these are all tech innovations that enabled employees to connect and work with their colleagues at a time when they weren’t able to go into the office. Even after a partial return to the office, technology once considered a “nice to have” before the pandemic quickly became an essential component of being able to work. The shift to a hybrid work arrangement now mean...
Better hybrid work places are built with trust and empathy
October 12, 2022 04:05 - 22 minutes - 21 MBTrust is crucial at a hybrid workplace. But it’s often hard to find between colleagues. According to the Citrix Work Balanced report, 8 in 10 employees say it’s important to have an employer they can trust. However, less than half the workforce says they actually trust their bosses. Meanwhile, a growing number of employers are turning to monitoring software to ensure productivity – often unaware or ignorant of the negative impacts of stealthy supervision tactics. (There are, of course, indus...
Working together apart: How to make flex work work for you
September 28, 2022 04:05 - 21 minutes - 20 MBFor many workers, a flexible work schedule has become a non-negotiable aspect of their job. Flexibility is considered a key pillar of hybrid work. But it’s also the most misunderstood. When policies around scheduling or work expectations haven’t been thought through, flexibility at the workplace can become burdensome. In the Citrix Work Rebalanced report, flexibility is the lowest-rated pillar, from both an employee and employer perspective. Many employers expect complete office attendance....
Meet Me in the Metaverse
September 14, 2022 04:05 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBThe hybrid model is supposed to bring the best of both worlds to the workplace. The ability to work asynchronously for solo tasks or in a group setting for team projects, as needed. Sharing space, naturally, is a key piece of hybrid work. But if team members are unable to work together even when they do come into the office, how can leaders ensure that employees are able to connect and collaborate even when people are not in the same room. In this episode, we talk about why connection and ...
Remote Works: Work Rebalanced
August 31, 2022 04:05 - 1 minute - 1.01 MBHybrid work is here to stay. A new hybrid work report by Citrix offers insights and ideas for business leaders, IT managers and employees to build a better/new world of work. Work Rebalanced: The Hybrid Work Report by Citrix utilizes four key pillars — technology, flexibility, trust, and collaboration — to understand the forces challenging and reshaping their organizations.
The Coming Work-Life Rebalance
December 15, 2021 08:05 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBWe are in a pivotal moment. Hybrid work is not only changing how we work, but also how we live. Host Melanie Green explores this fundamental work-life rebalance. We hear from Chris Herd, CEO of Firstbase, who believes that this moment in time is an opportunity to empower a billion people to access a better work-life balance. Grace Lordan of the London School of Economics sees hybrid work changing top-down management to become more democratic. Citrix is supplying you with critical intellige...
Innovation Through Collaboration
December 01, 2021 08:05 - 21 minutes - 10.3 MBThe massive shift to remote collaboration has fundamentally changed how we work together. Technology plays a starring role in this story. Host Melanie Green explores the links between collaboration and innovation and what business leaders and thinkers are doing to take it to the next level. Think about the move to virtual learning by schools everywhere. Think about the countless medical clinics that moved online overnight to continue helping patients. Think about the great innovations in t...
From Great Resignation to Great Rejuvenation
November 17, 2021 08:05 - 20 minutes - 9.81 MBIn August, 4.3 million Americans left their jobs. We’ll talk to one worker who quit in search of more flexibility and a better work life balance. Plus Liz Fosslien, Head of Content at Humu, unpacks what this means for companies, and what we can learn at this transformational moment. Citrix research offers insights into the Great Resignation Tim Minahan, Executive Vice President, Business Strategy and Chief Marketing Officer at Citrix, offers further insight here According to a recent surv...
Hybrid work trailblazers
November 03, 2021 07:05 - 19 minutes - 18.6 MBTen years ago, Sacha Connor pioneered virtual work in the large corporation she worked for. Now Sacha works with business leaders making the transition to remote and hybrid work. When Sacha started her work experiment a decade ago, many of the tools we have now for connecting remotely didn’t exist. Gen Z guest Liana Hakobyan, on the other hand, was born into a digital world. Liana is part of a generation that is most comfortable in hybrid and remote work. She gives her take on how organiza...
