By Gini Dietrich

It’s hard to stop and smell the roses. Americans, particularly, live in a constant, 24/7, keeping up with the Jones’s society.  We’re so focused on what comes next, we forget to slow down – or even stop – to look back and see what we’ve accomplished.

In November 2011, we moved Arment Dietrich out of our 2,500 square foot office space in downtown Chicago. By that time, we’d already begun a transition to a more flexible work environment and had people working in Idaho, New York City, Colorado, Ohio, and California.

One day, after traveling for a few days, I went into the office and all that space was empty. Patti Knight was the only one in that day and she was sitting there all alone.

I just shook my head. (more…)