Latest headlines: Mark Coxon on how AV is HR, Leonard Suskin on meeting equity and its challenges, plus news from Biamp, Airtame and more
May 26, 2023 | Volume: 14 | Issue: 10
AV is IT? More like AV is HR! Mark Coxon writes about how the future of the office is a human-centric problem — so why not integrate humans with technology to make the future of the office as easy as possible?
Also, Leonard Suskin writes all about meeting equity and the challenges with executing it. We’ve all been on both sides of these meetings — and there are challenges joining either way. Read the full column here.
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In my typical fashion, I am tossing aside the question of whether or not AV is IT altogether, and instead, I put forward a completely different argument. AV is HR. Before you roll your eyes, let’s zoom out a little. The conversations around the future of work, work from anywhere, return to office are rampant and many are still struggling to find ways to use technology to upgrade their facilities to serve their workforce moving into the future.
Meeting equity is a simple concept: Everyone in a meeting should have the same quality of experience, whether they be in-person or remote. While the concept is simple, the execution can, as you all know, provide challenges. Having found myself on both the in-person and remote side of more hybrid meetings, I’ve identified what I see as the greatest challenges.
