The Power of Virtual Distance: A Guide to Productivity and Happiness in the Age of Remote Work - Tapa dura

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DR. KAREN SOBEL LOJESKI is CEO of Virtual Distance International (VDI), a research-based predictive analytics and consulting firm specializing in measuring, mapping, and managing the impact of Virtual Distance in the workforce and beyond. She holds a BS in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, and an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Technology Management, Leadership, I/O Psychology and Innovation from Stevens Institute of Technology. Sobel Lojeski is affiliated with many academic institutions including the Stockholm School of Economics, University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business and the Graduate School of Education, Institute for Advanced Study and Babson College.

RICHARD R. REILLY is Professor Emeritus at the School of Business, Stevens Institute of Technology. He is the co-author of Blockbusters: The Five Keys to Developing Great New Products.

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Virtual Distance?the measurable disconnect that arises when we rely on digitally mediated communication?applies to all of us. In the Second Edition of The Power of Virtual Distance, Karen Sobel Lojeski and Richard R. Reilly showcase 15 years of data to describe their powerful framework for predicting everything from trust, employee engagement and job satisfaction to bottom-line results. With new research from over 1,400 studies, this book demonstrates that the disorder inherent in digital work is quantifiable and can hold down financial returns as well as materially decrease meaningful experience, if we don't take Virtual Distance into account in every strategic decision.

Employees in the internet age often show up to work, only to spend their days "typing" their way through work, writing and responding to e-mail, and screen-tapping with unseen others online rather than sharing a felt sense of experience. Technology is at the very core of everything we do, and it enables us to be more connected than ever before. But even though technology can collapse the physical distance between us, it can also spark an explosion of psychological and emotional distance. Every business leader needs to understand how these phenomena affect employees' health and well-being?and, ultimately, business performance.

The Power of Virtual Distance, Second Edition represents a major new update to the authors' original text on the concept of Virtual Distance, published ten years ago. What was, at that time, a groundbreaking new theory, proved to be a prescient expression of what has become the mainstream understanding: the more connected we become, the more isolated we begin to feel. In this Second Edition, the authors present new data, case studies, and the exponentially growing body of evidence underscoring the business case and human necessity for accounting for Virtual Distance.

This unique book has the power to help leaders in organizations of all sizes reorient their focus to minimize the negative effects of Virtual Distance and generate positive change while embracing the benefits of the digital era.

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Virtual Distance—the measurable disconnect that arises when we rely on digitally mediated communication—applies to all of us. In the Second Edition of The Power of Virtual Distance, Karen Sobel Lojeski and Richard R. Reilly showcase 15 years of data to describe their powerful framework for predicting everything from trust, employee engagement and job satisfaction to bottom-line results. With new research from over 1,400 studies, this book demonstrates that the disorder inherent in digital work is quantifiable and can hold down financial returns as well as materially decrease meaningful experience, if we don't take Virtual Distance into account in every strategic decision.

Employees in the internet age often show up to work, only to spend their days "typing" their way through work, writing and responding to e-mail, and screen-tapping with unseen others online rather than sharing a felt sense of experience. Technology is at the very core of everything we do, and it enables us to be more connected than ever before. But even though technology can collapse the physical distance between us, it can also spark an explosion of psychological and emotional distance. Every business leader needs to understand how these phenomena affect employees' health and well-being—and, ultimately, business performance.

The Power of Virtual Distance, Second Edition represents a major new update to the authors' original text on the concept of Virtual Distance, published ten years ago. What was, at that time, a groundbreaking new theory, proved to be a prescient expression of what has become the mainstream understanding: the more connected we become, the more isolated we begin to feel. In this Second Edition, the authors present new data, case studies, and the exponentially growing body of evidence underscoring the business case and human necessity for accounting for Virtual Distance.

This unique book has the power to help leaders in organizations of all sizes reorient their focus to minimize the negative effects of Virtual Distance and generate positive change while embracing the benefits of the digital era.