We all appreciate the importance of visuals. Most people reading this blog will have watched TV & been to the cinema. Which makes me wonder a bit about video conferencing.
- Will we have to sit through 10 minutes of trailers for future meetings before the main feature starts?
- Will there be popcorn?
- And more importantly, will this lead to a drop in productivity - because everyone uses pointless conference calls to catch up on their email or is that just me?
So mirror neurons are important. And yet people are still a**holes to each other F2F. Isn't that evolutionarily impossible?
Interestingly F2F is not the most reliable medium in terms of honesty. That position belongs to email. F2F ranks with IM and the phone comes last. Now if your video conference is recorded then it is probably better than F2F but on a par with email based on Dr Hancock's drivers.
Frankly if you have some really, really important news to tell people ("I didn't bring these black binliners for environmental reasons") then actually travelling & meeting with them F2F signals that this is important for you. Any form of virtual communication is second best because it highlights your convenience over theirs.
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dear matt moore,, i agree with your post.. video conferencing is the possible way.
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