Everything You Need to Work Productively When the Power Goes Out

You’re on a roll with work, typing away on your laptop when—all of a sudden—the electricity goes out. What to do? The blackouts in Texas and Portland, Ore., last February were an extreme example of an issue that’s common and should be considered in any business continuity plan. We talked to power outage warriors for their go-to strategies:

Juice up your phone. If your phone dies, all is lost. “I live in Lagos, Nigeria, where daily power outages are the norm,” says Omiete Charles-Davies, founder of One Doctor, a health tech startup. She keeps a palm-size supplementary battery, like the Anker PowerCore 10,000mAh power bank ($25), in her bag so she can top-up her phone wherever she goes.