Meetings – Revamped and modern
According to a study on Meeting culture in 2022, employees spend a third of their time in meetings. This makes meeting rooms highly important, and yet 31% of them were rated not very practical. 84% of employees said they were more productive when meeting concepts were designed to provide more creativity and freedom.
As we’ve seen since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the concept of meetings has evolved. They now better leverage new technologies to reflect our approach to them and the way we collaborate.
The reasons behind calling meetings remain mostly unchanged (brainstorming, training, strategies… etc.), while the ‘where’ and ‘how’ have vastly transformed, shaping collaboration spaces accordingly. This allows us to considerably reduce the sometimes hectic pace of meetings and modernise the often outdated culture surrounding them by creating a more open and communicative environment.
Collaboration tools and solutions for a digital generation
Our approach to work has shifted to a mobility-based one, entailing companies now adopting a more modern meeting culture and leaning towards developing more pleasant work environments with more efficient tools and solutions.
Generation Y has a prominent network and digital culture in contrast to those before them, both in terms of working methods and how individuals collaborate and interact with their environment, especially via new technologies.
Powerful mobile devices make it possible to work from anywhere. More powerful and secure software opens up new opportunities in terms of where and when we can work. The Modern Meeting by Bechtle lets you quickly and easily hold online meetings wherever you are with Plug & Play.
Various tools and services like Skype Enterprise, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Go to Meeting, and more, have been developed with the aim of facilitating communication and sharing data even across distances. A new form of collaboration that makes meetings more interactive and creative and able to adapt to the needs of every company.
Networked and flexible meeting rooms
Meeting rooms and their management has evolved to stimulate the development of new meeting spaces more suited to collaboration such as:
Huddle rooms
Huddle rooms or huddle spaces are hybrid areas that combine comfort, design, adaptability, and community spirit. Essential attributes that contribute to an atmosphere of relaxation and wellbeing. These spaces are small, practical and better networked, having done away with long tables and bulky chairs. They favour instead more informal and quick exchanges that don’t require as much space, making them more versatile.
Meeting rooms
Although the concept of meetings has been largely modernised, meeting rooms remain important spaces, boosting concentration in formal or confidential meetings. The conventional meeting room accoutrements have also been reinvented over time and now sport the following characteristics:
- Modular furniture to create an atmosphere conducive to collaboration and which allow room configurations that correspond to needs.
- Decor that’s more minimal, cosy and green.
- More natural materials (stone, wood, glass for natural light, etc…) for a more pleasant and productive work atmosphere.
- Intelligent lightning and modern technology for enhanced productivity.
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