"*" indicates required fields Step 1 of 36 2% Following the launch of our Smarter Working guidelines this game has been developed to help understand their practical application day to day. In this game you will be presented with 34 different scenarios which relate to everyday working life. In each scenario you are asked to answer the question "Is this Smarter Working?" – the options are either Yes or No – its as simple as that! Your responses will be shared with your People Manager who is going to collate the responses from everyone in your team to establish a common understanding around the principles of Smarter Working. Please enter your name. Once you've done so, you're ready to play - just click Next to start!Name* First Last To avoid sitting in rush hour traffic for an hour and a half you start work at 10:00 am* Yes No Today you are in back-to-back meetings so you arrive at the office early to respond to emails before everyone else arrives* Yes No You have a meeting at the office of one of your suppliers that is scheduled to finish at 2pm. You spend the rest of the day working from there to save travel time* Yes No Your child minder is moving back to Cork next month so you block out your calendar to work from home on the days he normally works* Yes No You hate Mondays so block out every Monday in your calendar to work from home for the next 6 months* Yes No You decline your monthly team meeting on the basis that you want to work a flex day that day* Yes No You’re a night owl and want to work from 4pm to midnight each day* Yes No You have had in person meetings for the last 3 weeks due to various business commitments, so you block out 5 flex days in your calendar for this week* Yes No You have a meeting with a colleague at Fox and Geese on Wednesday afternoon and spend the morning there working at one of the hot desks* Yes No Your son is playing in a football match this afternoon so you start work early to make sure you are there for kick off and log back on for an hour later to close out on some actions you didn’t have time to complete* Yes No You are training for the marathon and go for a 1.5 hour run at lunchtime, working on later that day to make up the training time you missed due to flu* Yes No A LUAS strike is announced meaning travel disruption so you book a hot desk in the JDBS for the day which is 10 minutes from home.* Yes No You are preparing a presentation and plan a flex day to get some thinking time* Yes No You want to make a gym class at 5pm so you start work at 8am that day* Yes No You hosted an inward visit until late last night so you schedule a later start the following morning* Yes No There is a Teams meeting at 3pm today which is when you plan to do your weekly shop. You dial in from SuperValu and keep your camera off* Yes No You are at your best after a run and a gallon of coffee in the morning so tend to start your working day at 10 when you don’t have in person or meeting commitments* Yes No You are most productive and motivated when you are surrounded by your colleagues and so every day is an in person day for you!* Yes No You are planning to spend the weekend in Cork and book a hot desk in Midleton for Monday so that you can attend a concert on Sunday night and meet the lads from your cross functional project team whilst you are there* Yes No You have a call with PRUSA at 6pm this evening so meet a friend for a coffee before sitting down at your laptop at 10am* Yes No You schedule a meeting for your team at 3pm on Friday* Yes No You arrange to meet one of your team members for a walking meeting as your monthly catch up* Yes No You train a local GAA team on Wednesday evenings so you try to manage your schedule to keep that commitment as often as you can* Yes No You are normally based in Simmonscourt but work from F&G for the day to meet with some key stakeholders as an in person day* Yes No Your People Manager sends you emails whilst you are at a family dinner on a Friday evening so you head home to log on and respond* Yes No You block out Friday afternoons in your calendar to prepare for the following week and avoid planning any meetings for this time* Yes No You disable the email notifications on your phone when you head off to Spain on your 2 week family holiday* Yes No You send a POST with every meeting invite* Yes No You block out 1-2pm every day in your calendar to try and ensure you get a break in the middle of the day* Yes No You are arranging end of reviews with your 6 team members and schedule them on the hour every hour next Tuesday to get them all out the way* Yes No You schedule every meeting for an hour irrespective of what’s on the agenda – you can easily fill the time* Yes No You often text your team at evenings and weekends as work issues/challenges spring to mind* Yes No You check your emails just before you go to bed every night to make sure you haven’t missed anything* Yes No You put on your Out of Office when you finish work in the evenings to let people know what time you will back online tomorrow* Yes No
