{"id":844097,"date":"2020-04-08T09:05:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T07:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/insights\/?post_type=articles&p=844097"},"modified":"2020-10-30T14:54:30","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T13:54:30","slug":"silver-linings","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/insights\/articles\/silver-linings\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver Linings"},"featured_media":844091,"template":"","meta":{"_has_post_settings":[]},"schools":[29,32,33,35],"areas":[16],"subjects":[416,417,422],"class_list":["post-844097","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","schools-business-school","schools-global-and-public-affairs","schools-human-sciences-and-technology","schools-university","areas-competitiveness-growth","subjects-business-and-finance","subjects-entrepreneurship","subjects-innovation-and-technology"],"custom-fields":{"wpcf-article-summary-enable":["1"],"wpcf-article-summary":["Disruption is not really a new phenomenon. The new challenge is the accelerated frequency of disruption. Complex scenarios like the COVID-19 pandemic can give rise to major disruptions, or at least accelerate the use of technology in various ways, thus bringing the future a few years closer to us. In times like these, we must remember that it\u2019s not about the tools themselves; it\u2019s about how the tools change the way we do things."],"wpcf-article-leadin":["One of the most common explanations for why disruptions happen is that a handful of very special and influential people can change how we think and act. This idea was popularized by Malcolm Gladwell in his bestseller \u2018The Tipping Point.\u2019 Just how true is it?"],"wpcf-article-body":["Many experts argue that \u201cinfluential\u201d people are a myth. Empirical research has shown that influencers are a necessary but insufficient condition and that big changes happen when everyday people act in unison. Moreover, disruption is not really a new phenomenon. The new challenge is the accelerated frequency of disruption.\r\n\r\nIn this sense, COVID-19 may end up generating a major disruption, or at least accelerating the use of technology<\/a> in various ways, thus bringing the future a few years closer to us.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAccelerating the future<\/strong>\r\n\r\nWhen we talk about COVID-19 and technology<\/a>, we are actually talking about various different things. This is all the more true because the entire global<\/a> population is thinking\u2014or at least talking\u2014about it. (COVID-19 could turn out to be the biggest trending search topic in the history of Google.)\r\n\r\nIn addition to patient-transport products, hygiene and disinfection kits, and personalized masks that allow you to unblock your iPhone without showing your face, the past few days have given us a crash course in everything technology<\/a> allows us to do:\r\n