Why we think Malcolm Gladwell is wrong about remote work, and the complicated answer to a simple question.

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• Author Malcolm Gladwell slams working from home — “It’s very hard to feel necessary when you’re physically disconnected,” the Canadian writer said.
• That Jerk at the Café? C'est Moi | Malcolm Gladwell on Writing in Coffee Shops - WSJ — The coffee-shop writer needs to be, as the sociologists would say, an outlier and not a pioneer. You don't want to be the laptop cowboy who signals to other laptop cowboys that this is the place to be.
• Google CEO to employees: Productivity and focus must improve — “There are real concerns that our productivity as a whole is not where it needs to be for the head count we have.” He asked employees to help “create a culture that is more mission-focused, more focused on our products, more customer focused. We should think about how we can minimize distractions and really raise the bar on both product excellence and productivity.”