Become a ninja at the virtual work/life combo

We've been living and working under a pandemic for over 6 months now... so how are you? No really, how are you doing? We can't 'tech' our way to a more satisfying balance when it comes to our virtual work and life. In this talk, I offer a different way to look at how to invest in your team, and 3 easy things you can do right now to improve things for you and everyone you work (or live!) with.

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1. Become a ninja at the virtual work/life combo BEN CROTHERS SOMETHING DIGITAL • 2020
2. HI, I’M BEN Principal Facilitator, Bright Pilots 25 years in design, strategy and facilitation Author, Presto Sketching, Draw in 4!, and 50 Remote-Friendly Icebreakers
3. It’s June 2021. Where do you think you and your team will be working? QUESTION
10. How do we go from suddenly remote, to sustainably remote? THE SHIFT
11. BEING A NINJA AT THE VIRTUAL WORK/LIFE COMBO Hardware Software
12. BEING A NINJA AT THE VIRTUAL WORK/LIFE COMBO Hardware Cultureware Software
13. HOW ARE YOU INVESTING IN YOUR CULTUREWARE? How we have conversations The symbols we use and talk about How work gets done What behaviour we reward Who has power, and why
14. Do a My User Manual, for you and your team #1
15. DO A MY USER MANUAL, FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM An effective way to convey work preferences and styles with each other in a team Builds trust Needs honest self-reflection
16. DO A MY USER MANUAL, FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM Do it individually for 30 minutes Take time as a team to go through sections together Example template and guide: atlassian.com/team-playbook/plays/my-user-manual
18. Discuss boundaries with each other Maybe have a ‘code’ emoji to use when a boundary is ‘stretched’ Do a collaborative communications charter in Mural (or similar). What tools do we use? Not use? And when? Why? DISCUSS COMMUNICATIONS AND BOUNDARIES TOGETHER
19. Design your calendar to match your optimal way of working #2
21. FIND A STRUCTURE THAT WORKS FOR YOU (AND OTHERS) Take control of your schedule, or others will control it for you Analyse your working habits, and optimise for focus time, meeting time, reflection time, and regeneration time
22. DESIGN YOUR CALENDAR TO MATCH THAT STRUCTURE Design a weekly or bi-weekly schedule that works for you Use calendar.com to set up blocks of time for different kinds of availability and action
23. Keep digital time together fresh with plenty of icebreakers and polls #3
24. 3 KINDS OF ICEBREAKERS Getting to know one another better Getting brains ready for a new task Lifting the energy and mood
25. brightpilots.com/icebreakers
26. brightpilots.com/icebreakers
27. brightpilots.com/icebreakers
28. ADD SOME RANDOMNESS Use a random picker to inject some random play into meetings Examples: wheeldecide.com wheelofnames.com namepicker.net
29. INTEGRATE INTERACTIVE TOOLS IN MEETINGS Example: Adding a QR code (from https://qrcode-monkey.com) in a Mural canvas, to make it easy for breakout rooms to pool results into one place.
30. How are you and your team investing in your cultureware? QUESTION
31. What is one action you can take, to help yourself or someone else you work with? QUESTION
32. THANK YOU Let’s support sustainable long-term remote work that matters
33. Discuss
34. Bright Pilots Website: brightpilots.com Twitter: twitter.com/brightpilots 50 Remote-Friendly Icebreakers e-book Website: brightpilots.com/icebreakers E-book: bit.ly/50icebreakers Deluxe PDF version: bit.ly/50icebreakers-deluxe Presto Sketching book Website: prestosketching.com Book: bit.ly/prestosketching Thank you. Let’s keep the conversation going.