There is a great article in Business Week on working from home. It talks about how major companies such as Capital One are not only encouraging people to work from home but in some cases they are incenting them to as well with home office expenses, laptops and blackberries.
This recesion along with longer term trends of the environment and technology are driving companies to reorganize how they are physically structured, how they manage their workforce and even how their employees do their jobs.
Additionally, tools from Web 2.0 and Social Media will be at the forefront of how companies adapt to these new realities. Twitter for example is a great way to keep in touch with a mobile team. And, LinkedIn can help you create a customer community. There are also old standbys such as Instant Messaging and Team Rooms that have enabled people to manage virtual teams. My company Exari is on the forefront of using technologies such as XML to facilitate the negotiation of complex documents and contracts in a virtual world as well.
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