Queen Mary's Vice-Principal (International) Professor Colin Grant wrote this thought paper as part of the GFCC's 'Now. Bridge. Reboot.' conversation series which featured business, research, policy and thought leaders from 30 countries in eight live dialogues on the lessons learned from the Covid-19 crisis and the trends emerging for the future economy.
The world has changed. The global Covid-19 crisis created massive short-term challenges and accelerated major long-term transformations. Countries, organizations, and citizens worldwide are simultaneously working to cope with life-and-death challenges and make sense of the new reality that unfolds.
This is the world of superfast contingency — a world of multiple and often instantaneous bifurcations. A world of accelerated uncertainty bundled within uncertainty, bundled within uncertainty. How do we make sense of this experience of compression? How do we make sense of a world of seismic disruption, rapid online transition, the transformation of our towns and the digital exclusion now aggravating economic or cultural exclusion?
Read the full piece on the GFCC website.