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Chapter 2 – It’s a Pandemic. What’s Next? | Blew, Caldwell, Masiello

Chapter Two - It’s a Pandemic. What’s next?

It is likely that by the time you read this, you will have partially or completely moved

your office to the homes of your employees. You have gone virtual. Even if you haven’t done

this yet, your business operations have changed dramatically.

IT’S TIME TO BE READY!

Now you need to prepare to operate this way for as long as it is necessary according to

the dictates of your local and state governments, and we know that those can change daily. It's

good practice to take a little time and analyze how did your plan for responding to the crisis

initially go? Did you even have a plan? Did you anticipate all the risk factors inherent in an

emergency of this magnitude? Was your staff ready physically and mentally to take on the

challenges of working from home in such a crisis? Were you prepared for the government to

change the rules of the game in how you operate business and where you operate? Were you

prepared to move to a virtual environment with remote computer systems, software and cyber

security protocols?

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