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During the remote work forced upon us by COVID19, we now have to depend on getting things done together virtually. Without the benefits of seeing your colleagues down the hallway to remind you of project status or that a proposal due date is coming up, you need a different system.

As a business advisor who helps organizations to innovate faster, I have worked virtually on multiple projects with different clients worldwide for almost ten years. Using a Five T checklist, I help my clients and their teams to collaborate efficiently and effectively.

Since the extreme turbulence caused by the current global pandemic began, businesses have faced challenges that few could imagine or predict. Historic unemployment levels in 2020 have had an ironic effect on some leaders – lulling them into a false sense of security that the people in their organization are so grateful to have a job, they wouldn’t dream of leaving. This is more than an illusion, it’s a delusion and not the only one that can creep in as leaders grow weary in the ongoing crisis.

Frozen Dreams: Painting on Water (TM) exhibit and Meet the Artist by Amy Lee Segami took place on a snowy afternoon Sunday, February 15 at Evanston beautiful public library on Church Street. The exhibit runs thru March 7, 2015. Segami is doing what has not been done in hundreds of years, Suminagashi (Japanese-Chinese flowing ink art) painting using water as canvas. In the process, Amy Lee uses her engineering education to innovate a signature style that combines water, air and color in a mix of Eastern and Western artistry.