CEOs want to ditch sterile zoom calls

My observation: Those who are extroverts, or those with high social skills, find video or voice conference calls lacking. The reason is because the thing they excel at is impaired. People who are introverts or less social, love it (like me). Often, CEO's, Marketing, Sales, Mangers etc. are generally more social and their skill set lies there.

I have noticed in the company that I work for that a lot of the managers are nervous because it turns out that the major part of their job (wandering around and socializing and sitting in meetings for hours) is not needed and we are all able to function more efficiently without those distractions.

Just my opinion based on my experiences and observations.

> They missed being able to connect face to face with colleagues and had trouble setting boundaries for when work started or ended.

Exactly my experience. But I vastly prefer audio only meetings and don't understand why so many people use video. Not only can you look at something sensible instead of a face (no offense), but you can also do other stuff when it gets boring.

Sales prefers video of course and it depends on the topic. Certain topic and meetings with external people is often better with video support, but I don't need to see my colleagues faces and I wouldn't expect anyone to put on pants when there is no need.