Franny, the proof is in the pudding. The technology to telecommute has been around for years, yet very few firms take advantage of such a strategy. They're all less professionally managed than your place of employment? Maybe A.G. Lafley would like a look at your MBA's spreadsheet.
As for the assertion that people are more productive at home, I know that is not the case for me. I'm the type of person that needs to go to a library to study - there are too many distractions in my home. I would get more work done going into the office. I wish that weren't true, but it is. I don't think this is an uncommon personality trait - a lot of people are like me.
Franny, I'm sorry, but your rationale isn't very solid. It relies heavily on antecdotal evidence - what works for your company would not work for every company. (You can lease less space?) As for your predictions, they aren't always the best either. One example I found here in the CincinnatiSports archives from last fall:
Football Ticket Sales
You predicted 12,500 per game, the actual number was 30,246.
That's the trouble of posting your predictions here in the forums, sometimes people do remember them. Doh!
