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It’s a White Out

What a crazy weather week.  Luckily I didn’t have a trip to the East Coast on the agenda for the week but a few of my colleagues and friends did.  One of my clients marooned in Philadelphia described it as a surreal experience where he was the only person in both the office and the hotel.

Due to the extreme snow in the mid-Atlantic states everything has come to a standstill, airports are closed, schools are closed, government is closed and buildings are closed.  Not so for most businesses.  Many businesses are still up and running as a result of laptops, high-speed internet connections, mobile phones and virtual organizations.

Virtual organizations aren’t new.  The ideas and concepts behind them have been around for 15 years but only in the recent past have they become real and functioning.  People, skills, a sense of purpose and community make an organization truly hum.

Building  your organization into one that functions virtually demands an environment of trust, remote tools and developed processes allowing for productivity on the move.

Weather can delay and annoy but not stop a business from moving forward in 2010.

February 12, 2010 - Posted by thechangedude | Uncategorized