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Do We Really Need to Meet In Person?

Videoconferencing is flawed, but it’s still better than the alternative.
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Remember huddling in a conference room? It’s almost cartoonish to imagine everybody squeezing into a poorly ventilated space to talk and trade germs for the purpose of … what, exactly?

As many workers begin returning to their office for all or some of the work week, they’re noticing a key change: The pandemic is nearing its conclusion, but meetings are still happening virtually. In many cases, office workers are leaving home, going to their desk, sitting down, putting on their headphones, and . The cognitive dissonance that workers may be feeling isn’t because things are different, but because they’re While bosses have been braying that in a dominantly remote future, workers

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