At that time, we did not fully appreciate the scale of the pandemic, and that its impact would incite change at an extraordinary pace. As well as the very real and devastating human toll, COVID-19 has impacted every industry and businesses of every size.
Having worked with small and mid-sized businesses for over 30 years, we have seen many successfully navigate challenging situations and environments – building more adaptive organisations that continue to thrive. Our reason for being is to help businesses grow, change, capture opportunities, and realise their value, aligned with the owners’ objectives.
And in a year like no other, businesses are meeting the challenge.
This period has tested resilience and ingenuity. Many are using the opportunity to improve customer and employee experience, driving innovation in their businesses that will change the way they operate – potentially permanently. They have accelerated plans, once considered years away, into action, within weeks or months.
In this report, we share frameworks for consideration when assessing the momentum of change in a rapidly shifting landscape, inspiring stories of resilience and adaptation, alongside insights from experts in their fields.
How do you prepare your business with an eye on the horizon, while also managing the impact of today? If you’d like to speak with one of our industry leaders, we’d welcome learning more about your situation.
Greg Ward
Head of Banking and Financial Services
Macquarie Group
Discover how to build an adaptive culture to realise opportunity in the face of constant change.
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COVID-19: surfing the wave of disruption, video transcript with Michael Maness, July 2020