You gotta have 2 or 3 years of this working well before it really takes root.

Phone lines get repaired a lot faster than the freeways do in LA when there's a big earthquake [or other disaster].

And they adapt (to remote) right away. For 2 or 3 months. - Jack Nilles

But I said, you gotta have 2 or 3 years of this working well before it really takes root. And that's what happened after Covid. - Jack Nilles

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Jack Nilles demonstrated the value of distributed teams and distributed work over 50 years ago.

At that time, one of the primary issues was smog and pollution. We know now, that the benefits extend far beyond the quality of our air, to the quality of life, and the quality of work. We've advanced in so many areas since the '70s. Time to put the daily commute to the office in the rear view mirror along with Pet Rocks, Mood rings, and Jarts.

90+ and going strong, Jack is a National Treasure

Full length interview with the Godfather of Telecommuting, distributed work, and distributed teams.
Jack (John) M Nilles: Telecommuting, Tradeoffs, Resistance, Incentives | Work 20XX with Jeff Frick -

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Jack's original ground breaking research

1974-Dec - Final Report
‍Development of Policy on the Telecommunications-Transportation Tradeoff, Final Report
‍Jack Nilles and Others, University of Southern California , Office of Interdisciplinary Program Development
‍https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED105867

‍1976
‍The Telecommunication-Transportation tradeoff: options for tomorrow
‍Jack Nilles, Wiley Publishing
‍https://archive.org/details/telecommunicatio0000unse_c2k6/page/n9/mode/2up

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