Synopsis 126 Outline June 2020
On 6 May 2020, staff in Strategic Business Insights' Menlo Park, California; Croydon, England; and Tokyo, Japan, offices discussed and analyzed more than 100 developments and events that relate to the coronavirus and coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19), identifying societal, political, commercial, industrial, and technological implications of the covid-19 pandemic and its effects. As a result, this month's Scan set—Scan™ in the Time of Covid-19—features 18 pandemic-related issues and implications that will help decision makers navigate the uncertainties of the years ahead. (Also see July 2020's A Further Look at Covid-19's Impact.)
Scan Framework
The framework arranges this month's Signals of Change and Patterns on a scale of urgency (short to long term), and reflects the degree of uncertainty (low to high) surrounding the topic. Each item's color highlights which aspect of decision-making the topic is most likely to affect.
- SoC1161 Scanning: The Pandemic and Its Implications
- SoC1162 Pandemic Rise
of the New HR - SoC1163 Technologies' Roles and the Pandemic
- SoC1164 The Pandemic's Impacts across Industries
- SoC1165 Reshuffling Societal and Budgetary Priorities?
- SoC1166 Scenario Planning for the Pandemic's Aftermath
- P1501 Misinformation Pandemic
- P1502 Vulnerability and
Inequality during
the Pandemic - P1503 The Great Working-from-Home Experiment
- P1504 The Tech Giants
and the
Pandemic - P1505 No-Contact
Services - P1506 The New Homebodies
- P1507 Disease and Cure:
A Balancing Act - P1508 Medical Monitoring and Surveillance Technologies
- P1509 The Pandemic's Effects on Business Models
- P1510 The Ascent of Robots during the Pandemic
- P1511 The Pandemic's
Push: Global
versus Tribal - P1512 Supply-Chain Resilience?
Signals of Change
SoC1161 — Scanning: The Pandemic and Its Implications
The occurrence of the covid-19 pandemic and the resulting economic slowdown were not unforeseeable.
SoC1162 — Pandemic Rise of the New HR
Plausibly, the coronavirus and the covid-19 pandemic will lead to long-lasting changes in human-resources (HR) practices.
SoC1163 — Technologies' Roles and the Pandemic
A look at technologies' roles during the pandemic could provide cues about the technologies' uses when the pandemic ends.
SoC1164 — The Pandemic's Impacts across Industries
A growing economic crisis is challenging businesses and creating great uncertainty going forward.
SoC1165 — Reshuffling Societal and Budgetary Priorities?
Policy makers will reconsider societal priorities and the allocation of financial resources.
SoC1166 — Scenario Planning for the Pandemic's Aftermath
Custom scenario-planning efforts can help decision makers move from gaining awareness of a changing world to preparing for such a world.
Patterns
(Results of the Scan™ Meeting on 6 May 2020)
P1501 — Misinformation Pandemic
Like the current pandemic, a wave of misinformation and disinformation has spread around the world.
P1502 — Vulnerability and Inequality during the Pandemic
The pandemic will not only have a large death toll but also put a spotlight on polarized societies. A significant proportion of students lack home access to computers and the internet.
P1503 — The Great Working-from-Home Experiment
People are working from home and learning online on a scale that almost no organization planned for.
P1504 — The Tech Giants and the Pandemic
Although uncertainties exist, the pandemic could increase the tech giants' influence on digital life.
P1505 — No-Contact Services
The pandemic is creating opportunities for companies that are operating under the current social-distancing conditions.
P1506 — The New Homebodies
The pandemic's forcing many people to stay at home is resulting in a variety of behavior changes, some of which may be permanent.
P1507 — Disease and Cure: A Balancing Act
Determining which responses to the pandemic best balanced medical needs and economic considerations will take years.
P1508 — Medical Monitoring and Surveillance Technologies
Governments and organizations are using monitoring and surveillance technologies to help manage the spread of the coronavirus.
P1509 — The Pandemic's Effects on Business Models
The pandemic could change some business models permanently.
P1510 — The Ascent of Robots during the Pandemic
Current lockdown and social-distancing measures are expanding opportunities for service robots.
P1511 — The Pandemic's Push: Global versus Tribal
Many reasons exist for increasing global collaboration during the pandemic; however, the opposite might happen.
P1512 — Supply-Chain Resilience?
The early stages of the pandemic highlight the strengths and weaknesses of current-generation global supply chains.