It's obvious enough that when you work in the one building you eventually get to know and converse with - if not everybody - a lot of those people. That's good for cohesion, teamwork, culture and you name it. But what happens when you work remotely? Is it enough to simply email workmates, to telephone them or to use instant messaging? How do you generate those chance encounters? Who do you deliver your elevator pitch to when you don't even have an elevator?
Here's a Workforce Week article on how the US FAA has dealt with part of this issue and some further virtual working options. The key I think is the last para of the article: "If you just tell them, ‘Here is your software, now go work on it,’ you won’t be successful," Drakos says. "You may just end up with a big, empty virtual space."
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