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Episode 16 - Teams in the met averse
Show Notes
What is the future of remote team collaboration? Do we continue with Zoom meetings and the risk of fatigue they can bring, or is there a new approach we can take? Dan and Pia explore meetings in the metaverse, with the help of freelance technologist Ian Smith. They discuss virtual avatars, getting together in a 3D space, and examine where it’s appropriate to meet in a space where everyone looks like they’re in The Incredibles, and when it’s not.
Takeaways from Dan and Pia
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Meet the guests
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Ian is a freelance technologist, helping clients with tech, creativity and innovation. In his former roles as Head of Innovation at software test consultancy ROQ, and innovation leader at IBM, he worked for many clients across multiple industries, running joint innovation programmes and events, featuring rapid prototyping, hackathons and Design Thinking. He has been interested in the idea of a Metaverse for many years, and was a significant contributor to [IBM’s early experiments using Second Life] in 2006 and 2007. Ian’s current and recent roles include CTO for a crusading retailer, remote Design Thinking training and facilitation with clients in India, and leading a team to build a new web application for schools. Ian is an AWS certified Solutions Architect and all-round tech nerd, and greatly enjoys talking and thinking about how tech teams work, and how tech can help teams work better. You can listen to Ian talk more about the Metaverse on his podcast, What A Lot Of Things which he records semi-regularly with co-host Ash Winter.
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