Business: is teleworking bad for productivity?

technologies, remote work and networks increasingly influence labor organization, Alex “Sandy” Pentland, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) presented his latest research on how to optimize information flow in the company. Thanks to a new investigation method, he “quantified” social interaction in firms. He shows that employees who can interact are much more productive than their colleagues who work from home. (Ref. 090709)

During the “Where 2.0” 2009 conference (may 19-21, California) on the tools and stakes of geolocation,…