I mentioned awhile back on this blog that I had been interviewed by an Associated Press reporter about telecommuting and working from home. No big surprise - I was not mentioned in the aritlce. But, I’m still going to give you a heads up about it because I don’t hold a grudge:

Telecommuting has taken root: “Jack Nilles, a Los Angeles-based workplace consultant who is widely credited with coining the term “telecommuting” more than three decades ago, said technology has never been the main barrier to a more flexible work schedule. Instead, it has been “the idea fixed in everybody’s head that in order to do useful work you had to be someplace where the boss could keep an eye on you.”

That way of thinking is slowly becoming outdated, Nilles said.

Managers like Frudakis are leading the way.

“When you get away from the office environment,” she said, “you can be more creative in your thought process.”

Frudakis visits PetAg’s Illinois headquarters once a month and jams in as many face-to-face meetings with senior managers as she can.

“I really enjoy being around co-workers,” she said.”