Virtual Distance International (VDI) was founded as a research-based management consulting, training and software development firm in 2004 by Dr. Karen Sobel Lojeski.  Our mission is to help companies improve collaboration, innovation and productivity in increasingly complex workplaces.  Based on Dr. Sobel Lojeski's research on workplace collaboration in the digital age, Virtual Distance International has grown quickly to provide consulting and training services to some of the world's most prominent corporations and government agencies.

VDI continues to extend its foundational and ground-breaking research on workplace productivity through ongoing internal research, collaborative research efforts with partner industry and academic institutions and relationships with industry associations like Institute for Innovation & Information Productivity (IIIP).