How coronavirus has accelerated our adoption of technology

How coronavirus has accelerated our adoption of technology

It has been said that Covid-19 changed everything but, perhaps more accurately, it accelerated everything: the velocity at which countries, industries, and firms moved on their digital trajectories and transformations increased exponentially.

We have known the potential of telemedicine for years, yet it only gained widespread adoption when much of society was locked down and couldn't visit medical professionals physically. The potential for remote work has been there since the advent of the internet yet only became the norm when firms were forced to choose between a remote, distributed workforce and indefinite hibernation.

Likewise, for many firms and consumers, our understanding of the supply chains was limited to placing an order for an item and that order appearing at our doorstep: a depth of understanding that proved manifestly inadequate when the virus threw global supply chains into chaotic disarray.

As we emerge from the current crisis, we need to think about how we can leverage the successes and learnings from the pandemic as the foundation for a more resilient, more digital, and ultimately more instrumented world.

This means supply chains where each step is digitally integrated to provide all participants with real time visibility and the ability to rapidly configure global supply chains in