Throughout the business world, corporate leaders have expressed skepticism about hybrid meetings and their ability to keep distributed teams connected, engaged, and informed. This concern isn’t without merit, as employees have ranked hybrid and virtual meetings among the top places where they mentally ‘switch off’ during their workday.
However, even as many employees return to the office, hybrid meetings aren’t going anywhere. Businesses continue to rely on hybrid meetings to communicate between company offices, or to connect frontline employees with corporate headquarters. And while RTO policies can draw an organization’s own workforce back to the conference room, current and prospective customers, investors, and partners still require the convenience of video calls.
