Nations have been mostly focused in the near term on surviving the massive disruptions caused by Covid-19. What will the post-pandemic new normal be like for societies and economies? Organizing for a distributed workforceWorking from home may well have succeeded during the pandemic because it was viewed as temporary rather than permanent. The article offers three key recommendations:Optimize supply chains based on end-to-end values--resiliency, efficiency, responsiveness - rather than on individual transaction costs. For those who think and hope things will basically go back to the way they were: stop.

Source: Wall Street Journal June 19, 2020 17:07 UTC