Time to shift from a profit-driven agenda to a new social contract
The Covid-19 pandemic has shown that we are able to make fast and radical changes
11 August 2020 - 15:51
The novel coronavirus pandemic and consequent lockdown have devastated much of what we knew of life “BC” — before Covid-19. We will be tallying the toll of opportunities forgone, businesses disrupted or destroyed, lives lost and livelihoods demolished for decades to come.
A significant part of that reckoning must include a critical reimagining of how humanity and leaders can use this travesty as a catalyst for better ways of doing business, while reshaping the post-Covid-19 world so it is able to take better care of its people and natural environment...
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