This particular prediction might seem strange as right now very few sports are on and even ESPN is struggling with what material to air.   However, with the launch of the MLB season, we are starting to see a lot more live sports via TV in the US. And

The last few years have seen a huge increase in companies providing “No-Code” platforms. A No-code platform is an environment that lets people create working applications by linking blocks of components together without needing to know a coding framework. Nocode developers build these blocks and build out a

As we continue lifting the shelter in place and open up more venues and businesses without a vaccine, companies are going to become more concerned about maintaining a safe and clean environment. Consumer demand is going to drive the businesses’ success and consumer fear of catching Covid is going to

As we have been under restrictions for such a long time, people have started getting used to connecting and chatting from far away. Pre-covid, people would primarily use the phone, email, and social media to bridge times when they connect in person.    Now meeting in person is more

The Pandemic has unleashed a world-wide “Manhattan Project” across all biochemical and pharmaceutical companies to find vaccines and treatments. Companies across the world are streamlining and improving their processes and technologies to quickly find cures and vaccines. Biopharmaceutical companies are learning agile techniques that they will use to speed up

Assuming we need masks and 6 feet of separation in indoor spaces, in-person group exercise places are going to have a major shock.   Gyms and Basketball Facilities With recent reports showing the spread of the virus in exercise areas, expect a huge decrease in the number of gyms,

As companies now have the capability and experience to do work remotely, they will start realizing they can attract talent way far away. Outsourcing (to other parts of the US and the world) will start becoming much more normal.  Inexpensive cities, remote talent will become attractive initially for the

If the workforce is working from home at least 2 out of 5 days, we are going to see a huge decrease in commercial real estate – including something like a 10-20% vacancy rate.   Not all of that will go vacant as companies will need to reshape their office-space

One of the biggest changes over time will be a huge decrease or change in business travel.  During this pandemic, business travel completely stopped.   Employees who used to travel to HQ now met on video.  Sales calls were done using Zoom.   For the most part,

Pre-covid approximately 4% of white-collar workers worked from home. It was not seen by most workers as “acceptable”. Employers did not think employees could be efficient while working from home.   Now during our lockdown, 50% of white-collar workers are working from home 100% of the time. Companies have

The current equilibrium of physical separation, reduction in large gatherings, human interactions, and indoor activity is not going to go away soon. As of right now (end of May 2020) states have put in varying levels of restrictions from the most severe lockdown rules (currently SF Bay Area, California) to

I have not blogged in a while, but given the recent changes in the world, I am starting up a new series called The New Normal. My goal is to start to get my head around how our current situation is going to change the world in the next 3-5