2. Meetings are time-consuming and hard to co-ordinate with many busy workers, especially across a large area.
Different workers may prioritise them differently. This is not through variable commitment. Those frequently responding to out-of-hours emergency calls manage their time differently from regular nine-to-fivers. Face-to-face meetings are good for team building. But meetings for the sake of it are bad.
3. A bigger problem than physical distance can be the philosophical space that divides people. For instance, because of aptitude and the training received, a psychologist is likely to have a different view from that of a psychiatrist. Clarity and openness about such differences are vital.
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