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Imagining a “Post COVID-19” Global
            Economy –
   Prospects & Possibilities Ahead:
         Strategic Dos & Don'ts ?

             Partha S. Ghosh
                May 25th 2020
Imagining a "Post COVID-19" Global Economy-Prospects & Possibilities Ahead: Partha S. Ghosh - Partha S Ghosh
Corona-virus pandemic: Avoiding the likely Armageddon?

                          Beyond the obvious jolts: Need for an “ego free” Global
                          coordination that will shape the “Essential Logic” of an
                          “Enlightened Civilization”
          Agenda
                          New habits + New Preferences = New Economic
Five fundamental points
                          Constructs?

                          Organizations to reinvent the future with a fundamentally
                          new perspective (?)

                          Managing transitions through multiple points of
                          inflection: Do we have the will?

                               © Partha S Ghosh
Imagining a "Post COVID-19" Global Economy-Prospects & Possibilities Ahead: Partha S. Ghosh - Partha S Ghosh
The challenge is more serious than we ever imagined?

                       The Challenge?

                   Cases                            Deaths

                5.5 M                           0.35M
                    1.7 M                            0.1 M

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Imagining a "Post COVID-19" Global Economy-Prospects & Possibilities Ahead: Partha S. Ghosh - Partha S Ghosh
COVID 19 RESPONSE: Innovative integration of multiple perspectives will
be essential to shape a new socio-economic equations that are more robust

   Micro Economy                                         Macro Economy

   +                                                              +
           -                                              -

                              Covid-19 driven
                               Uncertainties
                                                                            4
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Imagining a "Post COVID-19" Global Economy-Prospects & Possibilities Ahead: Partha S. Ghosh - Partha S Ghosh
Corona-virus pandemic: Avoiding
    the likely Armageddon?

© Partha S Ghosh
Imagining a "Post COVID-19" Global Economy-Prospects & Possibilities Ahead: Partha S. Ghosh - Partha S Ghosh
With increased Globalization and significantly greater population density,
     infectious diseases like COVID-19 are dangerously more infectious
                         Number of person(s) per square kilometers

                                                                     60                                                                                                                                                   Number of population
                                                                                                                                                                                       2017
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           GLOBAL POPULATION,
                                                                                                                                                                                                 2015
                                                                                                                                                                                       2016                                      billion
                                                                                                                                                                                                 2010
                                                                                                                                                                                                        2011
                                                                                                                                      2000s- 2008                                         2009
                                                                                                                                      Era of Global supply Chain                                               2008
                                                                     50                                                               China joined WTO in 2001
                                                                                                                                                                                2000                                          2010        7.0
                         Population density

                                                                                                               1980s- 1990s                                                2008- Present
                                                                                                               Steady rise in population                                   Global financial crisis
                                                                     40                                        The rise of Japan                             1990          “De-globalization”, Sino-US trade war              1980        4.5

                                                                                            1950s- 1970s                                                            1980
                                                                                            Post WWII recovery
                                                                                            Rapid increase in population                                                                                                       1950    2.5
                                                                     30
                                                                                                                                   1970

                                                                              1900- 1940s                                                                                                                                      1901       1.7
                                                                              WWI and WWII                                  1960
                                                                              Great Depression
                                                                     20                       1940
                                                                                                                     1950
                                                                                                     1930
                                                                                                            1920

                                                                                                              1901   1910
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Global trade development
                                                                     10
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Global trade, % of GDP
                                                                          0   2   4   6   8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      6
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Source: Our world in Data, Maddison project database, World bank, HYDE (2016), UN World Population Prospects (2019) , EIU Analysis
Imagining a "Post COVID-19" Global Economy-Prospects & Possibilities Ahead: Partha S. Ghosh - Partha S Ghosh
The current pandemic COVID-19 has spread quickly to more than 180
    countries within the span of four months

