The technology that supports virtual meetings and dispersed teams is getting better and less expensive. But our own brains are not wired for two-dimensional relationships void of non-verbal cues. We need the human connections.
Source: Strategy + Business, December 12, 2016.
Building trust is a multi-sensory experience. Only when people are physically present together can they use all of their senses” to establish that needed trust. Without a bond, conflict or disengagement can more easily arise and is more difficult to resolve. But when a group has the human connection that makes them a true team, “people can move sky and earth together,” says Valérie Berset-Price.
INSIGHTS: Whether team members are thousands of miles away or across town, getting together in person is critical. Advancing technologies have eclipsed our own natural wiring.