“Adapting to these changes impacts the way we present ourselves, including our attention, demeanor, and methods of communication. This is especially true for people who are most comfortable communicating in person, many of whom have not warmed up to the idea of being reduced to a square on a Zoom grid.”
Meet Your Zoom Alter Ego: Accepting Your Virtual Personality
During the first week of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders mid-March 2020, everyone was focused on staying healthy, following local quarantine guidelines, and adjusting to the unprecedented, sudden change of lifestyle. Companies and businesses whose employees were able to work remotely scrambled to create new protocols designed to keep everyone productive and connected as they sheltered in place.