Beyond COVID-19: A Different World And Improved Collaboration Between Businesses And Within Networks

As we approach the end of the first (hopefully the only) acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, we need to recognize that business will not be the same as before, at least for many months.

Among many others, we will likely experience the following changes:

• Maintenance of high levels of sanitation, which will benefit businesses operating in the health, hygiene and sanitation sectors, but will also compel most businesses to enhance their procedures for hygiene, sanitation and protection of the health of their employees and customers;
• Acceleration of e-commerce and online transactions in the wake of new consumer habits adopted during the containment period;
• Growth of telework, again in the wake of the habits adopted during the containment period, especially in the context of the multiple traffic impediments and increased travel time we are experiencing in several major cities;