Finding Direction in Disorientation
05/07/20 • 91 min
The challenge isn't merely that the COVID-19 crisis puts businesspeople in a situation in which their knowledge is inadequate.The disruptions of the coronavirus pandemic are warping the fundamental dimensions in which business operates, resulting in strange disorientations in the experience of space and time. Is there a framework that could make the disorientation fruitful?
The challenge isn't merely that the COVID-19 crisis puts businesspeople in a situation in which their knowledge is inadequate.The disruptions of the coronavirus pandemic are warping the fundamental dimensions in which business operates, resulting in strange disorientations in the experience of space and time. Is there a framework that could make the disorientation fruitful?
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