Post-COVID-19, Reimagining How Work Is Done The unprecedented economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting an estimated four out of five of the world’s workforce of 3.2 billion people, and for many of those, work may never be the same again. Countries across the world are making their way towards relaxing COVID-19 lockdowns,Read more
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As governments, businesses, public health officials, and other organizations wrestle with what the workplace should look like in and beyond the COVID-19 era, there is a lot of speculation and conjecture about just what this ‘new normal’ will be. But there is little doubt that a new normal will emerge, rather than a return toRead more
In A World Transformed By COVID-19, Digital Transformation Is More Important Than Ever Until recently, globalization was heralded as the major engine of global economic growth, and central to globalization has been the expansion of global value chains (or GVCs). However, the COVID-19 crisis has fundamentally challenged the logic of globalization. It has brutally exposedRead more
Bringing It All Back Home: Why COVID-19 Makes Reshoring A Real Smart Choice The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the breakdown of many global value chains, and is prompting many international businesses to re-assess theirs, in order to build resiliency against future disruptions. In a new white paper, authored for the management consulting firm, MythosRead more
The Lessons Are Clear: In a Post-Pandemic World, Businesses Will Need To Reduce Their Reliance On China Quite apart from causing an unprecedented global humanitarian and economic crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed significant vulnerabilities in the interconnected and interdependent global value chain that drives economies around the world. In a new white paper, authoredRead more