What equipment-related challenges have you faced with hybrid meetings?
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CIO in Manufacturing2 years ago
We were running Skype for Business prior to the pandemic, so when we transitioned to Teams, we held off refreshing all the video capability in the rooms because the Skype setup was incredible. But then the supply chain challenges hit. Most of our rooms across eight campuses still don't have good video. It's going to be a bit weird having meetings with people attending both in person and remote — everyone will be in the same meeting but they'll be looking at their laptops so they can be on camera.CISO in Software2 years ago
We've had to do a program to refresh all the meeting rooms and update them because they weren't being used. The equipment hadn’t been turned on for so long that when people would come in, it would take 10 minutes for the room to sort itself out and everyone online would have to wait for the in-person people. So there are extra things that you need to put in place to make sure that the equipment is working as planned.CIO in Software2 years ago
Microphones, we had many issues with background noise, finding an excellent noise canceling microphone that works for remote people was difficult, meeting rooms were already equipped with good systems, the issue was with remote workers only. IT Strategist in Government2 years ago
The biggest challenge for our organization is that we went from full on site model to full remote model during the pandemic. Now we are just starting to explore a true hybrid work environment and the biggest challenge is make it actually work for people on site, as the remote part was working perfectly for the last two years.Besides equipment refreshes and upgrades required for the return to the office (and conference rooms), we still need to figure out how to adopt the hybrid culture for the meetings (i.e. avoid multitasking and make sure remote participants can participate in all side conversations).
I am really hopeful that over time the new hybrid meeting culture, as well as productivity tips and tricks will be developed and discovered. In most of the meetings, 99% of the success is due to human factors and respectful team culture.
Chief Information Security Officer in Healthcare and Biotech2 years ago
Every meeting required a lot of non-verbal communication to make successful. I believe that is still missing in hybrid meetings.