Task and IT competence can be relatively easily trained, not so independence and self organisation. Experience to date shows that selecting the right people is a crucial factor in successful implementation of Teleworking projects. Many projects were flawed in execution because selection criteria were loose or inappropriate. Teleworkers are in some ways more analogous to the self-employed than traditional employees. The kind of person who will make a success of it is likely to share the attributes of the self-employed.
Teleworking is about doing things differently, but also about doing different things.