The Socially Distanced Workplace

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One of the recurring themes in a lot of ‘what does the COVID-19 workplace look like’ pieces is ‘work from home, work from home, work from home.’

I work from home. I love working from home. I know lots of people who love it and lots of people who don’t like it at all. I’m also aware that lots of jobs that can’t be done entirely or even partially from home. So, let’s set aside working from home for a moment and talk about what the COVID-19 workplace looks like when it’s … well, at the workplace.

Well, it looks social distanced.

Yup, this is going to be part of the workplace workday long-term and there is no getting around it. On the assumption that we’re all operating to at least the WHO recommended standards (1 metre between people) or more (most places in the UK are working at a two-metre standard) – how do we do that?

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Remote Working: It’s Not Just Emailing from a Coffee Shop

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How hard can remote working be? Well, if you are only doing it for a few weeks, not very.

But if you are planning to make it the operational norm for your organisation – the shift from traditional ways of working to remote working can be more complicated than you think.

Mind you, this is all off the top of my head so it doesn’t actually get into the true nitty gritty. Just makes – I hope – the point – that this isn’t something that large organisations (and even most medium size operations – can simply flip a switch on and have it work straight out of the box.

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Winter City Break: Rome

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If it’s February, then it is Winter City Break time. As our city break to Porto (booked via British Airways holidays) last year had been superb, we decided to see what BA had to offer this year and this time we chose Rome.

Once in every trip to Rome, there is a moment when it feels like antiquities suddenly appear out of nowhere. You are walking along and you turn a corner and WHAM – there it is with no warning. On this trip, that moment was the Theatre of Marcellus.

I’d been to many times but it was all new to ModParlPhotos. We selected a hotel near enough to all the key spots to remain walk-able but also one that wasn’t quite in the middle of it all. When we are done for the day, we are done.

So, once again, everything booked in a single go via the BA holidays website – flights (BA), car service (TMTS Rome) and hotel (Hotel Glam Rome). Continue reading “Winter City Break: Rome” →

Sharing is caring. And good practice

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Sharing is part of what makes social media social. It shows the your potential audience that your content offers more than just a hard sell. No one is going to spend more than a minute longer than they have to for a hard sell. Sharing not only encourages trust and engagement, it boost the likelihood that they will share/recommend your content to others.

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Getting Ready for Self-Catering Holidays

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For several years, we went the ‘self-catering accommodation on family holiday campsite in France’ route for summer holidays. I’ve talked about the site we return to again and again before. They were the perfect solution for two adults who prefer relaxed sightseeing and reading on a lounger that are traveling with a very active youngster who’s prefer to spend the day running around on a football pitch and swimming.

When we started these trips, I’d never been to one of these holiday camps, so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. The official information provided had a suggested list of items to bring but until you’ve been to one of these sites, you really don’t know what your family will need because everyone’s family is different.

Having been a few times now, I’m more easy-going about prep and packing. I’ve sorted out what to bring to make arrival day as easy as possible (after 5 hours in the car, you want EASY in capital letters) and what to bring to make ‘housekeeping’ quick and easy as well. That’s my mantra for these trips – quick and easy. After all, I’m on holiday. Continue reading “Getting Ready for Self-Catering Holidays” →