As originally published in Forbes

In the past few weeks, we have heard tech giants far and wide declare the positive benefits of remote work during times like these, giving their employees the option to work from home until the end of the year, and in some cases, permanently.  Amazon and Microsoft have offered employees work from home options until October. Many employees at Facebook will be able to work from home until the end of 2020 while the company considers a permanent option for select positions. Twitter and Square have declared work from home as a permanent option for all of their employees.

Pundits have sliced and diced the unit economics of remote work, citing increased productivity, flexibility, location independent talent pools, office overhead cost savings, higher employee retention, elimination of long commutes and/or even pollution! However, the biggest advantage of remote work is the elephant in the room not acknowledged: the power of remote work to become the greates...