23 October 2020 - How we have adapted to change during the crisis
Since late March 2020, we in the UK have been learning to live with a new normal. Our lives, along with everyone else's in the world, had to adapt rather dramatically to a different set of social, economic, environmental and political rules. For those in business, sweeping changes had to be implemented almost overnight to accommodate these new rules. Suddenly, those who could were asked to work from home so to avoid using any public transport or risk infecting other colleagues with the virus. For many, the action to work from home also lead to other aspects being affected too, and for the positive. Companies quickly reviewed and adapted their existing processes so that a remote workforce could continue to be productive. What was once considered a 'must-do' step was conceded. Digital work arounds were embraced. Departments were given tools to collaborate and from that came a 'can do' attitude from employees to make do with what they had, and with a dose of patience ...