Adopting new ways of life after COVID Crisis.

So the other day I was explaining to a friend that life after this whole covid thing will never be the same. In the history of pandemics, life has always changed as people adopt new ways of life they had never thought of or even thought possible/feasible.

Alot of what we do in life is because that’s all we know. That’s how it has always been done and very few explore any thing outside the boundaries of their normal/usual until circumastances outside their control push them to change.

For example many companies have been hiring lots of staff they didn’t really need. It was until they were left with no option but to downsize did they realize they didn’t need some workers. They could still work effectively with a more lean team. If you had 30 employees and had to cut them down to 15 and realised you were still able to go about your business, the next question would be why have 30 employees? Then next question would be why rent all this work space if the 15 can some how deliver off site?

The other thing that won’t remain the same will be how we do business. In the start it was cast in stone that if you wanted to do business you had to find a shop in one of the kampala arcades. You wouldnt do business without a shop in CDB. The situation forced people out, they had to find new ways and sure they did moving into the outskirts . Now most are wondering why they would rent a shop at 4-6 million monthly if they can sell their things off the trunk of their truck. If they can start an online shop and do drop offs/deliveries why not? Even if you decided to inject 2M monthly in online marketing you get to save 3M on rent.