                                              INCREASE OF AFFECTED POPULATION BY COUNTRY                            Share of Incidents
                                                           (1/22/2020 – 5/13/2020)                                 (‰ of total population)
                                1.500
                                         Emerging    Deterioration                         Global                                    4.2
                                                                                        transmission    Severely
                                1.300                                                                                                4.9
                                                                                                        affected
             US                                                                                                                      3.6
                                1.100
             Spain
             Italy                            Close to 6 million people are                                                          2.2
                                 900
             France
             Germany
                                              directly or indirectly affected                                                        2.1
                                 700                                                                                                 3.4
             UK                               by the spread of COVID– 19,
             China                                                                                                                   0.1
             Iran
                                 500
                                                  truly unprecedented?                                                               1.4
             Turkey              300
             Belgium
                                                                                                                                     1.7
                                 100                                                                                                 4.7
                                   0
                                  1/22/2020         2/19/2020        3/18/2020            4/15/2020    5/13/2020   Worldwide         0.6
     # of global
     incidents (‘000)
                                        0.5          75.2             201.4                1,958.8     4233.7
    % of incidents in
    top 10 countries                    99%          99%              82%                   79%         65%
                                                                                                                                 7
*IMF GDP estimation in 2020                                          © Partha S Ghosh
Sources: IMF, Oxford, Census,
Imagining a "Post COVID-19" Global Economy-Prospects & Possibilities Ahead: Partha S. Ghosh - Partha S Ghosh
Global employment has been influenced in very significant fashion

                            Employment in countries with recommended or required workplace closures                                                      as of 22 April
                        %
                100
                                                                                                                      Evolved into a global pandemic
                                              Share of worlds employed living in
                                              countries with recommended
                                              workplace closures
                  80
                                                                                                                     2
                                              Share of worlds employed living in
                                              countries with required workplace                  Most western countries
                                              closures                                           responded with
                  60                                                                             recommended/ semi-
                                                                                                                                                                   3
                                                                                                 mandatory workplace
                                                                                                 closure in the second                                  Lifting of workplace
                            Initially disrupted around Asia                                      half of March                                          closures in China
                                                                                                                                                        while the situation
                  40                                                                                                                                    has worsened
                                                                                                                                                        elsewhere
                            China mandatorily                         1
                            closed most
                  20
                            workplaces nationwide
                            to control the situation

                    0
                                           January                                 February                         March                                April
     Total case                                9,826                                85,203                         777,187                             2,513,399
     Total cases per million
                                               1.26                                 10.931                         99.706                               322.446
     7-day growth rate
                                              627.9%                                 8.1%                           86.4%                                17.8%
                                                                                                                                                                               8
NOTE: Data collected as of end of each month
Source: International Labour Organization, Our world in data, EIU analysis                   © Partha S Ghosh
Imagining a "Post COVID-19" Global Economy-Prospects & Possibilities Ahead: Partha S. Ghosh - Partha S Ghosh
Our response to Covid-19? What could have been versus where we are?

                                                     •   Local demographics
  Think                                              •   Local professions/jobs
  Local?..........                                   •   Local behaviors
                                                     •   Local health care systems
                                                     •   Local infra-structure

                                                     •   Regulatory measures
                                                     •   Local industry responses
  Act Local?...........                              •   Local health care responses
                                                     •   Local stay at home/curfews.

                                                                 ?
                                                     •   Global knowledge base
  Leverage                                           •   Global supply chain ?
                                                     •   Global practices
  Global?..........                                  •   Global travel restrictions

                                                     •   Health care systems & supply

                                                                 ?
                                                         chain implications
  Holistic                                           •   Financial/Economic
  Perspective?...                                        implications
                                                     •   Capitalism versus Socialism
                                                         versus “New ism”

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Imagining a "Post COVID-19" Global Economy-Prospects & Possibilities Ahead: Partha S. Ghosh - Partha S Ghosh
Unfortunately COVID 19 has uncovered weaker instincts of humanity,
  perhaps leading to Geo-economic Armageddon (?)

