RE: News10 Jul 2020 12:24
Hey MassiveRay,
Yes, this is exactly what is happening in the world. All you need is a laptop! This isn't the 90's when you sit in a room with cameras facing you or you need to 'loop someting up'. How do you think business is currently being conducted and deals being closed? Or has the world stopped doing business and concluding contracts?
In fact this is nothing new, business has been conducted this way for years, C-19 has just served as a catalyst to prove the point that remote working and remote business is viable and there is no need to travel.
Teams, Google meet, Zoom, U meet, Fuze, take your pick! Quote "According to a recent Microsoft blog, Teams has seen a new daily record of 2.7 billion meeting minutes in one day, a 200% increase from 900 million on March 16. In March, video calls in Teams grew by over 1,000%, according to the blog."
It's the new norm, you don't need to be physically sat together to progress a conversation or conclude an agreement.
Maybe I am wrong in this particular case, but in terms of the general trend and how negotiations & business are currently being concluded, I'm not.
Anyway, let's keep fingers crossed that things will be progressed (in one way or another) in the next few weeks/months.
Tex