I am sorry, but your comment sounds to me exactly as one that someone mistrusting RW could give (I actually heard that argumentation from such people).
-- do you realize that, one does not become effective in RW overnight? We get the habit of effective office work after several years of practice, RW should probably take only slightly less. Spreading this time one day every couple of month indeed turns RW days into days off IMO.
-- who can bring in figures of how much a random general company benefits from rank-and-file employees "knowing what needs to be done" rather than simply following orders? From my personal (very long and diversified) experience, deficient communication is rather a norm in a company, and ... everybody seems to survive?
I like to counter this argument (about the value of informal communication), by the example of the military (where by definition you are not expected to have all information), at which point people usually take offense ;-). Stil, the army to me is the example of the efficient human organization usually attaining the goal?
I agree. I've been working and managing a small group for several years working remotely. It takes about 6-12 months before someone fully adjusts to working remotely. Communication between each other isn't a challenge as we meet every morning.
PMs will sometimes come and complain that a team member has gone dark. I just tell them, have daily meetings if you're worried about keeping up productivity of the team.
Have worked remotely 18 out of the last 20 years. The interruptions +remote, but the structure of being in an office +onsite. I'm not sure people can make blanket statements which is more productive I feel it varies by person.
-- do you realize that, one does not become effective in RW overnight? We get the habit of effective office work after several years of practice, RW should probably take only slightly less. Spreading this time one day every couple of month indeed turns RW days into days off IMO.
-- who can bring in figures of how much a random general company benefits from rank-and-file employees "knowing what needs to be done" rather than simply following orders? From my personal (very long and diversified) experience, deficient communication is rather a norm in a company, and ... everybody seems to survive?
I like to counter this argument (about the value of informal communication), by the example of the military (where by definition you are not expected to have all information), at which point people usually take offense ;-). Stil, the army to me is the example of the efficient human organization usually attaining the goal?