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Episode Links:
The value of learning together | Blog | University of Essex
How Relationships Help Us Grow and Learn
How to implement change management in hybrid work environments | GB Advisors
Change management best practices for hybrid work | Robin
Change Management For Hybrid Work: 6 Ways To Create Success
MBWA : The Lost Art of Managing by Wandering Around
Management by wandering around – Wikipedia
Working with Intention and Purpose in the Hybrid Working World
The Magic of Moments: How to Be Intentional in a Hybrid Work Schedule – PHOS Creative
Hybrid working: Guidance for people professionals | CIPD
The impact of remote and hybrid working on workers and organisations
Accelerating the benefits of hybrid work – why we must continue to lean into workplace flexibility
How can technology activate your hybrid work ecosystem? | EY Norway
Data Confirms: ‘Hybrid is Best’ — But Leadership Issues Push a Return to Office
Sainsbury’s Jobs – Remote 4 Day Week Jobs (2025)
Do young workers want to be in the office? | ISE
Gen Z workers feel isolated by tech and crave more in-person interaction, survey says
Seven Truths About Hybrid Work and Productivity
Who are the hybrid workers? – Office for National Statistics
Flexible work and gender equality: accelerating inclusive policies for women | Kogan Page
Dolly Parton – 9 To 5 (Official Video)
The Challenge of Hybrid Work Friction
Is hybrid working causing friction? The downside of taking a position
Study finds hybrid work benefits companies and employees | Stanford Report
Flexible and hybrid working practices in 2025 | CIPD
This week’s first guest is Sara Estevez Cores. Sara is a researcher in the Strategy & Entrepreneurship group at the UCL School of Management where she focuses on the future of work: particularly on the impact of flexible work arrangements on collaboration practices and the influence of workspace design and social norms on organizational behavior. In 2019, she was awarded a LaCaixa Scholarship for young talent. Before joining UCL, she worked for several years as an external and in-house leadership consultant in the US and the UK.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/saracores
Valerie Merrill is a seasoned training consultant with more than three decades of experience designing, delivering, and managing learning programs for a diverse range of clients in both the public and private sectors. Reputation for excellence is built on a foundation of referral and recommendation, reflecting a career dedicated to customised, impactful training solutions.
https://www.merrillconsultants.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/merrillvalerie
https://thesecretsoflearninganddevelopment.buzzsprout.com
With 25+ years expertise across Human Resources management, Healthcare and Business leadership, Irma Aleshe delivers transformational coaching that empowers professionals and executives to unlock their potential in career and wellbeing. She is dedicated to helping clients leverage relational connectivity and accountability to achieve lasting personal growth and success, plus become their most authentic selves.
Irma founded AIINIIA | Nurture Culture, delivering programs focussed on enhancing workspace performance and productivity, based on her ethos of ‘effective relational connectivity, as the transaction edge’ in all areas of interaction.
Website – www.aiiniia.co.uk
LinkedIn – www.linkedin.com/in/irma-i-aleshe-71b568214