Yearn After 6 months of leadership to a dead-end, firms yearn to crush senseless directions & manage Covid themselves. Random curfews & lockdowns just squeeze enterprise. Handwashing & social distancing are the only 2 proven ways to limit the spread. Other measures are orders of mass destruction. So much can go wrong when trying to…
Month: October 2020
U-turn Government U-turns harm public perception & business reality. Muddled lockdowns, confusing return to workspaces, random mingling rules, unjustified curfews, dubious extrapolations, PPE shortages, test & trace glitches. As firms approach the point of no return, Ministers spout policy regardless. Under orders – taste the fudge Guessed the Word? …
Nemesis Instant nemesis due to Covid-19: Handshakes. Trust in the competence of elites. Belief in the self-correcting nature of markets. Faith in our readiness to deal with the unexpected. We should have been more sceptical. Like viruses, some practices, beliefs & narratives will simply die out. Others will mutate or become dormant, & may prevail…