We& #39;re doing this thing at the @FinancialReview where we go to a group of businesses every month to track how they& #39;re being affected by the pandemic. One thing that is already shining through is how quickly some of them are making big strategic changes... often for the better.
E.g. melb-based tech company Compass Education has found a silver lining in picking up staff from as far afield as the Blue Mountains https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/education/atlassian-inspires-education-software-player-to-adopt-team-anywhere-20200817-p55mkw">https://www.afr.com/work-and-...
SocietyOne (by @eyers ) has totally automated how it handles hardship requests from its borrowers and says it has become more oriented to & #39;customer empathy& #39; https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/first-real-stress-test-gags-societyone-sceptics-20200817-p55mfg">https://www.afr.com/companies...
Suburbanite has quickly moved to work with people on the ground while it can& #39;t get around border closures (although this has increased its cost of doing business for now). https://www.afr.com/property/residential/property-investors-count-the-cost-of-second-wave-20200819-p55n38">https://www.afr.com/property/...
and even Rich Lister Anthony Pratt (from @michaeljbaile ) can see the benefit to his business if he snares Ruslan Kogan as a new customer https://www.afr.com/companies/manufacturing/why-visy-is-trying-to-woo-ruslan-kogan-20200821-p55o4b">https://www.afr.com/companies...
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