Now the government wants to know the temperature of your finger and the blood-pressure under its skin. But with coronavirus, the focus of interest shifts. Hitherto, when your finger touched the screen of your smartphone and clicked on a link, the government wanted to know what exactly your finger was clicking on. Not only because it might normalise the deployment of mass surveillance tools in countries that have so far rejected them, but even more so because it signifies a dramatic transition from “over the skin” to “under the skin” surveillance. Yet if we are not careful, the epidemic might nevertheless mark an important watershed in the history of surveillance. In recent years both governments and corporations have been using ever more sophisticated technologies to track, monitor and manipulate people. You might argue that there is nothing new about all this. What happens when everybody works from home and communicates only at a distance? What happens when entire schools and universities go online? In normal times, governments, businesses and educational boards would never agree to conduct such experiments. Entire countries serve as guinea-pigs in large-scale social experiments. Immature and even dangerous technologies are pressed into service, because the risks of doing nothing are bigger. Decisions that in normal times could take years of deliberation are passed in a matter of hours. Many short-term emergency measures will become a fixture of life. Yes, the storm will pass, humankind will survive, most of us will still be alive - but we will inhabit a different world. When choosing between alternatives, we should ask ourselves not only how to overcome the immediate threat, but also what kind of world we will inhabit once the storm passes. We should also take into account the long-term consequences of our actions. They will shape not just our healthcare systems but also our economy, politics and culture. We must act quickly and decisively. The decisions people and governments take in the next few weeks will probably shape the world for years to come. Perhaps the biggest crisis of our generation. All sale royalties will go towards the mission of the Global Business School Network.Humankind is now facing a global crisis. The world after Covid-19 is out now in eBook and Paperback exclusively via. Some were confident we are not going back to normal, most certain of long-lasting change, and at least one certain we should be planning for a world with not after Covid-19. Common themes included: Human––and Humane––Leadership, with responses personal and sometimes emotional as leaders discussed their responsibilities for the health and well-being of their people Teaching with tech––the acceleration of digital transformation and Globalization vs turning inward––would the world work together or pull apart, both during and after the crisis? The interviews were a reminder that leadership is an intensely human activity, revealing as much about people as it did organizations, economies, and societies. The book consists of 20 interviews conducted by GBSN CEO Dan LeClair and Board Chairman Soumitra Dutta as the world first went into lockdown in the earlier stages of the global pandemic in 2020.
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