What were you doing five years ago this week? Trying to buy masks; desperately searching for toilet paper? Getting a crash course on using Zoom?
These seem trivial now compared to the changes in the economy, technology, health care, commercial real estate, retail, office culture, innovation, and productivity.
Crises like war, depression and plagues can accelerate change…producing innovations that may have otherwise taken decades to arise. (Think about the changes that World War II brought about in aviation, electronics, and other technologies).
If you’d like an executive summary of the pandemic’s impact on each of the above aspects of our lives….and a look at what may be ahead, check out this short article from Knowledge at Wharton: How COVID-19 Changed the World.
