Spring has sprung in Minneapolis (minus this little cold snap we’re digging out of) and we are grateful to see the trees budding and hear the birds chirping. Perhaps everything feels a little brighter as we seem to be emerging from a long and challenging year of global pandemics, market volatility, civil unrest, and of course the many personal challenges we have all had to face.

Jay, Grace, Maddy, Fernando, and I took a little time away over the winter and have recently returned from Palm Springs. Working remotely has afforded many people, ourselves included, a new perspective on how work is done in our daily lives. Those who never thought that a remote environment would work for them or their business have now become converts, finding it difficult to conceive of a five-day week at the office.