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Haley Tippmann The risk models that banks use to help inform their commercial-lending decisions have been dealt a blow by Covid-19. The pandemic has presented a crisis where historical correlations do not hold. In 2021 we will find new ways of assessing risk that use forward-looking as well as backward-looking data. This will make lending smarter and better for everyone. Traditional risk models are based on historical data, but the dynamics of the Covid-19 crisis mean that extrapolating from the past may now be a less helpful approach. As is the case with trade wars, natural disasters or, ind...

Haley Tippmann The Covid-19 pandemic has shown us that we don’t have to be in the same place to get work done. Tech giants such as Microsoft have already announced that they will keep many of their teams working from home into 2021. Mark Zuckerberg has said that Facebook could see at least 50 per cent of its employees working from home in the next five to ten years. In 2021, we’ll see companies of every size offer remote working by default. In part this will be a cost-saving measure, but it will also change how technology companies find and hold on to talent. Technology isn’t c...

Haley Tippmann The most successful companies in 2021 will be those that adopt and put into practice a purpose-driven digital strategy for a new “virtual-first” world. This will focus on the societal problems that are a core tenet of a company’s approach, in an increasingly online world. The impact of Covid-19 on our society – economically, politically and socially – will mean re-examining the role of a digital-transformation strategy. We will need to review how we work, how we engage with customers, and how we develop and run our operations in a virtual-first world at pace. This wil...

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