Love this. Talent is all over the world. This is also why companies of the old style, non virtual offices, have multiple offices in some aspects. New, distribu

Love this. Talent is all over the world. This is also why companies of the old style, non virtual offices, have multiple offices in some aspects. New, distributed companies, such as github, 37 signals, small game companies etc, they will always have the best employees and even if an employee moves they are still actively on the team. For some industries like games, it might be the only way to gather all the people and skills needed as especially with games it is hard to find people in the same area with required skills. Virtual teams lead to much less disruptive change to a team which leads to stronger teams. But like it is stated, all important communications need to be virtual and through that channel first, it will fail otherwise and some can't do it. The world is big, cities are big, why destroy competitive success because it is to hard to coordinate? Traffic, moving, costs (living/goods/travel) are all better suited for easy access and ultimately company survival with virtual teams. The absolute best thing about virtual teams is it is all about delivery and getting things done. Minimizing BS, time wasted and shipping product. Virtual teams can come together for integrations, planning, celebrations and be as strong or stronger as physical logistical teams. It doesn't work for all industries but in technology/creative it can truly free up people to focus on work. How many offices have you worked at that after a while actual productive work hours go down to 3-4 due to all the excess stuff, then you have to work at night or after hours just to keep up with all the wasted time at the office and travel and general life that pops up. Virtual team are delivery first and that is the right way to be productive.