Microsoft corporate vice president of Xbox Sarah Bond explains what games can teach us about the future of work. In the hybrid era, more and more employees are discovering how to communicate and collaborate with other team members across town or on the other side of the globe by using chat, streaming audio and video, and avatars in 3D virtual spaces. But in video games, these forms of collaboration have been available for decades.
In this episode, Bond shares insights on what games can tell us about the next phase of the hybrid era. As companies explore new ways to enable teamwork, including forays into the metaverse, they can learn a lot about how to best proceed from games.
Three big takeaways from this conversation:
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