Physical Space Versus Teams and Zoom: Where Does that Leave the Workplace?

Each week, Realcomm Live speaks with influential industry leaders and subject matter experts about top-of-mind topics impacting the commercial and corporate real estate industry. We also showcase some of the industry’s most successful and notable smart building projects.
Since the pandemic, we have gained confidence in using virtual meeting and collaboration technologies to conduct most aspects of business. Many now question the need for physical workplaces and are exploring hybrid workplace options, while proponents of physical office spaces say onsite attendance encourages collaboration and sparks creativity. So, what is the purpose of the workplace and what is the role for online platforms?
Realcomm Live recently featured three leading innovators in the workplace space; Steve McNelley, CEO with DVE Holographics; Cliff Pollan, CEO & Co-Founder of Welo; and Skip Rodenbush, Founder and CEO of The Virtual Specialist. They explored how physical space and online platforms best co-exist and address issues such as “virtual fatigue,” productivity and a ubiquitous physical and virtual workplace experience.

Future of work, digital occupancy, ESG, the changing corporate RE paradigm and other top of mind topics will be featured at the upcoming CoRE Tech 2022 conference. Returning to Silicon Valley, the event will be held Nov. 15-16 at the Guildhouse in San Jose. There is still time to register today.
This Week’s Sponsor
Embracing open software/hardware platforms, Lynxspring develops, manufactures, and distributes edge-to-enterprise solutions creating smarter, sustainable buildings, better energy management systems, equipment control and specialty machine-to-machine and IoT applications. Lynxspring technologies simplify connectivity, integration, interoperability, data access and normalization and analytics from the edge to the enterprise. The company’s solutions are commercially deployed in millions of square feet in the United States and internationally. www.lynxspring.com
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