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Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

The Future of virtual coworking and “Deep Work”

Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

Boxlight Creative Studio

Technology, Business, Careers

51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Working from home has its perks, from flexible schedules to easy access to snacks, but what about the downsides? Join us as we delve into the world of remote work with serial entrepreneur Alicia Navarro, founder of Flown – a platform revolutionising virtual coworking. In this episode, we explore the challenges of feeling disconnected from your company and colleagues while working remotely, and how Flown aims to combat distraction and loneliness by fostering "deep work" – that highly productive mental state we all strive for. Alicia shares her entrepreneurial journey, from inadvertently inventing affiliate links over a decade ago to her current mission with Flown. Discover how a rejection from a Google Maps job interview led her down this path and how she's navigating the ever-evolving landscape of remote work. But it's not all business – we also dive into what it takes for humans to reach their full potential, memorable encounters like partying with Snoop Dogg, and why Alicia always brings authenticity, even if it means swearing, to her job interviews. ********** Follow us on socials! Instagram: instagram.com/jimmysjobs Tiktok: tiktok.com/@jimmysjobsofthefuture Twitter / X: twitter.com/JimmyM Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/jimmy-mcloughlin-obe/ Want to come on the show? [email protected] Sponsor the show or Partner with us: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

This neuroscience hack called body doubling. You subconsciously mirror the behaviors that you're

0:05.0

ambiently observing. It's why you yawn when someone else yawns. What would work look like if we flipped it to

0:12.1

embed to these practices.

0:13.4

Working from home seems great.

0:15.4

You can do the washing when you want, exercise when you want,

0:18.5

and put it all back on by visiting the fridge whenever you want.

0:21.4

I can well empathise with it.

0:24.0

What could possibly be the downside?

0:26.0

Well, there can be disconnection

0:28.0

from the company you work for

0:30.0

and the company you keep.

0:32.0

Bumping to someone as you walked in or chatting to someone over a water cooler

0:35.9

leading to a rise in destruction and loneliness.

0:39.6

Aleithia Navarro is a serial entrepreneur trying to fix that.

0:44.0

Well, I remember talking to one of the founders of Uber when they were still called Uber Cab.

0:48.0

She is the founder of Flow, a platform for virtual co-working, which is trying to help people tap into deep work the

0:55.8

super productive mental state I mean I think it's quite genius it's like if peloton

1:02.0

and the mindfulness at calm had a baby but for work.

1:08.0

Yes you could exercise by yourself but it is a lot easier, a lot more effective if you've paid something to do it. There's a really

1:15.0

charismatic instructor turning what would otherwise be a very dull task into a

1:20.3

produced event that is unique and full of content and personality and

1:24.4

you're surrounded by other people who are also showing up there to do the same thing.

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