Council Post: The Future Of Work Is Here -- We Need To Prepare The Workforce

The pandemic forced much of normal life to move online. Digitization, the conversion of materials to digital format, gave way to digitALization, the transformation of whole processes to online formats. This evolution had been occurring for some time, and Covid-19 accelerated it. It also proved that many processes that were previously only on-ground could be delivered effectively and conveniently online. We saw the effect of digitalization and disruption with music (Spotify), streaming video (Netflix) and shopping (Amazon) prior to the pandemic.