Ray A. Smith

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910 appearances 20 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2018 last heard Nov 2024

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · Work Meetings Are Getting a Makeover · 13 Feb 2024 podcast

I actually got to experience this technology for an interview I was doing for Another Story. voice-verified

The company execs I was talking to had motion detecting cameras in their room. voice-verified

And so whenever one of them was speaking, the camera went to them. voice-verified

And I have to tell you, it made a big difference. voice-verified

Yes, it was really that. voice-verified

It kind of blew my mind because it was just really so different from the experience that I'm used to having. voice-verified

We came across this example of a walk and talk meeting. voice-verified

And walk and talk meetings aren't new per se. voice-verified

We've seen executives and employees walk down the hall and talk for a meeting. voice-verified

But this is new because it takes that concept outdoors. voice-verified

So it's literally like walking out the door, walking out of the office into the streets of New York or into the streets of San Francisco. voice-verified

And the reason why that's significant, well, one of the reasons why that's significant is because the goal is to reduce the amount of time voice-verified

spent looking at or being distracted by screens in a meeting. voice-verified

So you're fully focused, you're in the zone, and you're not just passively sitting in a boardroom or in an office. voice-verified

This extends that appreciation for midday breaks outdoors that many workers, myself included, discovered while working remotely during the pandemic. voice-verified

It's just nice to have that break from being in a sterile sort of indoor environment and taking it outside. voice-verified

The companies that we talked to for the story say, for instance, they've seen everything from more bonding, more engagement in meetings. voice-verified

They also claim they've seen breakthrough ideas coming from these as a result. voice-verified

While they're still relatively new and evolving already, these companies are saying they're seeing some differences, including even voice-verified

in some cases, shorter meetings. voice-verified

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