            Degree of market
                 Orientation                                    Dynamic development of                                          Size of the bubble represent Global
                                                                                                    2019 4Q                     Exports percentage of global GDP
                                                       High

                                                                Global business
                                                                environment based on                      2018
                         Y= Degree of Liberalization

                                                                interdependence over 70
                                                                                                  2000
                                                                Years                                                       New Geo-economic & Geo-political
                                                                                                 1990                       environment = Armageddon?
                                                                                          1980                              •    Governments more inward looking?
                                                       Medium

                                                                                                                            •    Companies/businesses in survival
                                                                                    1970
                                                                                                                                 mode?/Disruption of G-supply
                                                                             1960                 2020 2Q                        chains
                                                                     1950
                                                                                             Deglobalization &
                                                                                                                            •    Despair versus Hope? (rising
                                                                                                                                 degree of –ve energy)
                                                       Low

                                                                                             Nationalization & Self
                                                                              ?              Reliance in 2Qs ?

                                                                  Low                 Medium                     High   Degree of
                                                                                                                        Openness

                                                                            X = Degree of Globalization
                                                                                                                                                                      10

SOURCE: World Development Indicators, WTO, CEPII Working Paper 2016-14                           © Partha S Ghosh
We are indeed at a critical point

                                                                                                       Conceptual
        Breadth of Spread

                                                    5.5 million (May 25)                   Exponential increase in spread
                                                                                           of COVID 19? – not unlikely,
                                                                                           if it spreads to South

                                        Desirable path                                  How to ensure the spread is
                                                                                        contained while creating new
                            12,000 (Jan 31)                                             economic buoyancy?
                                               ?

                                      Number of Variables (that will influence the spread of virus)
                                                                                                                            11
                                                              © Partha S Ghosh
Beyond the obvious jolts:
Need for an “ego free”
Global coordination that will
shape the “Essential
Logic” of an “Enlightened
Civilization”

                            © Partha S Ghosh
Major global epidemics are seemingly occurring at an alarmingly high
frequency in the last 20 years

                                                                       MAJOR EPIDEMICS IN THE LAST CENTURY
                                                                Size of circle represents GDP of epicenter in the starting year of epidemic

      Global trade, % of GDP                                     SARS                          Swine Flu                           MERS                                                           COVID-19
              70                                              China, 2002                    Mexico, 2009                  South Korea, 2015                                                   Worldwide, 2020
                                                            2.6 Trillion USD                1.0 Trillion USD                 1.3 Billion USD                                                 US, China, Italy, Spain
                                                                                                                                                                                                ~35 Trillion USD
              60

              50

              40

              30        Hongkong Flu
                            China, 1968
                          0.7 Trillion USD
              20

              10          Spanish Flu
                       United states, 1918
                        0.9 Trillion USD
                0
                 1870          1880          1890         1900          1910          1920         1930          1940          1950         1960          1970          1980   1990   2000   2010      2020

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Source: Our world in Data, 1870- 1949: Klasing and Milionis (2014) (based on Maddison) (%), 1950-2017: Penn World Tables (9.1) (%), Maddison project database, CGIDD,
Impact on global GDP growth has been profound

                    WEEKLY GDP OF UNITED STATES                                                                           CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD GDP GROWTH
            (% change on a year earlier, 05/01/2008 – 02/05/2020)                                                          (% change on a year earlier*, 2008 – 2020)
                                                                                                                            Rest of world      China                   G6**
         5.0                                                                                                                                                                  FORECAST
                                                                                                                6           US                 Brazil, Russia, India

         2.5                                                                                                    5
                                                                                                                4
         0.0
            2008           2010          2012          2014           2016          2018        2020            3
                                                                                                                2
        -2.5
                                                                                                                1
        -5.0                                                                                                    0
                                                                                                                -1
        -7.5
                                                                                                                -2
                                                                                                                -3
      -10.0                                                                       May 2nd
                                                                                                                -4
                                                                                  -11.84%                            2008     2010      2012        2014      2016     2018   2020
      -12.5

