During the Covid-19 pandemic, videoconferencing systems have become our lifelines for workplace communication. Those platforms work well for many kinds of virtual meetings and conferences. What they lack is spontaneous and informal interactions are under some limitations.
MIT Sloan School of Management developed a new software platform - Minglr. Minglr supports impromptu, private conversations. The ones people have before and after meetings, in the lobby during breaks of conferences. Or around the coffee machine in the office.
It works like this: at a virtual meeting or conference, participants and attendees log on to Minglr and see a list of people who are available to talk. The system lets them select the ones they want to speak with. They can also see the people who want to talk to them. And if they select one of those people, then both parties enter into a private video room where they can chat for as long or as short a time as they wish.
The developers reckon, making these interactions possible online will boost peoples' desirability and feasibility of remote work, learning, and professional networking.
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