Reports on how the COVID-19 pandemic has and will continue to change the business market. To say that the way we work has changed forever should not be controversial. Since I started working as an engineer more than 40 years ago, the way we work has changed dramatically. There are some long-running trends, such as ever-increasing automation, that continue to impact the way we work. There have also been some short-lived trends. With that as background, the COVID-19 pandemic hit. It had a dramatic, nearly instantaneous impact on how we work. As we look at how we manage our businesses, we need to consider not only how long lasting the impacts of COVID-19 will be on the way we work but also how it impacts existing trends. The most dramatic impact of the pandemic has been the increase in people working from home. Within a few weeks, the standard practice became for those who could work from home to always work from home.

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我们的工作方式已经永远改变[微型企业]

报告了COVID-19大流行如何以及将继续改变商业市场。要说我们的工作方式已经永远改变，那应该没有争议。自40多年前我开始担任工程师以来，我们的工作方式发生了巨大变化。有一些长期运行的趋势，例如不断增长的自动化，继续影响着我们的工作方式。也有一些短暂的趋势。以此为背景，COVID-19大流行流行。它对我们的工作方式产生了戏剧性的，几乎瞬时的影响。当我们查看如何管理业务时，我们不仅需要考虑COVID-19的影响将持续多长时间对我们的工作方式，还应考虑其如何影响现有趋势。大流行的最显着影响是在家工作的人数增加。在几周内