By Yvonne Milosevic Want to know what is the most underappreciated technology of the last year-plus? The humble telephone. When the pandemic began, businesses, schools, and everyone between rushed to embrace video conferencing tools. But staring at faces in boxes all day didn’t turn out…
By Yvonne Milosevic Like it or no, the COVID-19 pandemic dragged us all into the Zoom Era. But chances are, businesses will still rely on virtual meetings even after the crisis. That's why we need to reimagine diversity and inclusion efforts initially tailored for the…
By Yvonne Milosevic We’ve made peace with the fact that virtual meetings are with us for the long haul. Despite the vaccine's imminent arrival, many companies are allowing employees to work from home well into 2021. Meaning, we’re going to be dealing with “Zoom fatigue”…
By Yvonne Milosevic Even if the pandemic hasn’t put your job in jeopardy, growing your professional network is still a vital activity right now. But what’s the best way to go about it in an era of virtual everything? Building connections requires out-of-the-box thinking, says Noah…
By Yvonne Milosevic For some people, face-to-face negotiations were already tough enough. With no end to the pandemic in sight, it seems negotiating over Zoom may become the new normal. As we master various virtual technologies, Chicago Booth’s George Wu believes remote negotiation will become…
By Yvonne Milosevic COVID-19 stress continues to take its toll, leaving many of us exhausted at the end of each day. Now, we’re learning that the ubiquitous tool in our coronavirus communications arsenal is partly to blame. Researchers say frequent use of videoconferencing services like…
By Yvonne Milosevic Now that the coronavirus has forced millions of people into working from home, virtual meetings have become de rigueur. No matter how you felt about video conference calls before, there’s no denying they are an absolute necessity now. That means a lot…