“most of the managers believe that the pandemic COVID-19 changes by switching to the remote mode of operation (78%), the acceleration of automation (76%) and decrease in the number of employees in the offices (61%), will stay with us for a long time. Overall, 61% of respondents say that in the future, their business model will be more digital is that change, which only accelerated as a result of the pandemic,” the study notes.
the Priority issues which, according to the survey, will be presented at the meetings of the boards of Directors of companies, will address the development of digital infrastructure, introduction of flexible working hours and preserve the well-being of employees. Because they, according to respondents, will have a significant impact on business operations, ensuring business growth, both in the short and in the long term.
the study also noted that 58% of executives surveyed said that one priority will remain the security of the supply chain.
“In recent years, it is becoming increasingly evident that the office market in the form in which we are accustomed to it in Russia and abroad, moving towards the inevitable changes. The transition to the new, so-called activity-based office model, where office space is planned around the seats and around those functional tasks that are solved in one way or another working area, was the most good decision” – appears in the reported opinion of the managing partner PwC Russia Igor Lotakov.
In the study, devoted to prospects of development of business and the impact of the pandemic COVID-19 in the short and long term, was attended by the heads of the largest companies in the world. It is more than 600 respondents from 67 countries. The survey was conducted in June-July 2020.
