The New Normal - What do you see that is becoming the New Normal?
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May 2020
11:17am, 2 May 2020
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Surrey Phil
Almost certainly. We are all getting used to Zoom and Skype meetings now. As the organiser albeit not the chair, I have often considered employing 'mute all' when everyone wants to talk at the same time. Still need to work on that one.
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May 2020
11:37am, 2 May 2020
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run free
Phil - have muted everyone at the beginning and set the rules about speaking, plus participants can also use the ChatPod, which helps a lot. DocM - with WFH becoming acceptable, individuals have no excuse to come into work if they have a cold and hopefully this reduces GP notes and the risk of everyone in the GP getting a cold / flu |
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May 2020
11:37am, 2 May 2020
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run free
Schools - teachers have to be able to teach online and in class Anyone coughing or sneezing into their hands will be frowned upon and told to do so into their elbow |
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May 2020
11:44am, 2 May 2020
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- Facial recognition will need to change to retina scans - Seeing robots do various tasks will become more common place. Singapore is rolling out 200 robots to disinfect areas. straitstimes.com The rise of the machines is happening .... |
May 2020
11:52am, 2 May 2020
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Tim of Fife
I always hated people coming into work with a normal cough or cold. They thought that they were being dutiful and stoical, and were often applauded by managers. But it was counter-productive if twenty colleagues caught it and were all below par. |
May 2020
12:03pm, 2 May 2020
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JR
The difference between haves & have nots will definitely widen significantly. There are still huge amounts of people in the UK who do not have access to anything but the most basic bank accounts using cash & do not own a smartphone/tablet/computer. How would they function is everything moves online? Not everyone lives in a happy middle class household - how could these kids be home schooled?
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May 2020
12:10pm, 2 May 2020
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Cyclops
We already have some of those coming into school to work, JR, as part of our key worker/vulnerable children offer. Others have borrowed a school laptop to take home to work on.
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May 2020
12:13pm, 2 May 2020
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Burto
I'll never go back to doing a M3/M25 commute twice a day for five days a week. It already feels like a surreal memory, something I did in a former, less enlightened life. I never really appreciated just how physically and mentally draining I found it until I stopped. I'll still value regular face-to-face discussion with colleagues in the office, but it doesn't have to be every day. Agree with Tim of Fife and others - that whole martyr mentality of turning up to work when ill needs to be banished for good. |
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May 2020
12:17pm, 2 May 2020
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JR - the communities in my local area are now more connected due to social media. We also have a couple of very active volunteer groups now helping those who are unable to help themselves and a swap group has just been formed. I believe this will continue after this time.
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May 2020
12:20pm, 2 May 2020
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FenlandRunner
It's always made me smile that the further up the ladder how that non-essential travel is so essential? Perhaps that's why BA are going to have to lay off so many people. I think that people will still want to travel for leisure. But why (as others have said) waste so much time travelling and polluting the planet, when you can achieve as much via teleconference in less time.
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