Zoom’s meteoric rise during the pandemic has led to worldwide brand recognition for the service, so much so that it has essentially become to video conferencing what Kleenex is to facial tissue.

But Zoom — along with Microsoft Teams, Google Teams, Cisco Webex, and any number of other business-friendly video conferencing tools — has its drawbacks when it comes to price, security, and flexibility (especially around meeting time and attendee number limits).

As hybrid and distributed work increasingly shift to being the rule more than the exception for many companies, managers in the UAE and Abu Dhabi need to embrace new ways of keeping team members engaged and productive. One such practice is to schedule in-person meetings when it’s necessary to bring everyone together.