Remote Office Not Required Author:Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson In this new book from the bestselling 37signals founders, Fried and Hansson point to the surging trend of employees working from home (and anywhere else), explaining the challenges and unexpected benefits and why ? with a few controversial exceptions such as Yahoo -- more businesses will want to promote this new model of getting things done. — Th... more »e Industrial Revolution's "under one roof" model of conducting work is steadily declining owing to technology that is rapidly creating virtual workspaces and allowing workers to provide their vital contribution without physically clustering together. Today, the new paradigm is "move work to the workers, rather than workers to the workplace." According to Reuters, one in five global workers telecommutes frequently and nearly ten percent work from home every day. Moms in particular will welcome this trend. A full 60% wish they had a flexible work option. But companies see advantages too in the way remote work increases their talent pool, reduces turnover, lessens their real estate footprint, and improves the ability to conduct business across multiple time zones, to name just a few advantages. In Remote, inconoclastic authors Fried and Hansson will convince readers that letting all or part of work teams function remotely is a great idea--and they're going to show precisely how a remote work setup can be accomplished.« less