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Some people haven't. Other people see waste, pointless tasks, stupidity and try to change it.
Rationally yes. But I'm talking about the whole package. Humans connect in person in a way that they don't through remote communication.
My current team formed in lockdown. We have hardly ever met in person but we work great together. Last week some of us were all in the office together and in one meeting, someone said something and me and one of the other guys made brief eye contact in reaction.
That flash of communication could never happen remotely. After so long having everything mediated through Zoom/chat, an instant of raw connection was quite intense.
Then there's all the ad hoc conversations and serendipity that happens when people are in the same space. Remote working doesn't stop you have the conversations you know you need, it stops you having the ones you didn't know you needed.
I'm not saying we can never stop business travel, I'm saying it is a trade off because we can't fully replicate human communication and connection remotely, and I don't think it's just a case of some people not being evolved enough to do it.
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Some people haven't. Other people see waste, pointless tasks, stupidity and try to change it.
Even pre-covid I would try to avoid work travel. It was almost always pointless and could've been conducted remotely (or with fewer people traveling - strength in numbers sales bullshit)