Anyone visiting ISE this year could not fail to be struck by the presence of brands delivering technologies in the hybrid work space. It’s a growth market on a global scale and where there is huge potential, innovation and investment follow. No longer just the fancy stuff in the boardroom,…
A recent workshop for AV integrators suggested McDonalds as a model for workplace technology integrators. Just as McDonalds' franchisees make little to nothing from burgers while earning higher margins from other items, so integrators who provide the hardware to enable a well-known meeting platform must turn to services to earn…
In the new era of hybrid work, most workers would agree that their jobs would be harder and less fun without video conferencing. But the rise of Zoom fatigue suggests video conferencing still has a number of issues that need addressing. According to Professor Jeremy Bailenson, founding director of the…
As a growing number of companies set dates for employees to come back to the office, many are developing strategies to satisfy employee demands to continue working from home, at least some of the time. This shift to a hybrid workforce is driving employers to consider a myriad of new…
We’re delighted to announce that the AV Awards is returning for 2022 and entries for this year’s awards are now open. Taking place on the evening of Friday 4 November at Evolution London in Battersea, we’re bringing the industry back together for a spectacular night of excitement, networking and fun.…
Stanley Kubrick’s '2001: A Space Odyssey' depicted a future in which mysterious black rectangles marked fundamental changes in human evolution. Now, here we are, staring constantly into our phones, tablets, televisions, laptops and desktops. As we switch seamlessly between devices, what we view on these black boxes has also evolved.…
As French philosopher Henri Lefebvre noted in the 1970s, space is not a constant that you fill up and move around in, rather it’s produced by people and their interactions with material space. When the structure and scenery of a space change, so do people’s interactions with it and, by…
Doing things differently during the pandemic has given us pause for thought - a chance to question the old normal, the amount of travel we undertake for business for instance, with 34 per cent reporting their company now questions whether it’s appropriate to travel internationally to trade shows, according to…
The latest wave of Covid has had scientists, analysts, politicians and, of course, businesses worldwide looking for the best way of dealing with all its challenges. The mid-winter Omicron+Delta combo landed in the middle of the latest wave of challenges presented to designers and SMEs, falling under the umbrella term…
There are three safe predictions I can make on what lies ahead about the way we work. Offices will never go back to full capacity, they won’t be the same as they were ‘pre-pandemic’, and that hybrid working will be an important part of future work life. Together with ‘furlough’…
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