The Realities of Cyber Security Threats
October 20, 2021 07:05 - 22 minutes - 10.7 MBRansomware and other cyber threats have evolved in recent years , and with that so has cybersecurity. In this episode we’ll share stories of modern day cyber attacks that keep IT professionals up at night. We'll hear about a cyber attack that impacted a country's health service, an attack on a legal firm's web server that exposed sensitive client data, and we’ll hear how attackers found vulnerable systems in a small company's network and got in. Experts share advice about best security prac...
The Meeting Dilemma
October 06, 2021 07:05 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBHumans have a complicated relationship with meetings. We need to meet but we don't always do it well. Hybrid work adds another tricky layer. Host Melanie Green explores our love-hate relationship with meetings, why they matter, and how they could even be the highlight of your day. Kristin Arnold is the president and founder of Quality Process Consultants, Inc., with offices in the U.S. and Canada. As a speaker and meeting facilitator, she has worked with over a hundred organizations on le...
Back to the Office Jitters
September 22, 2021 04:05 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBFor many, hybrid work presents an opportunity for companies and employees to change how they work. But at the same time a lot of people are nervous about getting back to the office. They’re grappling with a lack of flexibility, the hassle of the daily commute, and finding work life balance. Remote Works is your personal hybrid work survival guide. We’re digging into the big questions about how work is changing again. Questions about how and where we meet now. Security. And what Gen Z can t...
Remote Works: Hybrid Survival Guide
September 08, 2021 04:05 - 1 minute - 1.17 MBAs we make a shift to hybrid work, business leaders and companies are seizing the opportunity to build a successful work model that will last for years to come. Our host Melanie Green explores how we hold on to work life balance and keep everyone on equal footing in and out of the office as the way we work evolves. Citrix is supplying you with critical intelligence to write the new work playbook. Explore Research and perspectives for a successful hybrid work model on Fieldwork by Citrix.
Work, Transformed
June 23, 2021 04:05 - 25 minutes - 12 MBWe end this season with a listener favorite. Host Melanie Green invites three experts to join her for a look at the future of work: Dave Cook, a researcher who was studying remote work long before most of the world had heard of it, Matthew Metelsky, a tech guru who understands the importance of the human side of IT, and Dean Sevin Yeltekin, a business school dean who is preparing her students for a radically different way of working. For extra reading and more expertise on flexible work, ...
Bring Women Back to the Workforce
June 09, 2021 04:05 - 24 minutes - 11.6 MBThe numbers are jarring. Since March 2020, nearly 2.5 million women have left the U.S. workforce, compared with 1.8 million men. One of the women who left was Farida Mercedes. Before the pandemic, Farida was on a fast-track in a corporate job she loved. But then she made the tough decision to leave. We'll hear Farida's story. We'll also hear from Laura Zarrow, Executive Director of People Analytics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, about some of the reasons women have ...
Tired and Wired: How Data Can Boost Well-being
May 26, 2021 04:05 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MBWe've all felt it at some point this year: Tired and wired. This episode is all about data and well-being. Host Mel Green and Amy Haworth, Citrix’s Senior Director of Employee Experience, embark on a two-week experiment with wearable tech to gain a little insight into their own well-being. Red Bull Racing Performance Coach David Osgathorp steps in to have a look at Mel’s results and says the most important thing to look at is sleep data. When we sleep well we’re more productive, more creativ...
The Anywhere Desk
May 12, 2021 04:05 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBDid you know that your desk speaks volumes about you? Environmental psychology consultant Lily Bernheimer analyzes host Mel Green’s desk personality type. Lily says that knowing our type can help us design our own physical workspaces in a way that will help us work better - whether we’re setting up in a coffee shop, dining room, office, or all of the above. Then we move into the digital workspace with James Bulpin, Citrix’s Senior Principal Engineer with the Emerging Solutions Team. James of...
The Super Commute
April 28, 2021 04:05 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBFlexible work has empowered people to choose where they want to live. This past year there has been a shift away from large urban centres in the U.S. The number of people moving out of big cities in 2020 was far greater than in 2019. We’ll find out where they’re going and what the shift means for housing markets, for flexible workers and for the companies they work for. Explore Fieldwork by Citrix for research and stories to transform the way we work. Daryl Fairweather is Chief Economist ...
