Originally Posted by
ZeroTT
and my key point is that the exact scope of “a little while” matters tremendously. If zoom et al turns that little while from 6 months to a year, that’s a big deal
and no I’m not calling people stupid. They’re quite smart and realize that previous aggressive telepresence was risky because they’d be blamed for the learning curve. A critical mass of business decision
makers have been dragged across said curve and can now exploit it with less personal risk.
Not at all sure about this, I think a lot of business travel is forced by the tragedy of the commons everyone would be better of if they all made their presentations on zoom and relied more on phone calls and emails but individually the person going to the client shacking hands and taking them out for drinks afterward or who sends a few troubleshooters over in person after you complain has a huge advantage at least with the current crowd in charge of most large companies.