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0:00
Welcome to this talk on
understanding the context
of remote work environments
in relation to well being.
0:09
I'll go through some
of the content.
I'll do an introduction to
myself Rowena Hennigan.
I'll give an overview of
the talk on what
we're going to cover,
which is broken down into
two main parts.
Looking at the history
of modern workplaces and
the evolution to
remote work in Part 1.
Moving on in Part 2. To
look at the details of
the online working
environments and how
well being and leadership
are related to that.
We'll move on to the
conclusion then.
0:41
An introduction to
myself Rowena Hennigan.
I'm an assistant editor
for HS Talks including
the online education series
and remote work now series.
I had been featured
extensively internationally as
a remote work and
digital nomadism expert
with many media coverage,
including Harvard
Business review,
New York Times, and BBC news.
I'm a LinkedIn top voice in
remote work LinkedIn instructor,
a remote work influencer,
and I write on Substack.
1:15
Let's have an introduction and
look at the content in Part 1.
We're going to look back
into history to see how
the modern office workplace
has evolved, when
internet technology arrives to
the 1970s, when the term
telecommuting was coined.
Our inflection point
is the COVID pandemic.
Then in more recent years post
pandemic and the move
to true remote work.
We'll also take some time on
the individual worker
benefits of remote work.
The more modern move to
work from anywhere and
have a look at the models of
employment involved
in this move.
To understand the origin
of the modern workplace,
