Author: Admin

We all have heard of Nostradamus. Michel de Nostradame was an astrologer who lived in France in the 1500s. He is known today for the poetic quatrains he wrote for his book, “Les Prophéties,” which many claim foretold various significant historical events.

There is a meme that he predicted the Coronavirus.

“There will be a twin year (2020) from which will arise a queen (corona) who will come from the east (China) and who will spread a plague (virus) in the darkness of night, on a country with 7 hills (Italy) and will transform the twilight of men into dust (death), to destroy and ruin the world. It will be the end of the world economy as you know it.”

Various people who have studied the 942 poetic quatrains have said that this isn’t one of them. So no he didn’t predict the world as it is today.

But I found a few points in this false claim interesting. I’ll start with the “twin year” and “spread a plague”. The interesting part of this is that in both 1919, and now 2020, twin year, there was a deadly virus.

The spanish flu pandemic may have begun in 1918, it lasted through output the twin year of 1919 and wasn’t declared to be fully over until 1920.

The other is the phrase, “end of the world economy as we know it.” To what degree the economy changed after the Spanish Flu I do not know, but it would seem to me that there had to be some, if fo no other reason that the workforce changed.

During these past weeks when we are all being asked to work, as much as possible, at home and limiting human contact, I have been attending a few online business meetings. Some of those meeting have had business consultants/coaches as speakers. Words that I’ve heard is that business should pivot, just like in basketball when the player with the ball keeps one foot in place and pivots, looking in various directions, to see what is their best next move. Follow John Boyd’s OOPA Loop (observe–orient–decide–act). Another is to RE-, which includes Revise, Resolve and Reset.

I’ve also been hearing, when we will get back to normal? Or when things get back to normal.

I’m afraid that the normal that we had will never return. Just as it didn’t after the Influenza breakout, the end of WWI, Kennedy’s Assassination, the Iranian Hostage crisis, and 9-11, the United States and the world is going to be different.

Aren’t we really in a time where we are evolving!

Evolution is defined as the process of growth and development. There have been many examples of how things have evolved since 2001. Two of the biggest are the Internet and our phones. Actually in a way these two have evolved together, even to some as one singular.

With Covid-19 and orders to self-isolation we are using the Internet and devices that we connect to it, phone, tablets, computers and TVs in new ways. Not that we couldn’t do business like this before, we were just comfortable or in some cases to work in the old standard ways.

Even though it’s only been a few weeks, we are already seeing ways businesses are doing things differently. Some because they have been forced, others so that they can survive.

What will we see in the future?

Will we be seeing a change in the Restaurant Industry?

Will it now be a time for chefs to create an out-dining experience, now that people have become more accustomed to take-out dining?

Will education move more towards online?

Will business offer more Work from Home Opportunities?

Will the US create more manufacturing jobs here at home, instead of overseas to stimulate the economy.

Will the handshake or hug remain a greeting?

These and many other questions will be answered in the New World after Covid-19.