There is a better way

Peter du ToitI'm the founder of FutureWork IQ where I spend my time assisting businesses to improve their climate literacy so as to understand the projected impacts from the expanding climate crisis and how to adapt their workplaces in the face of these impacts.

Serious question:

You have a meeting scheduled with someone across the city. Let’s say your accountant. Why would you get in a car, sit in traffic for 30mins or more one way to get to the meeting? An hour in traffic for a 1-hour (or less) meeting, when you could just use either of these:

– FaceTime
– Skype
– Zoom
– Hangouts
– WhatsApp Video Call
– Messenger Video Call

I really don’t understand why someone would prefer this way of meeting to sitting in the traffic. Obviously there will always be the need for high-touch in-person meetings, like high level negations, sensitive conversations, conflict resolutions or first time meetings. But for everything else virtual meetings should be an option.

What do you think?