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Think back to October 2019. Now imagine what your work life looked like at that time. Maybe you hated your long commute and tried not to tally up the annual hours spent getting to and from the office. Perhaps you actually enjoyed flying to meet with potential customers in far-flung places and taking in the sights of an unexplored city. Or were you like so many of us who planned to revolt if we had to sit through one more pointless meeting in that cramped conference room, with coworkers who all watched the clock eat up time that could be spent “getting stuff done”? Oh, what a difference just a few months can make.

In this section, we reflect on the new reality introduced to the world of business by the COVID-19 pandemic. We begin with Joe, who describes what happened to work and more specifically, to the work meeting (Chapter 1). We then hear from Karin, who focuses on the hopeful truth that videoconferencing is a viable substitute for face-to-face meetings. She delves into its rapid adoption across corporate America as well as the value that video communication can bring when the world becomes remote (Chapter 2).

QUICK WARNING: If you flipped right past the preface, we would suggest you flip back and give it a read. Not only does it explain why a meeting scientist and an on-camera coach are collaborators in the first place, but it also tells you how to get the most out of this book by laying out the structure, the tools, and the opportunity to make it a working document. Don't worry, we'll wait.