Professor Darl Kolb - Metaphors-in-use: working from home is like…

If you’re now working from home, do you feel like you’ve hit the jackpot, or is it a punishing marathon that never seems to end?  Dr Darl Kolb has been asking people to describe their working from home experiences using metaphors. Darl will take you on a journey that highlights how people are coming to grips with the new normal.  “Working without seeing my boss is like getting out of prison,” says one person, while another says: “The technology I have to work with at home makes me feel like the poorest kid in the class.”  

Join Darl as he explores how people see and describe the new world of working from home and what might we learn from this grand social experiment.  

Speaker’s bio

Dr Darl Kolb is a pioneering theorist on socio-technical connectivity and the first Professor of Connectivity in the world. Darl received his PhD in organisational behaviour from Cornell University and has been a Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge. His main research interest is in the area of managing personal and organisational connectivity for performance and wellbeing.   

Prior to becoming an academic, Darl worked as an Outward Bound Instructor throughout Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Alaska. He now works at the Graduate School of Management within the University of Auckland Business School.  

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