A post-pandemic workplace

Just a few months ago, I sat down with Thulasizwe Simelane and hypothesised what a post-acute phase of the pandemic could mean for our workplace settings and the possible implications of how we function in such new milieux.

Navigating the landscape since my interview and the World Health Organization's recent declassification of the pandemic as a PHEIC less than a month ago provides another opportunity to reflect on the significant changes we have experienced in occupational functioning.

The pace of the post-pandemic world (especially in the tough South African landscape we find ourselves in) already has so many on the back foot and struggling to keep up with responsibilities. If we're not intentional about time for self, hollowness may be inevitable.

A recent article in Forbes magazine titled 'Navigating the Post-pandemic World' offers five practical suggestions—cultivate sameness; remove negativity; turn up health; become change-capable and; practice [mindfulness].