*: Estimates based on 90 economies, weighted by GDP at PPP, representing 90% of global output                                                                                 14
**: Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan
Sources: FRBNY; Haver Analytics; IMF; Now-Casting; The Economist
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Fighting COVID-19 has been expensive and will raise national debt levels

                              STIMULUS EXPENDITURE BY G7 AND BRIC NATIONS                                    Expenditure
                                  Billions USD, GDP in PPP adjusted current USD                                            GROSS DEBT AS A PERCENT OF GDP
                                                                                                            share of GDP
                                                                                                                                              2019      Apr ’20
        United States                            2,388                                                         11%         125%

              Germany                                         1,522                                            34%                  +17
                                                                                                                                                    Red Zone
                   Japan                                                 1,187                                 20%         100%

                      Italy                                                      826                           34%
                                                                                                                           75%
                   China                                                               689                      2%

                                           US$ 10+
     United Kingdom                                                                          592               19%                             +9
                                                                                                                           50%
                                                                                                                                                         +4
                  France                                                                        450            15%
                    Brazil                 Trillion                                                   245       7%         25%
                                                                                                                                                    &         e
                                                                                                                                         d         g e       m
                Canada                                                                                 164      9%                     ce  s   g in  m     co   s
                                                                                                                                    van mie er nco ies -in mie
                                                                                                                                             m   i   m
                                                                                                                                  Ad ono    E id- no ow ono
                     India                                                                             81       1%                 ec        m co      L c
                                                                                                                                                         e
                                                                                                                                               e
                                  Revenue and expenditure measures
                  Russia          Below the line measures (loans, equity injection, and guarantees)    62       1%

                                                                                                                                                                  15
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Source: IMF, EIU Analysis
While large segments of the global population who are economically
  disadvantaged are increasingly vulnerable
          Global Population versus Relative Earnings ($/capita) 2018
                                                                                                                                                   Luxembourg
120,000                                                                                                                                              116,640
           GDP per capita
110,000    Current USD
100,000

 90,000                                                                                                                                          Norway
                                                                                                                                                  81,697
 80,000

 70,000
                                                                                                     Currently COVID 19                     United States
 60,000
                                Vulnerable Population                                               largely concentrated             Germany
 50,000                                                                                                                           France   Canada
                                                                                                                      United Kingdom
                                                                                                                                         Japan
 40,000                                                                                                                        Italy
                                                                                                                     South Korea
 30,000                                                                                                                                         62,795

 20,000 Congo, DR                               65%                 South Africa
          562
                                                          Philippines 6,374Colombia         China          Mexico BrazilRussiaTurkey
 10,000     Bangladesh
                 Vietnam                India          Nigeria    Indonesia
                                                                                            9,771                 8,921
                                        2,010                       3,894
      0
        0.0            0.5             1.0       1.5       2.0            2.5         3.0           3.5    4.0            4.5           5.0 Population
                                                                                                                                                     5.5
                                                                                                                                                Billions
                                                                                                                                                    16
SOURCE: World Development Indicators                                    © Partha S Ghosh
In large segments of the world, practicality of physical distancing is
   questionable? … and likely outcome could be dangerous?

                                                             We are indeed at a critical point
                                                                                   Conceptual

                                                            Breadth of Spread
                                                                                                                                       Exponential increase in
                                                                                5.5 million (May 25)                                   spread of COVID 19? – not
                                                                                                                                       unlikely, if it spreads to
                                                                                                                                       South
                                                                                   Desirable path

                                                                                            ?

