business conferencing

$1 million lost in meeting productivity a year say Forrester

In a global research report conducted by Forrester Consulting for Poly (formerly Polycom and Plantronics), it has concluded that more than $1 million is lost every year in productivity due to poor call quality or delayed video calls.

With technology supposedly helping us to collaborate more effectively and quicken the time to market, why is this happening?

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The Collaboration Strategy is Being Left Solely in the Hands of the IT Department

In too many companies, the collaboration and communication strategy is being left solely in the hands of the IT department, even though it is becoming more complex and business critical. User demands alongside the requirements and pressures of the business means that getting success from collaboration is essential.

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Does your huddle room have the right tools?

Everyone is taking about huddle spaces and small meeting rooms. With the conflicting issues of office space being at a premium, but employees requiring more space to be collaborative, companies are dividing up larger meeting rooms and making the most of under used smaller spaces by turning them into huddle spaces.

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Why are 55% of companies not ready for the hyper-connected workplace?

Why are 55% of companies not ready for the hyper-connected workplace?

The reality for most organisations is that designing the ‘workspace of the future’ can be complicated. Consider hybrid environments, unique user requirements, BYOD, BYOA, shadow IT and the complexities of supporting multiple offices in disparate locations.

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Deloitte Says - The C-Suite Must Operate as a Team to Run the Business as an Agile Network

In a study by Deloitte, they stated that as the business environment becomes more competitive and digital disruption continues organisations to become more team-centric, networked and agile. Cross-functional collaboration is essential. It may already be happening across many functional areas; however, the C-Suite are still behaving as independent C-Level functional experts and are lagging behind.

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Say Goodbye to Open Plan Office Space

Recent research from both Harvard and Poly (formerly Polycom & Plantronics) has finally proven something that many office workers have always thought; that open plan offices are more distracting and therefore less productive.

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