ABSTRACT
The psychological impacts of this kind of work organisation have been extremely powerful. Organising humanity en masse was perhaps the key characteristic of the twentieth century. Intensified by the experience of two world wars, governments of all variations of left and right sought collectivist solutions to social problems, whether providing factory-style health care, mass transit systems or dealing with water supply issues. Developing software products and new media applications are examples of digital production that can in principle be located anywhere. Maintaining team cohesion and joint access to nearby resources is important, and space sharing arrangements agreed by colleagues in teams are more likely to work well. In staff surveys, typically around 80 per cent of people say that there is nothing in their home environment that would prevent some of their work being done at or from home. It concerns about health and safety in the home office and other flexible working environments.