                                                                                   Number of Variables (that will influence the spread of virus)

                                                                                                           © Partha S Ghosh

                                                                                                                                                           17
*
Sources: Photo credit - Foundation for Economic Education
                                                            © Partha S Ghosh
Avoiding the Armageddon (?)- Need a holistic approach

                                                           Need a
                                                           Holistic Global
                                                           Approach

                                                       Myopic
                                                       Approach

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*
Sources: Photo credit – Roywylam
                                    © Partha S Ghosh
Harmonization of Macro and Micro economic initiatives will be essential to
evolve new economic models that are inclusive & transformational

                                      High   Socio-             New Economic
                                             economic           Business & Models
                                             impact is          “respecting physical distancing &
                                             optimal            Health care system guidelines

        Economic (Fiscal & Monetary
        measures: Degree of socio-
        economic impact
                                                      Harmonization of
            Community/State/Nation                 “Economic Policies with
                          specific                  Health care guidelines”
                                                                        Health care system
                                                                      extremely responsive
                                       Low                                                    High
                                               Health care system: Degree of control
                                               in combating the virus
                                              Require Global perspective for
                                              sharing knowledge & best practices

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How the public and private sector measures are strategically coordinated to
fight the COVID-19 will define the new S curve

 Targeted, smart                                                                                                             NEED STRATEGIC APPROACH
                     W
                     w                                                         V
   and timely                     Government actions are                           New social & economic
                                  effective, but healthcare                        constructs (new industries,
                                  system response is slow                                                                Macro economic policies - not just

                                                                               I
                                                                                   new ways of socializing etc.)
                                                                                                                         fiscal measures but strategic
                               “W-SHAPED” DOWNTURN AND RECOVERY                                                          guidance, such as:
                          0%

                                                                                                                         ü Global health care system to fight and
                                                                                                                           avoid virus
Government
                            Q3   Q4   Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4   Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4
                           2019 2019 2020 2020 2020 2020 2021 2021 2021 2021

   Fiscal                                                                                                                ü Help creation of new industries &
                                                                                                                           services for social distancing
                     L’s                                                       U
 responses                        Prolonged economic                               Health issues are
                                  depression and                                   addressed but policy
                                  geopolitical tension                             coordination fails                    ü Provide incentives to transform &
                                                                                                                           create new industries toward to
                                                                                                                           minimize contacts?

                                                                                                                         ü Social reengineering to shape new
    Trials and                                                                                                             behaviors/preferences
      errors

                   Slow                                                                                        Quick
                                                                    Response from
            Testing / vaccine                                                                            Testing / vaccine
            take >18 months                                        healthcare system                     take
New habits + New
Preferences = New
Economic Constructs?

 © Partha S Ghosh
COVID-19 responses will shape new preferences, new suspicions, new
behaviors .. …which could open up new frontiers

                                                           Must-have     Substitutes exist, e.g. online, from home

  q Attitudes, policies, and the direct
    experience of the pandemic are already                                                           Resources
                                                     Eating & Drinking
    changing how we work, including greater
    emphasis on evidence-backed authority,
                                                                                                       Spaces
    remote working, digital collaboration,
    and mental health
                                                         Purchasing
                                                                                                   Supply Chain
  q Humanity will want greater focus on crisis
    preparedness, systems resilience, social                                                        Intelligence
    inequality, social solidarity, and access         Work/Education
    to health care
                                                                                                    Connectivity

  q People will demand new investments in
    public goods and services and contingent           Entertainment
                                                                                                    New formats
    best alternative solutions in the future

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Structuring a more enlightened processes…

 Strategic Triangle
                                                            Strategic Game Board
 Containing the                Reconstruction of
                                                                                                      Transformed
     Virus                    the Global Economy                                     ”Imagined”
               Need for a Global                                                         &
                                                                      "Re-scope"
                Coordination?                                                           “Re-
                                                                                      imagined”        Scope of
                                                                                                       Economic
                                                                                                        activity

              Re-engineering of                                        More and
               social behaviors                                       better of the "Re-engineer"
                                                                         same
   •   Social distancing                                                                                 As is
   •   Remote learning/working                                Same           Business Process     Different
                                                                                Sequence
   •   Fading confidence in institutions
   •   Cleaner /Self reflective lifestyle
   •   Digital divide
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Structuring a more enlightened processes…

