Well it’s been two years since my last post, I gone through lots of should I shouldn’t I continue hosting this blog? But I’ve come to realise it has helped me horizon scan the legal business and it’s technology use, something I’ve missed doing for a couple of years. So how best to restart?

Well why not start where I left off and continue on from the last post on remote working tools.

I have to say the post was pretty spot on, Teams really has become much more standard in business, we all quickly transitioned more or less back to normal routines, but it’s clear now that the pandemic is behind us that hybrid working is now fully embedded in the working day. No more 5 days a week in the office.

But has anyone else cracked those hybrid meetings, the ones where half the participants are in the office, half online? No me neither! It starts with the tech problems, everyone at home is on ready (we’ve all cracked the when to mute, when to camera etc) , but the meeting room goes through the obligatory ten minutes of struggling to connect the tech, echoing mics and squealing speakers, “can you hear me” etc. And then the room proceeds to dominate the meeting, have side chats and pretty much forget there are others on the call.

I’m not sure what the answer is yet, maybe you can add in the comments any tips you’ve got on improving the experience. But I did come across this BBC article from 2021 on various ideas companies have for this space and improving remote meetings. It will be interesting to see how the tech unfolds in this area.