WLP229 Not Business as Usual in the (Already) Remote World

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To counterpoint the wave of content to support people new to working from home, here at <a href="https://virtualnotdistant.com">Virtual Not Distant</a> we wanted to take time to reflect on the current state of knowledge work in the age of corona and the way things have changed already, and might continue to change in the future.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(If you are new to this and looking for support in suddenly working from home, then we’d advise you to check out</span> <a href= "https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/suddenly-work-from-home"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">this short bonus episode</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">in the first instance, as well as</span> <a href= "https://www.worklifepsych.com/podcast/special-episode-working-from-home-in-a-crisis/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">episo</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">de 60 of My Pocket Psych podca</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">st</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. And contact us if we can help with anything specific to keep you going).</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While we’ll always advocate for working from home as an</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">option</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">in the mix, the world is short on options right now. Even for Pilar, doing voiceover work in studios is presently on complete hiatus, and work is changing at Virtual Not Distant with a surge in requests from work with Spanish companies - not traditionally keen to embrace ‘teletrabajo’ (see e</span><a href= "https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/south-europe"><span style="font-weight: 400;">pisode 214</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">for more on this) who are now looking towards long-term shifts in how they collaborate for the future).</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And today we talk in depth to 3 experts in remote work and long-term home-based working, all of whom will be familiar voices to regu