                                                                                     STRATEGIC GAME BOARD
  Economic Activities:                                                             Essentials         Accelerators             Non-essential services
                                                    Fundamentally reformed            “Type B”                        “Type D”
                                                                                                         Entertain-
                                                                                                                                             Transformed
   Sources of Economic Activities                                                      Personal           ment            Hospitality
                                                                                       services          services
  1. Type A: Accelerators: More and better        Remote work-spaces
     of the same                                                                                  Law              Real
                                                                                               enforcement        Estate
                                                                                                                                                  Scope of
                                                                                                                               Airlines
  2. Type B: Re-scope                                                                                                                             Economic
                                                                                      “Type A”                        “Type C”                     activity
                             Adjust to the new environment
  3. Type C: Re-engineer
                                             Transformed or New industries                                    Edu-
  4. Type D: Imagined” & “Re-imagined                                                                        cation      Financials
                                                                             InformationUtilities
                                                                                                  Logistics
                                                                             Technology
                                                                                     Energy Services
                                                                                                          Agro        Health     Consumer
                                                                                  Communication                                                     As is
                                                                                                         sector       -care       Staples
                                                                                     Services

                                                                       Same                       Business Process                    Different
                                                                                                     Sequence

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Global capital markets are rewarding Type A industries - highly digitized or
    are considered essential by local governments
                                               GLOBAL STOCK PERFORMANCE BY SECTOR*
                                                       Jan 1st – May 2nd % change
                           -80        -60         -40         -20                 0        20          40         60      80        100   120                            SUB-INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
                                                                                                                                                      High
           Health Care                                                            -1                                   Alibaba Health
                                                                                                                       Information                                                          Information
           Information                                                                  Microsoft                      Technology                                                           Technology Logistics
                                                                                 -2
           Technology                                                                                  Zooplus                                                                                          Services
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Health
             Consumer                                                                                                                                                                          Communication -care

                                                                                                                                                 Digitization
                                                        Sysco                -5                                        Hellofresh
               Staples                                                                 Activision                                                                                                 Services
     Communication
                                                                                       Blizzard                                                                                   Financials
          Services                                                           -6
                                                                                                    Netflix
           Consumer                                                                                                                                                       Real
                                  Carnival                                   -6         Amazon
        Discretionary                                                                                                                                                    Estate                          Utilities
                                                                             Dollar General                                                                                          Consumer
           Real Estate                                                      -9
                                                                                            Equinix                                                                                 Discretionary               Agro
                                                                                                                                                                                                Consumer        sector
                Utilities                                               -10                                                                                     Hospitality   Airlines           Staples

              Materials                                                -14                                                       Petropavlovsk                                         Materials           Energy

            Financials                                                -18                                                                              Low                                                          High
                                                                                                Adyen                                                                                   Essentials
                                    United
            Industrials             Airlines
                                                                      -19
                                                                                                                                                                With the exception of Financials, sectors that are more
                                                                                                                                                                         essential and digitized perform better
                 Energy                                         -34

                                                        Average return (-10%)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         25
*Covers major indexes including: S&P500, FTSE350, DAX30, MDAX, SDAX, EURONEXT100, HSI50, CSI300               © Partha S Ghosh
Source: Yahoo Finance, EIU Analysis
Strategic bets during change over to “post COVID 19”? era

      Towards “Ideation/Imagination” Economy?
         Accelerators: Train                 Adaptors: Quick                          Alternators &
             & Employ                           transition                       transformers: Shift jobs

     Type A: Shape the                Type B & C: Adapt to the                 Type D: Reconfigured
     future                           future                                   Significant scale down to
     New industries that              Shift to on-line to practice             avoid but stay in the game
     could be advanced                social distancing -Education,            - Hospitality, Restaurant Travel,
     because of COVID-19              Entertainment, Health                    Public transportation, Hi-touch
     AI/AR, Bio-informatics, Social   care/Wellness            and Retailing
                                       020926-BWL-WKF-Slides (Revise II)       services
     media/IT services                services
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Looking forward, we believe development of several industries will be
   greatly accelerated enabling a post COVID-19 era upon us?
                                                                                                               Examples of applications amid
                                                                                                                                                 Rationale for faster acceleration
                                                                                                                        COVID-19

