{"id":1759,"date":"2011-09-23T11:18:43","date_gmt":"2011-09-23T11:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=14"},"modified":"2011-09-23T11:18:43","modified_gmt":"2011-09-23T11:18:43","slug":"the-inefficiency-of-travel-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/the-inefficiency-of-travel-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The inefficiency of travel – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was travelling a lot last week, and so had plenty of time to think about better ways I could be spending my time<\/a>. Whenever I’ve travelled recently, there hasn’t been many empty seats on flights, so a lot of people are probably in the same position as me.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There are obviously better ways to meet with people now – video conferencing at the desk, audio conferencing for multiple people, telepresence for a real ‘wow’ or just a simple phone call, and yet we persist in travelling.<\/p>\n

Is this because we aren’t confident in the technology?\u00a0 For simple point to point phone calls, this seems unlikely as this is a very reliable infrastructure, and for conference calls there are good\u00a0solutions <\/a>to make these easy<\/p>\n

Is it because we haven’t built up the right protocols for these online meetings? This is highly likely given the almost chaotic nature of large conference calls.<\/p>\n

Is this because we haven’t built up the knowledge or skills to deliver our messages without body language? Again, highly likely – how many of us have had some form or speech training<\/a> to make sure we can be effective in remote communication.<\/p>\n

Or is it simply that travelling is the new work culture fallacy.\u00a0 The old fashioned view that being in the office was the way to make yourself seem busy, important and hard-working has now been superseded by people thinking that if they travel then they are seen to be busy, important and hard-working.\u00a0<\/p>\n

More to come on this<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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