🔥 What will work life look like post-lockdown? The short answer is expect lots of temperature checks, one-way routes and health checks at the office. Really interesting insights from China on the future of work in offices and factories, as well as business travel.



🔥 Are facemasks the new condoms? If people with no symptoms are spreading the coronavirus, as some studies suggest, it may be time to give face masks the kind of advertising and promotion that support condoms as lifesavers. Masks will likely be branded as lifesavers and sensationalist ads about the features of said masks will become normal. What will be interesting is to see whether masks ultimately become a fashion accessory / lifestyle statement.



🔥 1 in 4 of the publicly traded firms who got $300M in small-business loans in the US had warned investors months ago about their ability to meet their financial obligations. This article shows both sides of the story: on the one hand, it seems unreasonable to give money to public companies that generate over $100M revenue a year. However, as Pam Marrone (CEO of Marrone Bio Innovations) puts it: “People don’t realize how tough it is to be a small public company like us that’s not yet profitable,” she said. “We can’t just go to investors and say, ‘OK, open up your wallets.’ “ What is really puzzling is that 1 in 4 of the companies who benefited from the scheme had warned investors months ago that they or their auditors had significant doubts about their ability to remain viable and meet their financial obligations despite the booming economy at the time... The short answer is expect lots of temperature checks, one-way routes and health checks at the office. Really interesting insights from China on the future of work in offices and factories, as well as business travel. Read the article If people with no symptoms are spreading the coronavirus, as some studies suggest, it may be time to give face masks the kind of advertising and promotion that support condoms as lifesavers. Masks will likely be branded as lifesavers and sensationalist ads about the features of said masks will become normal. What will be interesting is to see whether masks ultimately become a fashion accessory / lifestyle statement. Read the article This article shows both sides of the story: on the one hand, it seems unreasonable to give money to public companies that generate over $100M revenue a year. However, as Pam Marrone (CEO of Marrone Bio Innovations) puts it: “People don’t realize how tough it is to be a small public company like us that’s not yet profitable,” she said. “We can’t just go to investors and say, ‘OK, open up your wallets.’ “ What is really puzzling is that 1 in 4 of the companies who benefited from the scheme had warned investors months ago that they or their auditors had significant doubts about their ability to remain viable and meet their financial obligations despite the booming economy at the time... Read the article