502 — The Eras Tour: Part 3 (The hybrid period)

Jul 1, 2026

If the pandemic years saw the office become a 'blank space', the hybrid era gradually witnessed that space fill up again through return-to-office mandates.

In this week's episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, Rob Baker joins us to continue our 'Eras Tour'. We discuss:

• how the pandemic created an opportunity for 'job crafting', and what's changed since we've come out of lockdown
• whether job crafting has lost relevance since the pandemic, or just gotten harder to realize
• what new research tells us about the impact of job crafting on performance and wellbeing.

You can find out more about the work Rob does at tailoredthinking.co.uk.

See also:

In 'What I Learned This Week', Rob discussed the art of subtraction, including the Lego experiment explored in this video.

Ross G referenced an article in People Management on the challenge we may experience fulfilling AI roles in the future.

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