COVID-19 Aftermath Predictions

1. Remote work/Virtual work will be commonly accepted within most organizations
2. Individuals will value human interaction more, and maybe even be nicer to people (“strangers”
3. A degree of self-efficacy and confidence will be pervasive in the individuals and organizations that survived the quarantine
4. Business Travel will be reduced heavily
5. The value of things will be disproportionately discounted or overvalued
6. The percentage of contingent engagements will expand due to the high level of unemployment. People will be desperate and organizations will be timid
7. Independent Training and Development will see an increase in demand. Retraining and acquiring new skill sets will be dominant
8. Universities will see a drop in enrollment or we will see student debt increase
9. The COVID-19 aftermath will be felt for longer than expected
10. If there is a resurgence of COVID-19 later in the year from loosening restrictions too soon, there will be an economic depression
11. College Graduates of the next few years will be heavily underpaid impacting their earnings for their entire career
12. Stay-at-home parents and retirees will have to return to the workforce due to the depleted resources as a result of surviving COVID-19. The same reason will bring some out of retirement
13. Corporate Social Responsibility will become more of focus than it already was for many organizations
14. HR leaders will be dazed and confused about what to do the surplus of available talent
15. Trust in the government and its leadership will be polarized, leading to a very interesting presidential election.
16. We will not learn from this mistake, and hospitals will be put in the same situation when the next pandemic hits
17. Handshaking will become less common
18. Parents will have a newfound appreciation for teachers