The communication age has brought with it host of problems for the human body: stress, anxiety, arthritis, back pain, heart failure and depression to name a few. But it doesn’t have to be this way. We can live in grace with technology by reframing how we work. In this workshop you will learn how to manage your email inbox and social media to reduce anxiety and increase productivity. Discover new ways to work including standing desks, mobile offices and simple exercises that will increase your focus and help you accomplish important goals. Whether you work at home or from a cubical, this workshop will show you that how you work is as important as the work itself.

1. SUSTAINABLE WORK
STAY SANE, INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY AND LIVE LONGER
IN THE COMMUNICATION AGE

2. MY STORY
PRESENTED BY
JOEYSHEPP.COM
PASSION IN INTERNET
TECHNOLOGY AND
SUSTAINABILITY
10 YEARS LEADING
EARTHSITE, A WEB
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

3. SUSTAINABLE WORK?
AN OXYMORON
YOU’RE DOING GOOD IN
THE WORLD BUT, ARE
YOU DOING WELL WITH
YOUR MIND AND BODY?
WE MUST ADDRESS
SUSTAINABILITY IN
HOW WE WORK

4. ROADMAP
• DANGERS OF WORK
• PART 1: MIND
• PART 2: BODY
• THE FUTURE
• QUESTIONS?
INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS
PRESENTATION AVAILABLE ONLINE

5. THE DANGERS OF WORK
CURRENT CASE STUDIES ON THE IMPACTS OF WORK

6. YOU MAY WANT TO
STAND UP FOR THIS

7. SITTING WILL KILL YOU
SITTING 6+ HOURS PER
DAY MAKES YOU UP TO
40% MORE LIKELIER TO
DIE WITHIN 15 YEARS
PEOPLE WITH SITTING
JOBS HAVE TWICE THE
RATE OF HEART
DISEASE AS PEOPLE
WITH STANDING JOBS
SITTING SHUTS DOWN
BACK PAIN, HEART ENZYME PRODUCTION
DISEASE, CANCER
SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.MEDICALBILLINGANDCODING.ORG/SITTING-KILLS/

8. A PAIN IN THE NECK
LOOKING DOWN AT A
TABLET SCREEN
CREATES NECK AND
SHOULDER PAIN
BEST TO HOLD SCREEN
AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE
SOURCE: HTTP://IOSPRESS.METAPRESS.COM/CONTENT/X668002XV6211041/FULLTEXT.PDF

9. LAPTOP WIFI RADIATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC
RADIATION GENERATED
DURING WIRELESS
COMMUNICATION
CAUSING LOWER SPERM
COUNT
AFTER FOUR HOURS OF
EXPOSURE, 25% OF THE
SPERM WERE NO LONGER
SWIMMING, DECREASED
MOTILITY AND INDUCED
DNA FRAGMENTATION
SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.FERTSTERT.ORG/ARTICLE/S0015-0282(11)02678-1/ABSTRACT

10. MULTITASKING MYTH
NEUROSCIENTIST ARE
FINDING THAT THE HUMAN
BRAIN CAN ONLY FOCUS ON
ONE THING AT A TIME
PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
SLOW DOWN BY 40% WHEN
MULTITASKING
IQ DROPS BY 10 POINTS
SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.DAILYMAIL.CO.UK/HEALTH/ARTICLE-1205669/IS-MULTI-TASKING-BAD-BRAIN-EXPERTS-REVEAL-
HIDDEN-PERILS-JUGGLING-JOBS.HTML
SOURCE: HTTP://BLOGS.HBR.ORG/BREGMAN/2010/05/HOW-AND-WHY-TO-STOP-MULTITASKI.HTML

11. COMPUTER STRESS
INFORMATION OVERLOAD
COMMUNICATION OVERLOAD
TECHNOLOGY FRUSTRATION
INCREASED TIME AT COMPUTER
RATE OF CHANGE INCREASING
RESEARCHERS SUGGEST THAT AS MUCH AS 60-90% OF ILLNESSES
ARE DIRECTLY CAUSED BY OR EXACERBATED BY STRESS
SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.HELPGUIDE.ORG/MENTAL/STRESS_SIGNS.HTM

12. PART ONE: MIND

13. SIGNAL VS. NOISE
WANTED INFORMATION
VS. UNWANTED
UNSUBSCRIBE
TURN ALERTS OFF
MARK AS READ
SILENCE PHONES

14. IS THIS YOUR DESKTOP?
FILE MANAGEMENT IS A LOT OF WORK

15. LET GO OF FILE MANAGEMENT
LET GO OF MANAGING
FILES WITH CLOUD-
BASED SYSTEMS
BENEFITS INCLUDE
AUTOMATED
ORGANIZING,
ADVANCED SEARCH,
SHARING,
SYNCHRONIZING AND
BACKUP.

