Dr. Karen Sobel Lojeski is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology and Society in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Stony Brook University, U.S. Karen is also the Founder of Virtual Distance International and is the world’s leading expert on Virtual Distance, her award-winning discovery. Virtual Distance is a measure of what’s lost when the human being is translated through the machine.
Karen has demonstrated that Virtual Distance dynamics have a significant impact on leadership, innovation, productivity, employee engagement and more.She has developed a rich set of solutions to improve performance at all levels of the organization and has worked with dozens of major corporations and other institutions around the world including the World Economic Forum.
Main Subject Areas
Business strategy, Change management, Communication, Cross cultural management, Innovation, International business, Leadership, Management, Organizational development, Virtual Teams, Virtual Leadership
Areas of special interest
Business development/business models, Culture and communication, Globalization, Leadership for Innovation; International development; Collaborative skills, CRM/Corporate social responsibility, , Idea management, Organic growth, Performance management, Intrapreneurship, Mergers and Aquisitions, Organizational effectiveness and change
Keywords
Distance Leadership, Virtual Leadership, Virtual Teams, Virtual Distance
Academic degree
PhD
Programs
Custom programs
Nationality
United States
