Work Shift: The Perils of Hybrid Meetings and How to Fix Them

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We’re all too familiar with the phrase — guilty of either forgetting to unmute before speaking in a meeting or sitting in awkward silence as a colleague earnestly chimes in on mute. Three years of hybrid meetings later, the issue is more complicated than unchecking the button at the bottom of the screen.