9 out of 10 office workers suffer technology stress in meetings

A new survey of office workers in the UK shows that a majority suffer stress in meetings when struggling with tasks like sharing screens and finding the right cables in order to give presentations. The study by visualization specialist Barco finds that for 93 percent, this meeting stress has serious knock-on effect on every aspect of their work. Presentations were of a poorer quality, time was wasted, deadlines were missed, and for 12 percent, it even resulted in lost promotions and lost business. People's heart rates reached 179bpm when struggling with technology during a meeting, compared to resting heart rates… [Continue Reading]