{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6074336b81f6d26b0fd553e2/611ced88bd473100120ced7e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Alex Soojung-Kim Pang: Finding Purpose & Focus At Work","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6074336b81f6d26b0fd553e2/1629284325218-a7b273e92deb31fe84129e8bb2f9d4d8.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Hello, my worker bees! So let's face it, the perfect office probably doesn't exist – but if it did, it would be the brainchild of Alex Soojung Kim Pang, PHD, a Silicon Valley consultant and a futurist who has spent the last two decades researching the nature of people, work and technology. Alex totally transformed how I think about the 'work-life balance' – we spoke about the need to instead create a sense of 'harmony' in your working day, instead (which also takes into account how much solo/social time you need as an individual). He proved a fascinating guest – we chatted about:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Getting the right balance of social interaction and focussed solitude at work</li><li>The relationship between 'rest' and being alone</li><li>How to find a greater degree of purpose and 'flow' in our working days</li><li>The need to create a distraction-free office environment post-pandemic</li><li>Whether the terms ‘introvert’ and ‘extrovert’ are useful – or not</li><li>Why we need to bring back the communal office lunchtime</li></ul><p><br></p><p>&amp; more!</p><p><br></p><p>Happy listening.</p><p><br></p><p>Alex Soojung-Kim Pang’s book, Rest<em>,</em> is <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2XRXjbw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">available to buy now</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>My book, <em>Alonement: How To Be Alone and Absolutely Own It, </em>is also out now from <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3AGhHul\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a>, <a href=\"https://fave.co/3mb8ztN\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Waterstones</a> and all good bookshops.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Social links:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Twitter:</strong></p><p><strong>*&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/ChezSpecter\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@ChezSpecter</a></p><p>*</p><p><a href=\"@askpang\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@askpang</a></p><p><strong>Instagram:</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/alonementofficial/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@alonementofficial</a></p><p>*</p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/chezspecter/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@ChezSpecter</a></p><p>*</p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/askpang/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@askpang</a></p><p>*</p><p>Contact: press@alonement.com</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Francesca Specter"}