Flexibility Spurs Sustainability
April 14, 2021 04:05 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBSo you're embracing flexible work. That could mean less commuting, fewer takeout lunches and a lot less stress on the environment, right? Yes, but there's more to the equation. Hear from Paul Dickinson from CDP on how companies need to reconsider how they define sustainability, and how to truly make flexible work a viable option for a long time to come. Citrix has created a virtual series filled with research, tools, and best practices to guide, support, and enable the flexible workforce. ...
The 9-5 Pitch Strikes Out. The Winning Hit? Flexible Work
March 31, 2021 04:05 - 19 minutes - 18.6 MBIn 1918, when the Spanish Flu was ravaging America, Baseball gave people something to cheer about. Now, over a hundred years later, Baseball is again helping us learn how to cheer again – and this time Major League Baseball® has been doing it remotely. Host Melanie Green finds out how America’s Favorite Pastime is working and playing remotely. Noah Garden Chief Revenue Officer of Major League Baseball® walks us through how MLB® has shifted just about everything they do to embrace a flexible ...
Preventing Burnout
January 20, 2021 08:05 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBOver the past season, we’ve taken deep dives into how the world of work has been changing. For our final episode this season, we’re looking beyond the technology, the company culture, and the distributed work models. We’re looking at you and how you find balance day to day. A recent report by the World Economic Forum showed that with an increase in remote work, there has been more demand among employers and employees for skills related to well-being. Business leaders are taking steps to crea...
What's Beyond Zero Trust?
January 06, 2021 08:05 - 24 minutes - 11.4 MBIt can be as easy as clicking a link and all is lost. Hackers take their time finding weak points, entering our personal and professional systems without our knowledge. It's estimated that in 2020, losses from cybercrime around the world were just under a trillion dollars. With the rapid changes to work over the last year, proper security is even more vital. As we settle into flexible work with multiple gadgets and devices, how can we stay secure? That’s where zero trust comes in. Security e...
Building Resilience in the Cloud
December 16, 2020 08:05 - 21 minutes - 9.66 MBIn early March, Teniesha Wright-Jones and Lamont Jones were among the first doctors in Michigan to treat patients for COVID-19. Then, they tested positive for the virus. Because of their roles as pivotal healthcare providers in the midst of a pandemic, the two were forced to nurse themselves back to health while remotely navigating an overhaul in how they provided healthcare. There were some big questions to answer: How could they make sure patient information was safe and secure while worki...
The Fall of the Office Ping Pong Tables
December 02, 2020 08:05 - 20 minutes - 9.42 MBFrom yoga classes to gourmet meals to waterfalls, pre-pandemic offices were built so employees never really wanted to leave. Company culture was a side effect of tangible office perks, and connecting with colleagues was as easy as turning a swivel chair around to join the office discussion about the most recent episode of Game of Thrones. Now, connecting with colleagues is only possible through a screen, and in-office benefits are a thing of the distant past (it's not like a company can ship...
The Freelance Wave
November 18, 2020 08:05 - 22 minutes - 10.5 MBThe recent emphasis on flexible work has driven a massive surge in freelancing. Workers are ditching the notion of being strapped to a desk from nine to five in favor of digital nomadism, otherwise known as the location-independent workforce. With the right technology, the options of where you want to work are now endless. In this episode, we'll meet several expert and rookie digital nomads as they explore the possibilities stemming from this new way of working. We'll also meet Adam Ozimek, ...
Remote Work: Extreme Arctic Edition
November 04, 2020 08:05 - 22 minutes - 10.2 MBThere’s work from home, and then there’s remote work - emphasis on the remote. Picture living in a tiny trapper's hut built in the 1930s with no running water, no electricity. The nearest town is 86 miles away and your nearest neighbors are polar bears. Meet Sunniva Sorby and Hilde Fålun Strøm. This is their home office in the heart of Svalbard, Norway. Self-described polar ambassadors and citizen scientists, Sunniva and Hilde are there to inspire “global dialogue about the changes we are ex...
Racing into a New World of Work
October 21, 2020 07:05 - 22 minutes - 10.5 MBAuto racing could be seen as the perfect metaphor for the world in which we find ourselves now. In this second season of Remote Works, we'll look at how people and companies are doing now that we're settling into a new world of work. Some are heading back to an office that looks different post-COVID, others are working remotely for the long term. Now is the time to have a deeper look at what teams and individuals really need to succeed in their jobs, from technology to digital wellness. In ...
