In the Age of Zoom, the Forgotten Power of the Face-to-Face Meeting

Much has been written about the crisis of loneliness that plagues society due, at least in large part, to our collective obsession with social media. But little attention has been given to our rising professional isolation due to our increasingly virtual worlds — especially post-pandemic now that we have grown accustomed to the ease and convenience of Zoom.

And while live video chat certainly gives us communications power, productivity and convenience, we spend far less time meeting together face-to-face in person. Lost in that equation is the unique power of human interaction and potentially game-changing serendipity that comes from connecting with one another in the same physical space.