Today is the beginning of the second half of 2020. Here’s the thematic workplan for tech4tea.com for the second half of the year.
Thematic Workplan 2H2020 – centred around the “aftermath” of COVID-19.
The first half of 2020 has been ALL about something that began last year – COVID-19.
Trends for the New Normal
Greater segregation and social distancing as opposed to physical mixing and social interactions.
Greater #WorkingFromHome rather than predominantly working at the office.
More #HomeBasedLearning in addition to school-based teaching.
Greater hygiene and social responsibility in preventive measures versus self-centred individualism in pursuit of personal convenience and comfort.
Movement and entry logging at facilities as well as personal movement tracking for contact tracing.
Quarantine facilities and operational monitoring and control to ensure compliance.
All sorts of measures to reduce physical movement and proximity eg. telemedicine to replace physical visits to clinics etc.
The list goes on and on.
The impact and disruption of COVID-19 on our lives will be all-pervasive.
Unfortunately, the second half of 2020 looks set to be all about the pandemic as well.
The past six months saw countries all over the world reeling from the impact of a new disease – frantically learning about it and desperately trying to stem its spread.
The next six months will see countries continue their fight against the global epidemic- managing second wave outbreaks, racing to develop vaccines and cures, and emerging out of lockdowns to return to some form of normalcy.
Going forward, the “new normal” will be very different from the normal of pre-COVID days.
So the next half year will be all about living WITH COVID-19 – in all aspects of life.
For tech4tea.com, I’ve laid down a focal theme for each month in the second half of 2020.
Get in touch (johntan@tech4tea.com) if you have topics or products aligned with the above themes.
Here goes…
Trends: COVID-19 Gives Impetus to Hybrid Working
Thursday, July 23rd, 2020One of the impacts from the global COVID-19 pandemic is the rise of hybrid working, the new normal for businesses and organisations around the world.
* The slides in this article are extracted from Poly’s new report on how hybrid working will be the new collaborative imperative.
What to expect in the new normal of hybrid working. Click on image to enlarge.
Working from home had always languished as the catch phrase for businesses aspiring to provide employees with a better work-life balance whilst maintaining a high level of performance.
Even though the requisite technology has been around and available for years now, the main stumbling block to greater adoption of working from home has been predominantly a cultural issue.
Four technology trends enabling hybrid working. Click on image to enlarge.
Companies are concerned that employees may not work as hard when left to their own devices at home, while employees worry that it is more difficult to get things done if they’re not physically working at the office.
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