Corona virus and the new normal

First of all big shout out to Bill Gates, he called out the fact that the world wasnt ready for a pandemic and they were right... so here we all are at home, either working remotely , furloughed or worrying about our financial future.

I have been lucky, Deloitte has always been a strong advocate of working from home and i have been able to continue all be it with personal development because my projected  got cancelled because of the virus.

We are all facing a new Normal, what does this look like? No one knows or will speculate on what is coming.
if we take away the virus measures themselves i think business will evolve, i think remote working will increase, the real question is how long will it be til we can trust a handshake or want to get back to a hug?
in terms of the reatil busienss i have always been a firm believer in having an online prescence. Toys R Us didnt believe in online retail and i beleive that was a factor in their demise.
Obviously manufacturing will have to go back to some sort of normal, because of the special machinery required, but not all of the office staff will need to be in the office, this could reduce the factory footprint and increase peoples working flexibility.

I guess time will tell, meanwhile we are all locked down for another three weeks minimum, but on a good note its really nice to hear birdsong in the city again,  if ntohing else it has given us time out to smell the roses,,,,stay safe readers , stay at home, use the internet to shop.... til next time