The return-to-office (RTO) process has been more trying than many people expected, and enterprises are still struggling with how communications/collaboration technology can best help the process along and create a foundation for new ways of working. This should be a fruitful time for experimentation, and I heard about an interesting example recently: open-air conference rooms.
The idea came via Nathan Manuel, head of workplace experience at PagerDuty, a SaaS company specializing in digital operations management and incident response. Manuel described the setup for such an open-air conference area: “It has a full Zoom kit, and it really is in the middle of the office. You can literally come and have a Zoom meeting in the middle of office.”
