Sticky Learning Lunches #7: Get the Right Tech You Need When Working From Home For You and Your Productivity

Identify the tech you need when working from home and how to make it work, so that you can be more productive. Use your time working from home to become the very best version of yourself. This is a Virtual Classroom of 20-minutes, followed by a 10-minute Q&A.

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Nathan Simmonds:

Good afternoon everybody. It is Thursday. I feel like it's a Friday. It's night. It's a Thursday. Welcome everyone to today's session. We get we are again, we're just a little bit early. We're just gonna wait for everyone to come into today's session. So let's make sure we're setting everybody up for success. First things first, phones. Let's make sure our technology, 'cause this is the thing that's stopping us from doing good work.

Nathan Simmonds:

All your phones, let's get your phones out. Flight mode only, zero distractions. Let's minimize the technology while we're using the technology, I'm sure that's some sort of oxymoron happening right there. And also making sure we've got a drink available. We're just waiting for a few more people to turn up. Just seeing if I can see how many people I can see here.

Technology is important when working from home

 

Nathan Simmonds:

Just gonna give it a couple more seconds. Make sure you've got pens, paper ready. I'm gonna be sharing a couple of different ideas and, and models here to really help you get that focus while you're working at home. Make the most of it and make sure that this technology isn't holding you back. Um, and that we're not using it or having to create an obstacle which we're not paying attention to because it's very easy to get lazy with technology.

Nathan Simmonds:

But it's the same models that we're using physical uh, and working face-to-face as it is working with the technology. It's the same models we're using and when we apply them rather than getting lazy. 'cause the tech takes that, that effort out of it for us. So we think it makes it easier for us. We have to reapply those models with more vigor and more focus to get the best out of them. Let's give it one more minute and then we're gonna fly into this. Are ready.

Nathan Simmonds:

Brilliant. So we're in. Welcome to the sticky, sticky learning lunches. It's MBM, the Home of Sticky Learning. I'm just gonna take the screen share off so we've got that up there. Home of sticky learning. So we are soft skills provider to the UK grocery manufacturing industry. And these sessions are 20 minute micro learnings in these interesting times that we've got.

Nathan Simmonds:

And these are gonna happen for as long as you need them while you are working at home. And, and you need these, the, these tips and these ideas to help you get the best out of your environment, the best out of your situation and the best out of yourself so you can be the best version of yourself. Today we are looking at technology

Nathan Simmonds:

And actually how it's holding you back. So we're not gonna talk too much about the tech side, we're gonna talk about how we work our way around it. So what's the tech we've got, the first thing we need to make sure we got is a decent laptop.

Nathan Simmonds:

And we talked a little bit about this in space, making sure it's ever elevated so you can see it so you're not constantly hunched over and it's not pulling you and push and putting pressure on the wrong parts of your spine as you are working because that pressure is gonna cause pain and that that pain is gonna cause distraction, which is gonna stop you from doing good work. Even a small amount of pain over a long period of time is gonna cause a, a depreciation in the value that you can add. Okay? So let's be aware of this.

Nathan Simmonds:

Elevate your laptop, get comfortable. Mobile phones, huge distraction. I've got mine there, I'm aware of this. We need to be aware that it takes about 20 minutes for your...