[_mcdougle]

I 110% agree with this. Provide a location and amenities for workers to come together to collaborate, but don't force them to be there all the time if there's no reason for it!

In many ways, I feel like "employment" is far too similar to high school, when it should be more like college -- define a task or project, set up periodic meetings to go over it (like class or lab in school), provide a place to work on it collectively (like a computer lab or library in school), but don't define where and how the work is to be done -- unless the worker can't figure it out himself and frequently fails to complete the task!

(and that, I think, is the root of the problem -- some people can't discipline themselves enough to do work on their own, so no one gets to....)