                     Automation/                                                                       qMedical robots in hospitals            Mitigate human risks and ensure
                     Robotization                                                                      qAdvanced robotics in manufacturing     safety

                                                                                                       qGenome-wide testing and analysis       To speed up innovation and testing,
                     Artificial Intelligence                                                           qBody temperature surveillance          tracing and tracing services

                                                                                                       qVideo conferencing                     Empower digital transformation of all
                     Cloud technology                                                                  qCloud computing support for vaccine    industries with real-time data and
                                                                                                        research                               computation

                                                                                                                                               Smart City initiatives to accelerate post
                                                                                                       qTele-health, Smart Healthcare
                     Internet of things                                                                qSocial-distancing management
                                                                                                                                               COVID-19 to deal more effectively with
                                                                                                                                               future public crises

                     Next generation                                                                                                           Genomic Sequencing is critical in decoding
                                                                                                       qRapid sequencing of the virus          the virus and understanding its evolution
                     Genomics
                                                                                                                                               3D printing can quickly make up for the
                     Advanced materials                                                                q3D printing for medical supplies       shortage of critical components during
                                                                                                                                               supply disruption

                                                                                                                                               Cost efficient and renewable energy systems
                     Distributed energy                                                                qSmall-scale, decentralized power
                                                                                                                                               will be increasingly adopted to address
                     Resource (DER) system                                                              system                                 sustainability challenges
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For example driven by “physical distancing” we will witness a giant leap
   forward in robotization in industries & service spaces

                        SERVICE ROBOTS FOR PROFESSIONAL USE                                                  Annual installation of industrial robots in 2018
                           Main Applications Unit Sales 2017-2022e                                                             ‘000 of units        Share of global             Rank of world
                                                                                                                                                            industrial robots   robot density

                                    Logistics                                                                                      154,0                           36.0%            20
                                    Inspection

            Service                 Defense
                                    Public relation
                                                                                                                                   55,2                            12.9%             4
            robots
                                    Professional cleaning
                                    Exoskeletons                                                                            40,4                                    9.4%             7
                                    Filed robotics

                                                                             72%
                                                                                     ?                                    37,8                                      8.8%             1

                                                                                                                     26,7                                           6.2%             3
                                                                     65%

                                                             58%                                        …
                                                   50%
                                     42%
                                                                     22%
                                                                             17%                            4,8                                                     1.1%
                       43%                                   27%
                                     40%           34%
                       33%
                                                                                                            4,3                                                     1.0%             2
                      2017          2018         2019E       2020E   2021E   2022E   2030E

                The current scale of service robot use is small, but outpacing the                     China has the world’s largest industrial robot market share (36%), but
                growth of industrial robots, particularly in the logistics sector                      still ranks low in terms of robot density
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Source: International Federation of robotics; EIU analysis
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Similarly application of virtual and augmented reality technologies will
  accelerate renewal of Type B, C and D

                    THE WORLDWIDE VIRTUAL REALITY MARKET
               Forecasted market size of VR hardware and software, billion USD, 2016 –
                                          2020, by platform

                                            Mobile              Console               PC
            18
            16                                                                                                               GW hospital uses innovative VR
            14                                                                                                                technology to assess its first
            12                                                                                                                     COVID-19 patient
            10                                                                                               Aapplications
              8
              6
              4
              2
              0
                         2016               2017                2018                2019           2020

                                                                                                                              Virtual reality games to keep fit
                                                                                                                                during COVID-19 lockdown

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Source: MarketWatch, The George Washington University Hospital ; Vxchnge; Statista; EIU analysis      © Partha S Ghosh
COVID 19 will also accelerate the rise of autonomous delivery

