Kelly Teal says return to office works best when companies invest in AV and match attendance to job roles.
1. AVWeek episode 758 examines return to office mandates and AV network security in the February 27, 2026 recording.
2. Host Tamar Albright leads a roundtable with Kelly Teal of TLD Design Consultants, Susan Wilthite of Bluefin, and Justin Dawson of All Things Techie.
3. Kelly Teal argues that return to office mandates require investments in hybrid AV and role based attendance.
4. Teal names room scheduling, secure remote access, strong bandwidth, and digital whiteboarding as needed office technology.
5. Teal says blanket mandates can signal a culture or leadership reset rather than a productivity problem.
6. Susan Wilthite describes coworkers in separate cubicles joining the same Zoom call after returning to the office.
7. Dawson says Irish workers can request two days of home working and recounts a lecturer teaching from a car after failing to find campus parking.
8. The panel considers Newcastle United's return to office mandate for 500 employees beginning in March.
9. On AV Trust, Teal calls for vulnerability disclosure processes, security standards, and education across manufacturers and integrators.
10. AV and IT professionals weighing workplace policy and network security.
