During these past few weeks probably the best one-to-one, long-distance communication opened up on an exponential scale. It is as close to intimate conversation without being physically present as possible.
Now we can talk about things, which are of common interest with a person we didn’t even know by name a few minutes earlier. Yes, I am talking about video conferencing, which grew-up to compete with phone-conferencing, e-mails, letters in envelopes and a podium in Speakers' Corner on the north-east edge of Hyde Park, London.
Now business and private lives converged, cats are stretching across keyboards, dogs are snoring, children run in playing basketball, coffee is spilled on important papers, formal clothes are forgotten. Yet, important decisions are taken, plans are made and action worth of a lot of money can be arranged. Authentic people move with action swiftly, with clarity and achieve consistent goals because they trust each other, because they can look into each other eyes, react to natural gestures and see genuine smiles.
Now, eventually, we discover a real person behind a portrait on a company website, photo which is so uncongenial.
Now is the time to change those passport photos for sincere portraits, which show individual characters – people we can swiftly connect with.