So, how do you deal with the quirks of having a virtual company. There are so many hidden problems and out front benefits. Some people say that it would never work – that you need the culture of the company that comes out of the face to face interactions of employee’s. i think this point alone has standing – there is always something gained from human interaction. But, it doesn’t have to be limited to work – perhaps we can have lives out side of work. Perhaps we our lives can somewhat dictate our work habits rather then the other way round.
I don’t understand German – but in the video of Mark Harrison one gets the point that it is a lifestyle that a company like this, AHLLC, offers that is hugely beneficial. It is nice to sit in your own garden, eat breakfast and do some work. Hell, who can argue with that.
Yet, there is this other side that comes from all the “flexibility” of a virtual company.
Discipline! It takes a type of person to get self motivated to do the work. It also takes a set of clear guidelines and requirements for your work to be most efficient and beneficial. You don’t have the benefits of the moment by moment interaction that you get in a live company.
I think this is part of the paradox. From the flexibility a type of discipline and self motivation is required. Perhaps most people aren’t used to that, perhaps it takes a certain passion.
What I do know is I love being home with my pregnant wife and being part of the daily existence. Rather than disappearing for 10 hours a day to another world that in no way interacts with this world. Work/Life. Life/Work.
You pick.
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