My search took me to Andrew Gross from Crestron, one of The world's leading innovators of advanced control & automation systems for the office, campus & luxury home, and their tag line is reinventing how people live & work.
So I invited him on the podcast today to discuss the types of technologies that will support a safe yet collaborative return to offices following the pandemic. I learn more about how occupancy sensors make sure new capacity limits aren't exceeded in meeting rooms and how automated meeting start technology forgoes the need to touch A/V equipment (detects people, starts meeting tech)/
We also talk about the need for easily transportable (rolling) conference room equipment that can turn any space (lobbies, hallways, any larger areas) into a meeting room for easy social distancing. The ability to control meetings and share presentations and content from a personal device without the need to touch shared conference room equipment is also increasing in popularity.
In a world where employees now expect to be able to work from anywhere, I also learn how enhanced real-time video conferencing and whiteboard technology is making employees that are socially distanced across meeting rooms and even remote employees feel like they're right there.