Returning to work after Covid-19 will require a full reboot

Published Wed, May 27, 2020 · 09:50 PM

WHILE it may be an oversimplification, Covid-19 has presented businesses with the rare opportunity to begin driving economic value and employee value at the same time. Given that intellectual capital is generated by people, perhaps understanding our staff will be the best place to start.

More than 80 per cent of businesses surveyed by Aon in April this year said they are rethinking their operating models based on how their people work best. Largely, business leaders are acutely aware that the human capital decisions they make now, will shape their future.

EMBRACE THE FUTURE OF WORK

Through the circuit breaker months, Singapore has seen a complete transformation in the way we work, communicate, travel, and go about our daily lives. We have seen businesses display outstanding resilience by accelerating workforce changes such as adapting to remote work, using digital collaboration platforms, and an upending of old paradigms. The focus quickly shifted to data, analytics, and technology adoption − thus u…