{"id":1882,"date":"2012-10-17T03:26:58","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T03:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=354"},"modified":"2012-10-17T03:26:58","modified_gmt":"2012-10-17T03:26:58","slug":"worktech-2012-plantronics-presentation-on-smarter-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/worktech-2012-plantronics-presentation-on-smarter-working\/","title":{"rendered":"WorkTech 2012 &#8211; Plantronics Presentation on Smarter Working"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today Paul Johnson, Senior Director of Business Applications at Plantronics, gave a talk on Smarter Work during the WorkTech conference.\u00a0 He went over some great material covering why Smarter Working is so important to all of us in the business world.\u00a0 Although there is no substitute for hearing the piece in person, I\u2019ll try my best to cover some of the information in the presentation for you.<\/p>\n<p>In this world we are connected at almost every moment.\u00a0 We have flexible hours to work around our hectic schedules, and need access anywhere on the planet.\u00a0 It\u2019s is all about; communication, collaboration, connection.\u00a0 The lines have blurred, we don\u2019t just work 9 to 5 anymore.\u00a0 Business work in multiple countries in different time zones and we need communication tools that are easy, intuitive, and productive.<\/p>\n<p>Smarter Working is comprised of three main building blocks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bricks <\/strong>\u2013 which refers to the physical work spaces in the office<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bytes<\/strong> \u2013 which refers to the elements of technology in the office<\/li>\n<li><strong>Behavior<\/strong> \u2013 which refers to the human factors that impact how we work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These blocks are how you make your organization a smarter one.\u00a0 <strong>Bricks<\/strong> can be related to upgrading your building to be smarter, removing cubicle walls, or even installing acoustic wall panels and furniture.\u00a0 <strong>Bytes <\/strong>refers to the technology the leads UC markets around the globe.\u00a0 This includes mobile headsets, videoconferencing technology and other tech.\u00a0 <strong>Behavior<\/strong> refers to human factors, like BYOD, remote working, hoteling, and others that impact our work environments.\u00a0 Let\u2019s look at how these blocks are evolving.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bricks:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Allow concentration<\/li>\n<li>Enable Social Interaction<\/li>\n<li>Enable Collaboration<\/li>\n<li>Nurture the Ad Hoc Elements<\/li>\n<li>Embrace Working from home<\/li>\n<li>Flexibility is Key (in terms of the workspace\/how people work)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bytes:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Voice\/Text\/IM\/Video\/Email<\/li>\n<li>Personal Communication Part of Work Environment<\/li>\n<li>Goodbye to the Desk Phone<\/li>\n<li>BYOD is Happening<\/li>\n<li>Softphones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Behavior<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Being Mobile<\/li>\n<li>Using Social for Many Purposes<\/li>\n<li>Staying Connected<\/li>\n<li>Environmentally Aware<\/li>\n<li>Investment in Training Ourselves to Adopt Smarter Working Practices<\/li>\n<li>Drive\/Enable Collaboration Among Associates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are things we must consider as technology evolves.\u00a0 The workforce is more diverse than ever, and more mobile than ever.\u00a0 No longer are engineers or R&amp;D departments able to make a standard product for one type of user.\u00a0 We must broaden our scopes and design our products with this in mind.\u00a0 IT departments face new challenges as well.\u00a0 \u201cBring your Own Device\u201d is becoming increasingly common, and more and more employees are becoming remote.\u00a0 Fewer desk phones and more softphones are needed to accompany the remote employees.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It takes teamwork to implement smarter working.\u00a0 Management, IT, HR, Facilities, all of them have to work together to make it happen.\u00a0 But the reward is well worth the effort.\u00a0 Let us know what you thought of Paul\u2019s presentation in the comments, and check back for more WorkTech updates this week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today Paul Johnson, Senior Director of Business Applications at Plantronics, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[508],"tags":[789,790,791,402,392,441],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1882"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1882\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}