{"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