Remote Works: Exploring the New World of Work
October 12, 2020 07:05 - 2 minutes - 1.05 MBIn this second season, we live in the future of work. From a racetrack in Monza, Italy to a cabin in the Arctic, we’re putting the human side of remote work front and center. Whether you’re back in a modified office or settling into remote work for the long term, we’re here with expert insight, new research, and best practices from innovative companies around the world. To be successful in our constantly evolving workspaces, we’ll dig deep into the technology and mindset that support your su...
The Future of Remote Work
July 01, 2020 04:05 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBLet’s be honest: coping and adapting to the sudden shift to remote work has been a big challenge. But one thing is for sure, remote work is here to stay. People are now dividing their time between office and home, or going fully remote. Where do we go from here? In this episode, three experts will guide you into the future of work. Citrix has created a virtual series on remote work filled with research, tools, and best practices to guide, support, and enable the remote workforce. Laura Gi...
The Show Must Go On
June 24, 2020 04:05 - 27 minutes - 25.7 MBLights, camera, living room.... host Melanie Green takes a look at the new remote work realities in the world of media. Emmy Award-winning WRAL-TV anchor/reporter Kathryn Brown brings us behind the scenes in her home studio where she's been busy trying to keep her kids and dog quiet so she can host the evening news. A producer of children's shows coaches her young talent remotely, cajoling them into making blanket forts and silly faces. Meanwhile, animators are right at home in this new real...
The 49ers Gain a Home-Field Advantage
June 17, 2020 04:05 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBThe NFL season is just around the corner and like all of us, the San Francisco 49ers have been working remotely and finding ways to prepare both on and off the field. Hear from ace defensive lineman Arik Armstead about how he and teammates are working together while training apart. It’s about more than just players staying in shape though. The back office has had to go completely remote as well. Hannah Gordon, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel shares how this experience has ...
Connected Learning
June 10, 2020 04:05 - 22 minutes - 21.2 MBFrom sounding out the alphabet to finishing college, from education evangelists to systems specialists, learn all about the world of remote learning. California school teacher Ben Cogswell shares what a successful video conference looks like for a class of 5-year-olds. Greg Theisen, Chief Information and Technology Officer at Post University in Waterbury, Connecticut, talks about how a complete overhaul of the university's technology a few years ago paved the way for a smooth transition when...
Illinois Goes Big and Goes Home
June 03, 2020 04:05 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBImagine it's your job to oversee everything to do with technology in your workplace. One day, a call comes in that changes your life: your entire organization - thousands of employees - need to start working from home. ASAP. Here is how the State of Illinois managed to transition their workforce to fully remote in a matter of days. Citrix has created a virtual series on remote work filled with research, tools, and best practices to guide, support, and enable the remote workforce. Learn mo...
Keeping Your Team in Tune
May 27, 2020 04:05 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBAn orchestra can be seen as the ultimate team. Every member is integral to the whole; every individual must be in tune with the larger group. When the pandemic hit, many of us took home our notepads, monitors, and office coffee mug. Orchestras had to learn to work remotely too. Concert halls closed and musicians went home with their violins, flutes, cellos, and bassoons. In the second episode of Remote Works, we'll visit the Colorado Symphony and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra to explore...
The Remote Office Frontier
May 20, 2020 04:05 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBWhether it's an apartment in Shanghai or a house in a small English town, people are moving out of the office and into workspaces that are full of pots, pans, pets, kids, spouses and noisy neighbors. Where's the photocopier room? And how are you supposed to focus and participate in virtual meetings when your roommates are watching TV six feet away? In the premiere episode of Remote Works, we visit two home office rookies in China and the UK as they grapple with the shift to remote working....
Introducing Remote Works
April 29, 2020 15:16 - 58 seconds - 906 KBIt feels kind of like the world changed overnight. The rules around how we interact and communicate with each other, they’re all new. Simple things that we used to take for granted now feel like a challenge. Take working from home, for many it used to be kind of a novelty, but in the new reality it’s become the new normal. And those who can figure out how to do it effectively are the ones who will become the market leaders of tomorrow. Remote Works takes a deep dive into the extraordina...