The current times are definitely classified into such periods of uncertainty, starting with the discovery of the coronavirus (or covid-19) in Wuhan, China, and it starting to spread to various countries, each country having a different initial reaction but with the past 4 months, but all facing challenges similarly since the WHO named the coronavirus a pandemic.

The virus has impacted Singapore greatly as well (where I live). We have had interesting naming conventions locally, such as “circuit breaker” in place of lockdown. What has been fundamentally challenging is Singapore is a city state and has depended greatly on trading with the world in making our living, and in the much of recent memory has positioned itself to be a headquarters for the region for global companies. With today’s shutdown of borders for the past months, it has been a big challenge to resume business as usual for many.

But the coronavirus has not impacted all industries and companies equally. A very popular saying today is that the covid is probably the most effective digital transformation officer/ chief information officer there was globally, pushing every company to go digital in very short timeframes, very much in view of survival. In the next few posts, I would be exploring and zooming into a few key sectors and industries that have been impacted in the past months.