In this episode, Jeff Robbins interviews Dr. Karen Sobel Lojeski of Virtual Distance. Virtual Distance International has the world's first SaaS-based predictive analytics and solutions to reduce Virtual Distance to enable and empower workplace transformation. 

We talk about:

• What is Virtual Distance?
• How to stay connected as remote workers within hybrid companies
• Overcoming hurdles to communication in the workplace
• Understanding the different types of virtual distance (physical, operational, affinity) 
• Doing business remotely after the industrial revolution
• Why geographical distance is not the problem in the workplace (and what is!)
• Treating employees as humans, not nodes on a network
• Explicitly bringing context to every aspect of workplace communication
• Making remote and co-located workers feel that you trust them
• Fear of losing control when transitioning a traditional company away from a co-located model
• Why technology will never be a substitute for human to human communication
• Power of humanity to positively impact the future of the workplace, society, and communities

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