Darshana Thakkar

COVID-2019 : Priorities to help reopen the business in unlock-1  What to do now and then in the era of uncertainty! Not just a (Re)Opening: A New Beginning In the current circumstances, Enterprises have three priorities to focus on:        1)     Navigate or Steer uncertainties   In the current scenario, the pandemic behavior is not at all predictable. Many variables including social, personal, and economical are responsible for the potential scenario. Given the range of potential scenarios, companies will need to be prepared to change course on time. Any steps that are taken to reopen should, therefore, be easily reversible and scalable. 2)     Reduce immediate challenges Normal human psychology seeks personal safety first in case of a life-threatening scenario. The current pandemic has developed tremendous fear in the average citizen about personal health. Companies will have to provide a sa...

Unlock-1: Say Bye-Bye to lockdown, Hello to reopening, Welcome reinvention​ After sudden winding down of the business operations for weeks, companies are being asked to restart their engines at an unprecedented rate as lockdown rules are gradually relaxed. The challenge is complicated by uncertainties about the progression of COVID-2019 and the social, political and fiscal actions that it will drive. Reopening requires more than a return to normal as nothing is going to be as it as before COVID. There will be a set of business practices pre-COVID and post-COVID. However, because the unpredictable and long-lasting period that follows this pandemic will lead to fundamental changes to economic activity, fast-changing cultural norms, societal values, and behaviors. To reopen and to outplay uncertainty also requires a program of reinvention. The reopening will be more than just a restart. It will be the beginning of a new era of business. The rules have changed. Employee and c...