perfecting the work/life blend

A day in the life of the modern workforce

Ideas for Work

Perfecting theWork/Life Blend

This is the story of two people living equally busy lives.They’re employed in the same role, in the same organisation.

But they both rely on different tools to keep on top of work – and play.

It’s a balancing act that’s taking place across lives and businesses the world over.

The question is: are your people Justins or Jakes?

6:30

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Jake

Jake is woken by a track from his favourite band playing on his smartphone.

Justin

Justin snoozes his alarm, rolls over – and falls back asleep.

6:30


Justin’s still asleep.

Jake checks the news on Twitter while lying in bed.

6:40


Book!!

Justin’s re-awoken by a call from his girlfriend, reminding him to book a table for their meal that evening.

Jake receives a WhatsApp message from his girlfriend reminding him to book a table for their meal that evening.

6:45


Bill

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Jake gets a notification on his smartwatch, he’s got an urgent email from Bill at work. He reads it.

6:50


Justin checks his email, but the file he needs is on his work PC. He replies to Bill’s SMS.

I’ll get into work early and sort it out when I get into the office.

Jake securely downloads the file he needs from the cloud. He makes the required edit and sends a reply to Bill.

6:55


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DELAYS

Justin showers, gets dressed and leaves the house.

Jake showers. He checks the train times on his tablet while eating breakfast and finds out his train is delayed.

7:30


Jake sends his colleagues an email to tell them about the train delay. He catches up on sports highlights on his tablet.

Justin is stood on a platform in the rain. His train is delayed.

7:50


Train arrives. Justin boards.

Jake arrives at the station on time and jumps on the train.

8:25


Justin pulls out his newspaper and reads the football highlights.

Jake responds to a few emails on his smartphone, to clear his inbox before he gets into work.

8:30


Temporary pass

Jake arrives at work. He uses his smartphone as a security pass by touching it on the gate.

Justin arrives at work. He’s forgotten his security pass and has to sign in.

9:10


Justin’s ploughs through 16 emails before he sees Bill's request for an urgent report.

Jake’s picked up another message from Bill. He needs a report, urgently. Jake gets straight onto the case on his laptop.

9:20


I’m on the case with the report.

Bill calls Justin on his work landline. He’s sat at his desk and still needs to complete a lot of the report.

Jake completes his report and emails it over to Bill.

10:15


APPROVED

Justin heads to the canteen to grab a coffee. There's a big queue behind him and he hasn’t got any change, so he has to ask Brenda in Accounts to buy him one.

Jake heads to the canteen to grab a coffee. He pays using his smartphone.

10:45

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Justin gets a phone call from a prospect. They want him to jump onto a video conference to talk through his proposal.

Jake gets an instant message on his smartphone from a prospect, asking him to jump onto a video conference to talk through his proposal.

10:50


Video Call

The video conference suite isn’t available so Justin has to dial in via landline. He talks through the presentation page by page:

Can you see it? Now click onto the next page.

Jake joins the video conference using his tablet. He shares his screen and talks through the presentation.

11:20


Interesting. We’re considering a few othersso will get back to you.

Prospect response:

Okay, we’re convinced this is the right answer. We’ll go for it.

Prospect response:

12:00


Justin gets back to the report.

Jake books a table for the restaurant that evening on his laptop.

12:30


Justin is eating a bag of crisps, still working on the report. He has 124 emails in his inbox.

Jake is sat with Bill in a café.

Great report. I’ve been thinking about you for this new role.

1:00


Justin is on his way to a client meeting in a taxi. He takes a phone call from his girlfriend asking about the restaurant booking for that night.

Jake is on his way to a client meeting in a taxi. He sends a WhatsApp message to his girlfriend.

The table is booked for China Garden at 7pm.

2:30


Jake arrives at the client meeting – but realises he’s left his tablet in the back of the cab. He’s annoyed.

Justin arrives at the client meeting – but realises he’s left the work laptop in the back of the cab. He panics.

2:45


The client meeting is going really badly. Justin has nothing to show because the presentation was on the lost laptop.

The meeting is going well. Jake’s downloaded his presentation from the cloud onto his client’s laptop.

3:15


Bill If lost, please return to

Bill calls Justin:

IT admin calls Jake:

The cab company have been in touch – and returned your tablet.

Where’s the report? And what’s this I hear about you losing the company laptop?

4:00


Justin is back in the office, he’s still working on the report.

Jake books a taxi via an app on his smartwatch and goes to meet his girlfriend. He updates LinkedIn on the way.

5:45


Jake meets his girlfriend at China Garden.

Justin’s girlfriend calls. She’s angry. He forgot to book the restaurant, and he’s working late.

6:30

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Justin's report is complete. He still has 170 unread emails in his inbox.

Jake is on his way home. He checks his work email for new messages.

8:00


Justin’s at home in front of the TV eating pizza. Alone.

Jake’s at home with his girlfriend.

10:00


Justin receives a text message on his mobile.

Jake updates his Facebook status.

Despite almost losing my tablet, had a top day at work and a lovely meal at China Garden!

You sent your report to the wrong Bill.

10:30

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Life works better when you’re empowered by the right tools. Give your staff the freedom to work with the devices and services they're accustomed to using and they'll be more efficient, more engaged, and firmly in control of all aspects of their lives.

Simply providing access to the right technology solutions will transform your workforce, enabling them to better service customers and propel your company's growth.

To read more about how embracing the modern consumer can benefit your business, read our in-depth report here.

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