Why Remote Meetings Can't Match In-Person Collaboration

This is a 45-minute brainstorming workshop, sped up at 100x. Nothing special, huh? But take a closer look now and notice :

• The proactivity of movements in the room
• The side discussions taking place
• The participants moving then standing still at a different place

This is all natural and spontaneous. This is what we do naturally when we have the freedom of movements in a given space. 💁‍♂️

Now, think about your average 45-minute meeting. Yeah, that's the thing : most meetings we're doing are remote. And in those :

• How often do you move?
• How easily can you just start a side-conversation to test an idea or ask a clarification about a specific element of discussion?

As long as we will not be able to reproduce what we naturally do in real-life situations, we can't say (yet) that the experience of online meetings is at the level of physical ones. 🤷‍♂️

Meanwhile... any of you experienced or tried to get closer to this in online meetings?