Facing Change: Preparing For Business After COVID-19

The consequences of corona virus today are far-reaching beyond the spread of disease and the efforts to quarantine it, the world is still fighting tooth and nail for months and still have not cracked the code.

“Having lived through 9/11. I lost three friends that I knew in the towers. I was there through the crash of 2008. But this is the worst of all for a variety of reasons. First, we are very uncertain as to what is going to happen. How long is this going to last? Who does it affect?”

– Senator Chuck Scumer, Senate Minority Leader

SARS-CoV (SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME) was first found in 2003 and it was brutal with a 9.3% mortality rate. The 2^nd version SARS-CoV, novel COVID-19 appearing in late 2019 with only a 2.3% mortality but has shaken the world completely. Both viruses have similar types of symptoms and transmission, but what makes the COVID-19 considerably worse is that FDA approved testing and vaccination or medicines take time to develop.  Time that medical communities cannot support, which has caused global chaos.

CAN WE EMOTIONALLY AVOID CORONAVIRUS? Be it your phone, computer or TV, the media coverage has saturated all channels. . The stock market is plummeting, millions are attempting to apply for unemployment, businesses big and small are caught unprepared. Within industry channels we are being asked “What are we seeing?” Answers vary, but we wanted to pause and really “see” how the virus is impacting the global economy.

The virus is 100% real, but to many like me “It’s the way you look at it”. To offer you a different perspective let’s identify with is real. There is a complete chaos, complete disorder which means the current order is failing. Globally systems are weak and breaking. Models of the environment, politics, economics, education, journalism, and business structure are rapidly changing, and with it is time for new order. It’s time for change.

RESPOND WITH CARE. The newness is taking place while the old is fading away. The most important factor as an individual, as a citizen, as a true business leader is that we cannot respond with fear or anger. It is the choices that we must make today. To respond to the threats and challenges with great optimism and grounded leadership. If we respond with care, with love, we help people to adapt to the change, providing the tools to change. It is the time of metamorphosis and change is tough. Like a larva struggling inside the pupa to build its wings & structure to break through the cocoon and fly as a butterfly.

The sooner we prepare ourselves and our people, the easier we transition to this new era. Our kids are beyond Industrial age methodology of education, following instructions all day long. “Open your books, turn to page 10, solve problem number 4, stop talking etc etc” putting out your best behavior is when you obey orders.