📣 Brand new FREE Audiem webinars featuring special guests | The 7 habits of AI-powered workplace leaders | register here 🤓After a humble apology and a dig into the #WorkplaceGeeks mailbag, Chris and Ian are joined by Susan Halford, Professor of Sociology at the University of Bristol, to talk about a very special study indeed. Back in 2005, as Susan published research findings from her case study at ‘Insurance Co’, she used ‘hybrid’ to describe working between home, office and other workspaces. Yes, that’s right. Hybrid. In 2005. Dial yer brains up to eleven ready for this intellectual listen. The findings are every bit as relevant to work and workplace right now, as the name.Thinking about hybrid working only in terms of different spaces risks oversimplifying the impact of hybrid on people, work and organizations. Hybrid workspaces have ‘relationality’: the different options affect the way work gets done, how people socialize, and how work gets organized and managed. Today, we need to get past opinions and headlines, and gather more empirical evidence to help us understand not just what is going on, but why.Timings[00:47] Welcome to Workplace Geeks[01:47] #WorkplaceGeeks mailbag[03:47] Introducing Susan Halford and her research[05:32] *Interview listening guidance and suggestions* [07:51] Interview starts[08:50] Sociology, work and workplace[13:42] The hybrid 2005 research[32:02] Relevance of findings to hybrid working today[43:22] BDFI ‘Neutral Lab’[51:19] The PinderPonder™Learn moreThe original 2005 Hybrid Workspace paperSusan’s University of Bristol profile pageBristol Digital Futures Institute pageBDFI Neutral LabEmail us with questions and feedback: ☎️ Leave us a voicemail on the Workplace Geeks hotline. We might feature you on a future episode! 📩 Subscribe to our newsletter for more Geeky goodness 📅 Join our upcoming Audiem webinars (and catch up on-demand) 🌟 Like what you hear? Rate and review us Apple Podcasts, and recommend us to your workplace pals! 💬 Ideas, feedback, or guest suggestions? Connect with Chris and Ian, and follow @WorkplaceGeeks on LinkedIn Share your thoughts using #WorkplaceGeeks Email us directly at [email protected] Workplace Geeks is sponsored by 2468 Group ☕️ Brought to you by Audiem⚡️— powering smarter workplace decisions with AI-driven insights. Get in touch to learn more 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼 🎧 Dialogue editing by David Crackles

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