Remote as a Corporate Need

We tend to think of remote work as a perk demanded by picky (or lazy) employees. But the only reason that remote and flexible work is becoming more prevalent is that capitalism itself requires it. We are at a stage of industrial development that requires organizations to become more flexible, a stage that requires organizations to hire from beyond a city-sized talent pool, and a stage that makes it impossible for organizations to predict their personnel and office space needs in advance.

In 1990, Steve Jobs gave an interview discussing this specific point. It was long before the rise of remote and flexible work. But Jobs already understood that something fundamental had changed about what it takes to build a winning business and about the tools available to managers and entrepreneurs. The whole interview is worth watching, but this section addresses the point I made above:

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