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CoVID: Opportunity in Disguise
CoVID: Opportunity in Disguise
Once a remarkable person said, ‘Opportunity often comes disguised in form of Misfortune or even Temporary defeat’. While I completely endorse the idea from my own personal experience. I see this more than fitting in the current scenario where world is battling with excruciating pain of the tiniest living organism. It has put the entire globe on lock downs, house arrest and emergencies.
The coronavirus pandemic has a lot of dark sides. Around the world, people get ill and die, schools close, the healthcare system is overloaded, stock markets collapse. And in due course of time, employees lose their jobs, companies face bankruptcy, and countries spend billions on bailouts and medical aid. And for everyone, whether directly hurt or not, Covid-19 is a huge stressor shaking up our psyche, triggering our fears and uncertainties.
No matter how serious and sad all of this is, there are upsides as well. Hence, one should just not see the downsides but all the numerous opportunities this crisis could offer to all of us. With opportunities I don’t mean that the crisis provides extra business for companies like Zoom and Go to Webinar that enable virtual meetings, or for Amazon, which is planning to hire another 100,000 employees. With opportunities I mean general opportunities that are available for most people affected by the crisis. The opportunities which can be life altering on the way we work. way we interact and even the way we want to consume.
As I can see it, CoVID19 is challenging but it does give following opportunities for us to mull over while we are all in lock downs, working from homes, and saving hours of transits and commutes.
Opportunity 1: We have got the gift of “Time”
Opportunity 2: Finally, got some time to “Reflect” and “Reconsider”
Opportunity 3: Necessity is mother of Sustainable Innovation
Opportunity 4: CoVID could be “The end of Individualistic Society”
Opportunity 5: Cleaner environment
In conclusion, the virus pandemic has shown that, no matter how well-planned and organized we are and no matter how much we live in the Anthropocene (the era characterized by significant human impact) we are not in control. This offers a great opportunity for humans to wake up to the fact that we all live in the illusion that full control is possible. It provides an opportunity to take a more modest role and accept that many things are simply beyond our control.
Nihit M
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By Nihit MohanCoVID: Opportunity in Disguise
Once a remarkable person said, ‘Opportunity often comes disguised in form of Misfortune or even Temporary defeat’. While I completely endorse the idea from my own personal experience. I see this more than fitting in the current scenario where world is battling with excruciating pain of the tiniest living organism. It has put the entire globe on lock downs, house arrest and emergencies.
The coronavirus pandemic has a lot of dark sides. Around the world, people get ill and die, schools close, the healthcare system is overloaded, stock markets collapse. And in due course of time, employees lose their jobs, companies face bankruptcy, and countries spend billions on bailouts and medical aid. And for everyone, whether directly hurt or not, Covid-19 is a huge stressor shaking up our psyche, triggering our fears and uncertainties.
No matter how serious and sad all of this is, there are upsides as well. Hence, one should just not see the downsides but all the numerous opportunities this crisis could offer to all of us. With opportunities I don’t mean that the crisis provides extra business for companies like Zoom and Go to Webinar that enable virtual meetings, or for Amazon, which is planning to hire another 100,000 employees. With opportunities I mean general opportunities that are available for most people affected by the crisis. The opportunities which can be life altering on the way we work. way we interact and even the way we want to consume.
As I can see it, CoVID19 is challenging but it does give following opportunities for us to mull over while we are all in lock downs, working from homes, and saving hours of transits and commutes.
Opportunity 1: We have got the gift of “Time”
Opportunity 2: Finally, got some time to “Reflect” and “Reconsider”
Opportunity 3: Necessity is mother of Sustainable Innovation
Opportunity 4: CoVID could be “The end of Individualistic Society”
Opportunity 5: Cleaner environment
In conclusion, the virus pandemic has shown that, no matter how well-planned and organized we are and no matter how much we live in the Anthropocene (the era characterized by significant human impact) we are not in control. This offers a great opportunity for humans to wake up to the fact that we all live in the illusion that full control is possible. It provides an opportunity to take a more modest role and accept that many things are simply beyond our control.
Nihit M