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Book SynopsisThis revised second edition presents 15 years of data on Virtual Distance metrics and their predictive impact on organizational success factors shedding new light on how to correct for communication challenges that often show up as a foggy set of digital disconnects where the vitality of the virtual workforce often gets lost in transmission. This still-evolving Digital Age conundrum continues to present new complications. The rise of remote work which rests on an increasing reliance on electronic communication and the overall growth of virtual interactions has led to the escalation of a phenomenon called Virtual Distance. Virtual Distance, which influences our behavior through three components Physical Distance, Operational Distance, and Affinity Distance affects not only how we relate to others thousands of miles away but even to co-workers sitting right next to each other! Perhaps even more problematic, Virtual Distance causes measureable malfunctions in teamwork, inTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xxv Introduction: We are the Data 1 Chapter 1: The Road to Virtual Distance 37 Chapter 2: Redefining Distance 49 Chapter 3: Meeting Virtual Distance 67 Chapter 4: Measuring Virtual Distance 97 Chapter 5: Mapping Virtual Distance 123 Chapter 6: Managing Virtual Distance 147 Chapter 7: Redefining Teams 183 Chapter 8: Virtual Distance and Technology 199 Chapter 9: Reimagining Innovation 223 Chapter 10: Soul-Based Leadership – An Introduction 239 Appendix A: Virtual Distance and Neuroscience: A Different Perspective 269 Appendix B: Notes on Survey Research Methodology and Virtual Distance 295 Appendix C: Expanded List of Project Descriptions 305 Index 333

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