That’s true, the couple days in the office help a lot in learning how people communicate. With written communication it is often hard to find out how serious someone is about something.
I recommend making lots of (video)calls as you get more info that way through their voice and facial expression.
Yeah I do enjoy the video calls. I'll be doing that soon as often as I can. Not only with my colleagues I'll be working with but the clients. If I'm not on the video I tend to not pay attention as much since I'm multi tasking. Not a good recipe for success!
Change being with being aware 😉