My Wish For Virtual Travel

Today, I completed a week of global travel for work. I used almost a full work week ( a total of 41.5 hours) getting to four international locations for our work. While the work was important, I look forward to a future where virtualization will enable us to get the same work done without the travel. In addition to this be a productivity improvement, I would get additional time to spend with my family.

Here's how the the non-productive travel time was used:

	Non-Productive Effort and Lost Time
Frequency	Activity	Total Hours Spent
4	Ticketing and Security Check in Four Countries	7.5
4	Passport Control and Baggage Pick Up	7.0
4	Flights	19.0
4	Driving to and from airport	6.0
1	Driving between cities	2.0

This summary of time lost just includes the actual time spent on these activities. It doesn't include the inefficiencies due to time zone changes and loss of effectiveness due to working at a different location.

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