WLP259 Shaping Culture through Virtual Retreats

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome to our first podcast episode of 2021, and happy new year to you wherever and whenever you are listening - from Virtual Not Distant in London (<a href= "http://virtualnotdistant.com">http://virtualnotdistant.com</a>).</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today we reflect further on culture in organisations, and bring you a great interview someone whose job revolves around this critical issue.</span></p> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">04.47 Stella Huang, head of Talent and Culture in Shield GEO</span></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pilar spoke with</span> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/stelladyhuang/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Stella Huang</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">in December 2020,</span></p> <p><a href="https://shieldgeo.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Shield GEO</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">take their retreats very seriously as a globally distributed organisation, and shifting them online during the throes of 2020 was a highly tactical endeavour.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Being unable to do that the following year, they still wanted to connect people the best way they could, switching from a one-off annual get together to a regular cadence of monthly hour-long events.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Please see <a href= "https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/culture-virtual-retreats"> https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/culture-virtual-retreats</a> for full shownotes.<br /></span></p> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">28.09 Getting clear on organisational culture</span></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ensuring that human element of connectedness is at the heart of the new ‘</span><a href= "https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/in-house-podcasting"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Podcasting for Connection</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">’ offering from Virtual Not Distant, which focuses on how we relate to and value one another outside