iTWire Monday, 28 June 2021 10:07 Barco Research Finds Meeting Rooms Take Centre Stage in Australian Hybrid Workplaces Shares Meeting Barometer drops as people struggle with virtual collaboration, on the impending return to the office COMPANY NEWS by Barco: In its newest, international survey, Barco Clickshare, a global leader in visualisation and collaboration solutions, has surveyed the engagement and needs of Australian employees in meetings and identified five key trends that business decision makers simply cannot afford to ignore when preparing for a flexible, future fit hybrid workplace. The trends, which are highlighted in Outlook For The Post-Covid Workplace, include: Office optimism returns. Back to office scenarios are not only pushed by C-level management, they are completely in line with what employees want. More than half of the workforce is ready to return and 92 per cent is expected to be back in the office one or more days by the end of June 2021. They want to work less from home than six months ago (2 days in 2020 – 1.5 days in 2021).