Education
Technology
Business
Health
E-commerce
work from home
Self-driving cars
Telehealth
Public Transport
Commercial renting/owning
Microbossy managers
WFH tools
Distant/online learning
Rethinking education
Pollution due to cars
Demand for cars
The post COVID-19 world I imagine (1/16)
2/16 Working from home will become the new norm: commercial renting/owning will struggle and micro/bossy managers, if they survive this period, will find it tough staying relevant. WFH tools will continue to be big winners, so will distant/online learning (rethinking education)
3/16 The notion of rush hour will disappear. Even public transport will struggle for demand, making the service finally free for all. Much less pollution due to cars. Demand for cars, including self-driving ones, will drop. E-commerce and telehealth will continue their rise
4/16 The family unit will win again. Divorce rates will drop, so will demand for daycare, nannies, baby sitters. Couples will adapt to a world where their kids even join them on dates. Kids will grow up loving their parents again
5/16 There will be a surge in birth rates in 2021, 9 months post the lockdowns. Today, healthy couples are spending more time together and are planning for more kids: the coronials (as a friend termed it)
6/16 Corona beer will re-brand
7/16 Startups that survive will be long term winners (think PayPal surviving the dot-com bubble). And only they will get funding. Many startups and VCs will shut their doors. Even many big companies, like airlines, will cease to be or require large bailouts
8/16 Infection diseases will be the new hot topic in medicine. Time to market of relevant drugs, vaccines, medical equipment will become much faster. The anti-vaccine movement will get a big hit
9/16 Social interactions will go through a major leap: kissing and hugging will be reserved for intimate moments only, handshakes will be forever gone and possibly even shoulders to cry on
10/16 Content creativity will be on the rise: just see what quarantine is doing to people on TikTok
11/16 Small will again be beautiful: smaller structures like buildings will be easier to manage during contamination, smaller crowds will be less at risk. Demand for vacations spent on cruise ships will tank
12/16 Healthcare will be reimagined. Health professionals will look more like armies (reserves), governments and the WHO will learn their lesson. Many will look to Taiwan and S. Korea for a playbook (if they haven't already)
13/16 The future will hold less value, discount rates will surge (cash in the future will be worth much less today) and less money will go into pensions. People will truly start living the moment
14/16 Rural will win back market share from Urban. People will simply need more time away from congested spaces. Kids will spend more time in nature, alongside rivers, in spacious green grounds. Just like how it used to be. Last Child in The Woods will again be a bestseller
15/16 Human talent will do a shuffle. Huge unemployment rates will allow the best companies (who survive this phase) to hire the best talent from a large pool of the unemployed. Productivity will thereafter increase and so will levels of service
16/16 Yet, growth will no more come at any cost. Economies will turn back their engines on Low. Empathy, compassion and caring will play bigger roles in Capitalism. But for now let's #StayAtHome and #FlattenTheCurve so we destroy this #COVID19!
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