How permanent are some of the pandemic-induced changes going to be?

Pretty permanent for sure

There’s still a lot of “when we get back to the office” but I do hope distributed work remains a first class option for many permanently.

I think metropolitan cities come back big. There’s a lot of gravity in location, and businesses went there because to cities because it’s were people were. So “flee the cities” I don’t think will last (but the articles will 🙄).

Remote team building… isn’t going to be permanent. 😅

Virtual conferences… won’t be all virtual permanently, though I do hope in-person ones become more accessible and friendly to families (we’ve all seen your kid run in the room Sue, they’re welcome at events).

MOST IMPORTANT - leaders that have shown compassion and flexibility with each other and themselves - this is the most important permanent pandemic-induced change.

I think a lot of it will be permanent. This is a way for us to cut down on costs for office spaces, supplies etc.

I think the two biggest were work from home and the move to cloud computing.

I think both of those are permanent.

In business school, they say, don't look at your sunk cost as an indication of how committed you are to a strategy. But a lot of these companies are enduring significant costs to remain productive during this phase. I think it makes it more likely that those changes will be enduring. Many changes are going to be around for quite some time, not only due to how long this has gone on, but also because of the significant kinds of process, environmental, tooling and capabilities that have been modified through this. That's both a good thing and a bad thing.