Why workplace audio needs to move beyond intelligibility to support wellness and experience

For years, audio in meeting spaces has been treated as a commodity: as long as participants can hear and be heard, the job is done. But as organisations rethink the purpose of the workplace and ask employees to commute back into offices, expectations are changing.

In this video, Hurrairah bin Sohail argues that audio must evolve from a purely functional tool into a contributor to wellbeing and experience. From soundscapes to the ‘audio fingerprint’ left on users throughout the workday, the conversation explores why AV professionals should start thinking about sound as a critical element of workplace design, not just a channel for speech.