Stranova Interview Series Vol. 34, published December 11, 2008. As the business environment grows more intense internally and business expands more globally, it is getting tougher and tougher to stay in close contact with our most important business associates and employees. In our podcast interview this time, Dr. Karen Sobel Lojeski, CEO of Virtual Distance International, helps us understand how this “virtual distance” between our people networks grows -- and what steps we can take to shrink that “virtual distance” down to a more manageable scale in the future. The end result of such steps can be increased company innovation, improved job performance for individuals and teams, and dramatically improved business results.