Covid did not put our Country on pause for just a few months; it has changed our lives forever. Confinement is becoming the new normal and over a few days we have raced into the fourth industrial revolution. This is impossible when you measures for productivity are unclear or hour / time based. We have to trust our workforce, we have to adapt to measurable outcomes of productivity.
We are now working unsupervised and from home. We often spend our days in isolation, no more meeting with people, no more banter at the water station. On bad whether days I stay in my very colourful pyjamas and the front door is not even opened. Even Simon Cowell sits in his launch, in pyjamas, with kids running around and presents Americas Got Talent.
So when it comes to optimism, pessimism and the new post Corona world, “hope for the best, prepare for the worst” is the way to go. Be honest with yourself, when you are in pain or dealing with loss or failure, do what my chemistry lecture said, get a glass of red wine, find a comfortable spot on the beach, feel sorry for yourself for a few minutes, think long and hard, develop a new picture, write down the vision, make the goals measurable and ready, set go…