Remote Works: Hybrid Survival Guide

We 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 intelligence to write the new work playbook. Explore research and perspectives for a successful hybrid work model on Fieldwork by Citrix [LINK: https://www.citrix.com/fieldwork/flexible-work/virtual-series.html [https://www.citrix.com/fieldwork/flexible-work/virtual-series.html]] filled with research, tools, and best practices to guide, support, and enable the flexible workforce. Chris Herd is Founder and CEO of Firstbase [LINK: https://www.firstbasehq.com [https://www.firstbasehq.com/]] based in Aberdeen, Scotland. Firstbase sets up businesses around the world with tools to work remotely. Grace Lordan [LINK:https://www.lse.ac.uk/PBS/People/Dr-Grace-Lordan [https://www.lse.ac.uk/PBS/People/Dr-Grace-Lordan]] is an Associate Professor in Behavioral Science at the London School of Economics. She is also the Founding Director of the Inclusion Initiative at the London School of Economics.

The 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 technology that had to happen in a short time to make all of this possible. Tune in to hear more about this explosion in innovation and what business leaders can do to sustain it as hybrid work takes hold. Citrix offers research and insights here [https://www.citrix.com/content/dam/citrix/en_us/documents/white-paper/the-era-of-hyper-innovation-wp.pdf] into how great innovation is being fuelled by collaboration. 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 [https://www.citrix.com/fieldwork/flexible-work/virtual-series.html], filled with research, tools, and best practices to guide, support, and enable the flexible workforce. Anna Lopatukhina is Senior Manager, Product Management for Wrike [https://www.wrike.com], a Citrix company.  They create enterprise-ready, cloud-based collaborative work management software. Jessica Reeder is Senior-All Remote Campaign Manager for the tech company GitLab [https://about.gitlab.com/?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=brand_amer_pr_rsa_br_exact&utm_content=homepage_digital_x-pr_english_&_bt=354092254316&_bk=gitlab&_bm=e&_bn=g&_bg=47379220496&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhoSsxq2s9AIVRW5vBB1t5QJuEAAYASAAEgIIofD_BwE]. Rob Cross [https://www.robcross.org/resources/books/beyond-collaboration-overload/]is the author of Beyond Collaboration Overload: How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead, and Restore Your Well-Being. Rob is also a professor at Babson College [https://www.babson.edu/academics/faculty/faculty-profiles/rob-cross.php#] and Co-Founder of and Research Director for Connected Commons [https://connectedcommons.com/], a group of organizations that have come together to sponsor research into how collaboration needs to happen at organizational, team, and individual levels.

In 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 [https://investors.citrix.com/news-and-events/press-releases/2021/09-29-2021-133026022] Tim Minahan, Executive Vice President, Business Strategy and Chief Marketing Officer at Citrix, offers further insight here [https://tminahancitrix.medium.com/the-future-of-gig-work-59091c3204c9] According to a recent survey [https://www.citrix.com/content/dam/citrix/en_us/documents/off-site/one-poll-talent-shortage-the-new-pandemic.pdf] conducted by Citrix, two-fifths (40%) of US office workers have left a job in the last  year or are considering doing so. Liz Fosslien [https://www.fosslien.com/] is the Head of Content at Humu and co-author of the best-seller No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work.

Ten 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 organizations can attract and retain future business leaders. Citrix has looked in depth [https://www.citrix.com/fieldwork/flexible-work/next-generation-of-leaders.html]at how Millennials and Gen Z are transforming the workforce. Sacha Connor is the founder and CEO of Virtual Work Insider [https://virtualworkinsider.com]. Virtual Work Insider is offering some resources [https://virtualworkinsider.com/citrix/] to anyone preparing to guide their team through the transition to hybrid work, or remaining fully remote: tips from 10 years of remote and hybrid work, a resource guide that includes tips for balancing synchronous and asynchronous communication, a self-assessment on the most important virtual leadership skills, and more. Liana Hakobyan is YouTube Team Lead at 10Web.io [https://10web.io]. In 2019 Liana gave a TedX talk [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwvw4Vsypwk]about how Gen Z is changing the workplace.

Ransomware 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 practices for organizations and individuals alike. It's #CyberSecurityMonth, and this is an episode you won't want to miss. Kurt Roemer, Chief Security Strategist for Citrix, shares his expertise in preventing attacks on IT departments and individuals. Fahmida Rashid is a cybersecurity journalist. She has been writing about information security for 15 years for technology publications such as Dark Reading, Security Week and Infosecurity Magazine. 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. [LINK: https://www.citrix.com/fieldwork/flexible-work/virtual-series.html] filled with research, tools, and best practices to guide, support, and enable the flexible workforce. To learn more about best practices for a secure workforce, visit us here: [https://www.citrix.com/fieldwork/secure-workforce/] https://www.citrix.com/fieldwork/secure-wor [https://www.citrix.com/fieldwork/secure-workforce/]kforce/