"I have enormous respect for Michael Bloomberg and have rarely disagreed with anything he has done or said..."

I really could not get past this introductory bit. It tainted my opinion of everything Branson said. If Branson has enormous respect for Michael Bloomberg, I can't really muster much respect for him in turn. Which is a shame, because I essentially agree with him on this point--working from home--in particular.

Though I also feel it's any company's prerogative to allow or disallow working from home.