16. RECOMMENDED TOOLS - APPLE
PHOTOS - PHOTO STREAM
MUSIC - ITUNES MATCH
APPLICATIONS - APP STORE
BACKUPS - TIME MACHINE
CALENDARS - ICAL
EMAIL - IMAP
DOCUMENTS - ICLOUD /
IWORK

17. RECOMMENDED TOOLS - UNIVERSAL
PHOTOS - FLICKR,
FACEBOOK, PICASA
MUSIC - PANDORA,
SPOTTILY, LAST FM
APPLICATIONS - WEB APPS
BACKUPS - DROPBOX,
CARBONITE, MOZY
CALENDARS - ICAL,
GOOGLE CALENDAR
EMAIL - IMAP, GMAIL
DOCUMENTS - DROPBOX,
BOX.NET

18. PAPERLESS OFFICE
SCANNERS
FUJITSU SCANSCAP
IPHONE CAMERA
SOFTWARE
EVERNOTE
CARDMUNCH - LINKEDIN
IPHONE APPS

19. MASTER YOUR INBOX
UNIFY EMAIL AND
PHONE MESSAGES
PROCESS AND CLEAR
INBOX
SETUP AUTOMATIC
FILTERS
ARCHIVE, INBOX ZERO
CHECK PERIODICALLY
NOT CONSTANTLY

20. PRODUCTIVITY SYSTEMS
STRESS-FREE PRODUCTIVITY

21. PRODUCTIVITY SYSTEMS
OVERVIEW
WHAT DO YOU DO WELL?
PRODUCTIVITY IS A SKILL
SYSTEMS ARE CONSCIOUS
CHOICES
SYSTEMS LIMIT OPTIONS
SYSTEMS CREATE NEW
HABITS

22. GETTING THINGS DONE (GTD)
TO BE ONE’S MOST
PRODUCTIVE SELF, ONE MUST
BE ABLE TO THINK CLEARLY
DOWNLOAD UNFULFILLED
COMMITMENTS ONE HAS
MADE TO ONESELF
CRITICAL THINKING ABOUT
PRIORITIES - WHAT TO DO
NEXT?

23. PERSONAL KANBAN
PERSONAL KANBAN IS A PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFECTIVENESS
TOOL FOR INDIVIDUALS OR SMALL GROUPS.
THE SYSTEM TAKES CENTRAL PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES OF
LEAN MANUFACTURING AND APPLIES THEM TO PERSONAL
WORK.
TWO CORE RULES:
VISUALIZE
YOUR WORK
LIMIT YOUR
WORK IN
PROGRESS

24. THE POMODORO TECHNIQUE
THE POMODORO TECHNIQUE
IS A TIME MANAGEMENT
METHOD DEVELOPED BY
FRANCESCO CIRILLO IN THE
LATE 1980S.
THE TECHNIQUE USES A
TIMER TO BREAK DOWN
PERIODS OF WORK INTO 25-
MINUTE INTERVALS CALLED
'POMODOROS' (FROM THE
ITALIAN WORD FOR
'TOMATOES') SEPARATED BY
BREAKS.

25. THE INFORMATION DIET
A BOOK BY CLAY A. JOHNSON
CHEAP AND ABUNDANT INFO
LEADS TO OVER CONSUMPTION
MISINFORMATION AND LOW
QUALITY IS LIKE JUNK FOOD
LIMITS OUR ABILITY TO THINK
CRITICALLY
FOCUS ON BETTER CONSUMPTION
HABITS AND NUTRITIOUS, RAW
INFORMATION

26. ARTWORK BY KOMKIN KONSTANTIN
PART TWO: BODY

27. HOW TO SIT
THE MANY WAYS TO SIT

28. LOTS OF WAYS TO SIT
KNEELING RECLINED
CROSS-LEGGED PERCHED/CROUCHED
FLOOR SITTING LEANING

29. WE ARE MASTERS OF SITTING
A FOCUS ON PERSONAL
COMPUTER AND
CUBICAL WORKSPACE
MORE COMFORTABLE
CHAIRS, MORE
SEDENTARY LIVING
CONTINUOUS
COMMUNICATIONS
RESULTS IN SITTING
FOR LONG PERIODS

30. HERMAN MILLER AERON AND MIRRA CHAIRS

31. YOGA BALL CHAIRS, $30-$100

32. SWOOPER STOOL AND MUVMAN - SIT IN MOTION

33. THE HUMAN BODY
THE HUMAN BODY IS
NOT DESIGNED TO SIT
FOR LONG PERIODS OF
TIME
IT HAS A REACTIVE
FRAME AND SOFT
TUBES FOR ALL THE
PLUMBING
AS SUCH, THE BODY IS
MUCH BETTER IF IT
STANDS AND MOVES

34. WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR?
THE STANDING DESK RESOLUTION

35. TRADITIONAL STAND UP DESKS
DONALD RUMSFELD AND ERNEST HEMINGWAY

36. TRADITIONAL WOOD STANDING DESKS

37. GEEKDESK MOTORIZED SIT-STAND DESKS, $950+

38. IKEA FREDRIK, $150

39. ANTHRO ADJUSTABLE LAPTOP CART, $250

40. STANDING DESK HACKS

41. QUICK AND CHEAP STANDING DESK EXPERIMENTS

42. ANTI-FATIGUE MATS AND FOOT RISERS

43. MOVEMENT IS KEY
TOO MUCH SITTING IS
BAD FOR YOU
TOO MUCH STANDING
IS BAD FOR YOU
OUR BODIES ARE
DESIGNED TO MOVE
EXPERIMENT

44. RADIATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
IN THE FORMS OF WIFI, CELLULAR AND ELECTRONICS

45. RADIATION SHIELD
HARAPAD LAPTOP
RADIATION SHIELD
MILITARY-GRADE
RADIATION SHIELDING
SITS UNDER YOUR
LAPTOP
CARRY WITH YOU

46. RADIATION SHIELDING BLANKET AND CLOTHING
99.9% Shielding Effectiveness (~50dB)

47. MINIMIZE EXPOSURE
ELECTROMAGNETIC
RADIATION INCREASES
THE CLOSER YOU ARE TO
THE EMITTING DEVICE
USE SPEAKERPHONE OR
HEADSET ON YOUR
CELLPHONE
SETUP WIFI AWAY FROM
CLOSE PROXIMITY
REMOVE ELECTRONICS
FROM BEDSIDE

48. WRIST AND HANDS
ALIGNMENT IS KEY

49. HAND POSITIONS

50. ALTERNATIVE POINTING DEVICES

51. ERGONOMIC KEYBOARDS

52. WRIST STRETCH BREAK

53. ERGONOMICS REVIEW
BEST ALIGNMENT FOR MONITOR AND TYPING

54. WORK IS A THING YOU DO,
NOT A PLACE YOU GO.

55. ACTIVITY-BASED WORK
WORK INDEPENDENTLY OF TIME AND PLACE
WORKPLACE PHILOSOPHY
WHERE YOU CHANGE YOUR
SPACE BASED ON YOUR
ACTIVITY AND FEELING
GROUP SPACES, INDIVIDUAL
SPACES, FROM HOME, CAFE,
CLIENT’S OFFICE, ANYWHERE
EMPLOYERS SHIFTING TO
JUDGE WORKERS ON THE
BASIS OF PERFORMANCE
NOT ATTENDANCE

56. COMPELLING COST ADVANTAGE
40% OF THE
WORKFORCE ARE OUT
OF THE OFFICE AT ANY
GIVEN TIME DUE TO
SICK DAYS,
VACATIONS, OFFSITE
MEETINGS
FLOOR SPACE
REQUIREMENTS CAN
BE REDUCED BY 20% TO
40%

57. DRIVING FORCES
”PEOPLE ARE INCREASINGLY CONSCIOUS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF
THE SPACE THEY WORK IN AND DON’T WANT TO BE LOCKED AWAY IN
THE SAME AREA.” SIMON SWANEY
JOINT MANAGING DIRECTOR OF INTERIOR DESIGN FIRM BATES SMART
GEN Y ENTERING WORK
FORCE
MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES
NEED FOR FLEXIBLE
SCHEDULES
HEALTH IMPACTS OF SITTING

58. THE CHAIR GALEN CRANZ, A PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY, IS THE AUTHOR
OF “THE CHAIR: RETHINKING CULTURE, BODY AND DESIGN.”
THERE ARE PROBLEMS
ASSOCIATED WITH BOTH SITTING
AND STANDING. NO POSTURE IS
PERFECT. AS A SPECIES WE ARE
DESIGNED FOR MOVEMENT. THE
BEST POSTURE PROBABLY IS
THE NEXT POSTURE.
JOB REDESIGN MAY ULTIMATELY
BE A BETTER SOLUTION RATHER
THAN EQUIPMENT REDESIGN.
THAT MEANS CHANGING WHAT
YOU DO OVER THE COURSE OF
THE DAY; NOBODY SHOULD GET
STUCK SITTING — OR STANDING
— IN THE SAME POSITION FOR
THE ENTIRE DAY.

59. CONCLUSION
EXPERIMENT WITH
STANDING WORK
MOVE EVERY 20
MINUTES
VARY YOUR WORKING
ENVIRONMENTS
SPEND SOME TIME
EACH DAY REDUCING
NOISE

60. MY DESK

61. STANDING DESK WITH LEAN STOOL

62. SIT - STAND COMBINATION, A WORK IN PROGRESS

63. THE FUTURE

64. TRENDS IMPACTING WORK
MOBILE DEVICES
TRAVEL EXPENSES
TOUCH SCREENS
VIDEO CONFERENCING
CLOUD COMPUTING
CHEAP BUSINESS APPS

65. NEW TERRITORY
TECHNOLOGY IS
EVOLVING RAPIDLY
WORK IS THEREFORE
EVOLVING RAPIDLY
EXPERIMENTATION AND
ADAPTATION IS KEY
TRUST YOUR BODY

66. ENTER THE COMMUNICATION AGE
INFORMATION AGE
ONE WAY
COMMUNICATION AGE
TWO WAY
COMMUNICATION IS
MORE TRUSTED
BECAUSE OF REAL
PEOPLE
LEVERAGE THIS NEW
FRONTIER OF
COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY

67. CHALLENGE: REINVENT WORK

68. JOEYSHEPP.COM
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SUSTAINABILITY