Many countries all around the world has started to lose up the stay at home orders and other restrictions. The new normal is also added to make sure that we can live safely. However, it is not an easy change to get adapted to. the crisis during the pandemic has brought different level of disruption to the economy as well. Thus, your business is forced to get adapted to it. Surviving is not the only thing you should focus on because even after the pandemic, your business may still have to face another challenge.
Bring positive changes in your business
During economic uncertainty, many business leaders think hard to survive. Not all business can survive during the crisis especially those with quite weak foundation such as in finance. Facing and surviving the pandemic is not the end of the game. Your business may face another disruptive challenges that can affect it mildly or severely. Thus, it is critical to find positive changes in your business from the economic uncertainty caused by the pandemic.
Analyse change in your business
It is essential to analyze the changes that affect your business. There are two options in response to the pandemic. Closing your business entirely or make some temporary changes to conduct your business accordingly. By analyzing the changes, you may get some ideas to decide which temporary changes that can be used permanently.
Changes that can stay after the pandemic
For example, virtual meeting or virtual promotion during pandemic are used a lot. Those might have to stay even after the pandemic is over if they bring positive effect to your business such as increasing the revenue. Make sure to weigh down the pros and cons before deciding to turning temporary changes into permanent ones. Your business overall availability should be taken into account when it comes to temporary or permanent changes.
Practices to hold and let go
It is also critical to identify practices you should keep or leave for your business. Because of the pandemic, the conventional methods are no longer work. The pandemic and the changes should make you reevaluate all the practices you have done so far to keep your business running. Gathering the real-time data to find the pros and cons of practices is necessary. Thus, you know which practices to abandon or adopt. Using real-time data, you know how practices affect your customer experience, buying habits, sales, etc.
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Adapt and agile
Develop your ability to adapt and agile can help you survive the crisis and any kind of future disruptions. Therefore, this pandemic is also like a new learning opportunity to grow yourself better in running your business. Being adaptive means you are able to make some adjustments in response to the current situation. This kind of mentality is essential for your business to thrive under any circumstances.
It’s a challenge
Making your business adjustable and agile is not easy. However, there must be some lessons you gain from this crisis to make it comes true. You learn how to make critical decision, make changes, get adapted, and gain new skills. Those are powerful elements you can use to run your business more successfully in the future.
Edra Maulana