In February, the Yahoo C.E.O. Marrisa Mayer banned employees from working at home. The decision, which bucked the growing trend of telecommuting in the corporate world, drew a great deal of criticism. James Surowiecki recently weighed in for the magazine, explaining how Mayer’s policy might work for her company. In this video, Surowiecki explores the issue further, touching the positives and negatives of telecommuting and how it’s best implemented.

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Bob Mankoff tested Yahoo C.E.O. Marissa Mayer’s policy of banning working from home by convening all of our cartoonists together in the office. It didn’t really work out: http://nyr.kr/YAQpNH

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