Articles and papers written by some of the industries top thought-leaders on business strategy and transformation.

Month: August 2020

Post-COVID-19, Reimagining The Workplace Part 2: Reimagining And Reconstructing How Work Is Done

Post-COVID-19, Reimagining The Workplace Part 2: Reimagining And Reconstructing How Work Is Done

By Amit Patel   /   August 31, 2020

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, […]

Post-COVID-19, Reimagining The Workplace Part 1: Redesigning The Workplace for Safety

Post-COVID-19, Reimagining The Workplace Part 1: Redesigning The Workplace for Safety

By Amit Patel   /   August 24, 2020

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 to […]

Post-COVID-19, Reimaging The GVC – Digital Transformation

Post-COVID-19, Reimaging The GVC – Digital Transformation

By Amit Patel   /   August 20, 2020

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 exposed […]

Post-COVID-19, Reimaging The GVC – Reshoring

Post-COVID-19, Reimaging The GVC – Reshoring

By Amit Patel   /   August 18, 2020

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, Mythos […]

Post-COVID-19, Reimaging The GVC – Reducing Our Over-Reliance On China

Post-COVID-19, Reimaging The GVC – Reducing Our Over-Reliance On China

By Amit Patel   /   August 17, 2020

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, authored […]