{"id":6516,"date":"2026-02-11T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/?p=6516"},"modified":"2026-02-04T13:09:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:09:01","slug":"calling-dibs-ep-111-applying-bi-to-hybrid-work-deep-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/2026\/02\/11\/calling-dibs-ep-111-applying-bi-to-hybrid-work-deep-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling DIBS Ep 111: Applying BI to Hybrid Work &amp; Deep Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Listen to<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ubc.ca.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=33869f0f-b628-43ba-aee8-b3cb001bdab4\">Episode 111<\/a><\/strong>: &#8220;Applying BI to Hybrid Work &amp; Deep Work&#8221; with Greg Lockwood, Senior Analyst at Global Affairs Canada <br><em>(41 minutes; posted Feb. 11, 2026)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greg Lockwood returns to the podcast to tell us about recent projects using mixed methods to explore optimal hybrid work strategies and to encourage deep work in the age of distraction. Drawing from his experiences at the Public Health Agency of Canada and Global Affairs Canada, Greg also shares lessons learned about experimentation, communicating with internal vs. public audiences, and working in BI-specific vs. generalist roles and teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2022\/07\/Calling-DIBS-icon-300x300.png\" alt=\"Calling DIBS podcast logo\" class=\"wp-image-2623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2022\/07\/Calling-DIBS-icon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2022\/07\/Calling-DIBS-icon-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2022\/07\/Calling-DIBS-icon.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:85%\">\n<p><em>For the full list of podcast episodes plus transcripts, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/podcast\/\">Calling DIBS page on the BI wiki<\/a> or subscribe via major podcast platforms like <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/calling-dibs\/id1618687227?ign-itscg=30200&amp;ign-itsct=podcast_box_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1dMdl3GFBt724LidAq07cW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.ca\/podcasts\/ee67542a-5d1c-4a28-9afb-aa84927bb325\/calling-dibs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon Music<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greg Lockwood shares mixed-methods projects exploring optimal hybrid work strategies and how to encourage deep work; he also shares lessons learned from different roles and teams [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28042,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,24,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calling-dibs","category-media","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6516"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6667,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6516\/revisions\/6667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}