Business trips may be a thing of the past, given that the Corona pandemic prompts executives to ask what justifies a trip to something that can be done by applying Zoom to video communications.
The impact of the pandemic affected everything in our lives, from the way we work and how to care for each other, to how to shop and pay, and even entertaining ourselves. How does the pandemic contribute to transforming business?
To understand this, author Matt Turner, in a report published by the American "Business Insider" website, explored the views of a number of executives on how their work style has changed because of Corona, how the industry in which they specialize will change, and how the world will change.
The future of flexible work
Executives say the pandemic will make work in the near future more flexible, and will provide a comfortable balance between private and business life, while adopting a culture of inclusivity in the work environment.
"It is difficult to extract a lot of positives from this crisis, which has resulted in huge human losses and created difficult economic conditions for many families," says Lee Olsky, chief executive of TradeWeb Financial Services, TradeWeb.
Olsky hopes to take advantage of this opportunity to ask some difficult questions, among them: Should we strike a balance between work and private life? How do we ensure that vulnerable groups are better protected? Do we really have the right health care?
For Aaron Levy, CEO of "Box" Cloud Storage, his company will definitely switch to a "more dynamic and real-time" business style, defined by working from home and flexible working hours.
Octa Software CEO Todd McKinnon believes that, in the future, organizations are likely to enable employees to work anywhere without sacrificing health care and volunteer opportunities.
The shape of the offices changed
As teleworking becomes more common, the number of people going to offices becomes less. Nancy Dubuque, CEO of Weiss Media, admits that they used to make fun of online meetings, but now they are wondering whether it can be done through video conferencing while they are wearing pajamas and sitting with their pets.
Dubuque asserts that "there must be balance because some actions are more productive and better if we do them directly, but we will not need to do this five days a week, all day and every day."
The writer mentioned that when companies start changing their recruitment models to ensure more remote work, the office will change. Perhaps they will reduce individual work spaces and invest more in common spaces, making the office a center for culture and training.
According to CEO of Man Group, investment management firm Luc Alice, remote work "means adapting some office structures to the success of this way of working, with more video facilities and teamwork spaces that are more flexible for brainstorming quotas."
The end of business travel
Many executives are currently working to reassess business travel in the midst of the Corona pandemic, and Brian Cesky, CEO of Airbnb, believes that “a lot can be done via video conferencing, and that will have a huge impact on how often people travel For the sake of work, "but that does not mean that" the book of Acts will end completely, but will be different in the future. "
According to Doug Ingram, CEO of the medical research company headquartered in Massachusetts "Saripta Therapotex", "this could mean less travel, more to do, and more thinking about what direct meeting is."