AVIXA is the Audiovisual & Integrated Experience Association and is effectively the trade association representing the professional audiovisual and information communications industries worldwide. AVIXA is a hub for professional collaboration, information, and community, and is the leading resource for AV standards, certification, training, market intelligence, and thought leadership.
In today’s episode David and Jonathan are joined by the CEO of AVIXA David Labuskes who has been leading the organisation for more than 10 years. David gives us his insights into what AVIXA is doing to continually make the industry better and helps us understand the direct and indirect benefits AVIXA provides to end customers of professional AV technologies.
The guys chat about the prominent trends in AV across different sectors and David shares what he is seeing on a global perspective – it’s interesting to see what things are common across the globe as well as examples of unique trends in different markets. Finally, we ask David what about AV is he excited about the most today and in the future. Stick around to the end to hear his answer!
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In an earlier Tech Simple podcast (Episode 6) David and Jonathan discussed the top 3 reasons organisations should consider standardising the AV across their environment. This latest episode takes the discussion one step further with special guest James Cork of JLL. James oversees the AV and other technologies that are implemented into the various offices across the APAC region and has a particular focus on the human experience and interaction with the technologies.
The conversation is very much a client-side perspective of the topic. David and Jonathan have worked with James on developing AV standards for JLL and this episode gets started with James explaining the key benefits he is experiencing by having comprehensive AV standards documentation in place.
We discuss the extent to which things can be standardised by answering the questions: what can be standardised at a global level? What can be standardised at a local level? What cannot really be standardised at all?
Lastly, James tells us about how AV standards should be applied to specific workplace uplift projects and reminds us of the delicate balancing act between adhering to the standards over time whilst still leaving scope to take advantage of advancements in technology.
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“The office is no longer a grid of tables with light levels meeting a required compliance or standard. Agile work is here to stay. Spaces need to be attractive for people to want to return to. They also need to be able to make people feel more connected. Creative lighting design can help to deliver this”. Founder of Lighting Studio MG Michel Goupy and his associate Linsey Walker are expert lighting consultants and designers and join David and Jonathan on this episode of the Tech Simple podcast.
Michel and Linsey draw on their years of experience working in the hospitality sector to bring warmth and comfort to workspaces. Different types of spaces or areas in the office are designed to encourage or enable different things – whether it be casual chats or team collaboration work or quiet focused work. Good lighting design will help create the right environments to support these different activities. In this episode we learn about how Michel and Linsey approach a project and work in collaboration with all the other members of the wider design team.
Lighting for video conferencing is very important in the modern office and we learn some key best practices to lighting design. Michel and Linsey also give insights into what is new in commercial lighting technology and how they can be used to continually make better spaces for people at work.
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There are many elements to consider when designing or refreshing a workplace. Workflows, employee experience, customer experience, interior design, tech tools and connectivity, building services, lighting, air quality. The list is long. In this episode of the Tech Simple podcast, we are talking about acoustics, which is so important to consider when planning and creating your workplace. As always David and Jonathan are joined by an expert in the field Daniel Natoli, the Director and founder of AKA Acoustics.
Daniel reminds us how he and professionals in his field can optimise comfort levels for people in all types of environments – whether it be a conference room, open working area, building lobby area, or an entertainment venue. We can all think of times or locations where we were straining to hear or overcome by unwanted noise, which subconsciously sapped our energy. When the opposite is true, and a listening experience is joyful we can sometimes take for granted how this came to be. Enter the work of an acoustics professional.
Tune in to learn about the dos and don’ts of acoustics in the workplace as well as some tips and tricks that Daniel shares. He also talks through acoustics in meeting spaces and details some example case studies, which are highly insightful and a must listen.
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It’s amazing how quickly AV technology in the workplace is evolving and improving right now. In this episode of the Tech Simple podcast David and Jonathan are joined by Paul Falzon, the Regional Director of Neat in Australia and New Zealand. Paul brings a wealth of experience in video, collaboration, unified communication, cloud, desktop and more. This experience spanning decades really helped to compare today’s workplace technology with that of years gone by, which made this conversation so interesting.
In this show the guys look at three AV technology trends and discuss how they are being utilised in certain types of spaces to improve end user experience, increase collaboration and productivity, and lower the costs of the tech investments.
Take a listen to learn all about the details on the three trends:
- Video conferencing at the desktop and in small 1-2 person focus rooms
- Collaboration spaces. Powerful interactive tech tools that are finally easy to use
- Meeting space designs and using multiple cameras paired with AI
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There are many reasons an organisation should consider conducting a trial or proof of concept of a technology solution before rolling it out into a wider environment. In this episode of the Tech Simple podcast David and Jonathan are joined by Mark Samuel who is the Head of Workplace IT at TPG Telecom in Australia. Mark has a wealth of experience when it comes to technology for the workplace in large organisations and is kind enough to share his insights around the when, why, and how to conduct successful proof of concepts.
We start by talking about best practices and the steps to follow when conducting a proof of concept, which includes interpreting the results. Mark then walks us through a recent case study example of a proof of concept he and the team at TPG Telecom completed. It covers the seamless integration of Cisco meeting room technology with Microsoft Teams. He goes into detail about why it needed to be done, how he and the team worked closely with manufacturers to assess all the options, and how they went about gathering the all-important feedback from different end users within the company.
Lastly the conversation covers our collective thoughts on what we can expect to see from technology in the workplace in the coming years. In a nutshell – further simplicity, more seamless experiences, and using software and artificial intelligence was our consensus.
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