                                  Benefits of autonomous vehicles                                   Aapplications
                                  (AVs)
                                                                                                                                          JTA
                                  Under COVID-19 pandemic, AV adoption will
                                  benefit “contact-less” supply chain systems:                                      • Deployed autonomous
                                                                                                                      shuttles
                                  •       Alleviate the strain on existing delivery                                   for moving COVID-19 tests
                                          services                                                                    in Florida
                                  •       Reduce the risk of exposure for citizens and
                                          workers
                                                                                                                                       TuSimple

                                   Post-COVID future                                                                • Self-driving truck company
                                                                                                                      - depot-to-depot without
                                   Regulators should push policies forward                                            human intervention
                                   to move into a positive post-Covid future                                        • Raised $298M funding

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Sources: TuSimple; Desktop research; EIU Analysis
In the same spirit service industries in (Type D quadrant) powered by AI/IT
(Type A) could undergo major transformation

        Wellness (and Fitness)                          Hospitality                                 Education

                                                                                      §   Improved online education
 §   Video classes are trending          §   AI-targeted marketing to                     experience to achieve
     E.g. Orange Theory has free 30-         incentivize people to travel and ‘live       equivalency to on-campus
     min work out everyday on their          the moment’                                  schooling and online professional
     website
                                         §   Need a disaster preparedness and             development programs
 §   20% of studios see increase in          business continuity plan - data          §   More families may prefer full or
     new membership, albeit an overall       recovery, property loss, hygiene,            partial K-12 homeschooling or
     decrease in revenue                     workforce shortage and safety                online homework

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COVID 19 related spending should be deployed strategically to fund
technologies in evolving innovative solutions …to create the “New economy”

                   Necessary                                                    Solutions
                                Improved protection
                 Health care
                  response      Built in redundancies                                 AI/AR

       Social   Employment                                                           Genomex/   New
                opportunities   Work from home                                        Bioinfo   Technologies
       needs         ?

                                Less human contact
                 New social                                                          Sensors/
                 behaviors                                                           Sensing

                                                  Innovative Linkages Open Up
                                                          Possibilities

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…Will require Interoperability & Uncommon connections help to open up
problem solving spaces..

                                            & Uncommon
                                            Connections…

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Organizations have to
reinvent the future with a
fundamentally new
perspective(?)

                         © Partha S Ghosh
So the challenge is how to develop organizational principles which will
work in the emerging environment

 THE EMERGING ENVIRONMENT
 (Global socio-economic dynamics)

                                  High Degree Uncertainty

                                                          Today
                                                                                          Fundamental Design Principles
                                                                                           l Discipline & efficiency(Time &

                                                                       Fuzzy Boundaries
                                                                                             motion study)
          Well defined
          boundaries

                                                                                           l Hierarchy of decisions (Command
                                                                                             & Control)
                                                                                           l Functional Excellence(sub
                         Type A                                                              optimal solutions)

                                    Low degree Uncertainty
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Adopting a “Biological model” will require careful planning in adopting the
fundamentally a new construct
 THE EMERGING ENVIRONMENT
 (Global socio-economic dynamics)

                                    High Degree Uncertainty                                 l   Real time adaptation (Intelligent
                                                                                                agility/resiliency)
                                                                                            l   Self organizing decisions
                                                                                                (Cultivate and Catalyze)
                                                                                            l   Experimental Excellence(holistic

                                                                         Fuzzy Boundaries
                                                                                                solutions)
           Well defined
           boundaries

                          Hybrid Model                                                      versus

                                                                                            l   Discipline & efficiency(Time &
                                                                                                motion study)
                                                                                            l   Hierarchy of decisions
                                                                                                (Command & Control)
                                                                                            l   Functional Excellence(sub
                          Cartesian Model           Network Model                               optimal solutions)
                                     Low degree Uncertainty
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Organizations have to develop “adaptive and agility” properties at multiple
levels of decision- making hierarchy

  “Outs & Ins” of the future organization
  (Partha Ghosh model)
                                                                       Sensing function (360 degree
                                                                       perspective)

  Adaptive function
  (continuous adjustment to
  internal & external changes)
                                                                                       Distributed Leadership
                                                                                       function (self organization
                                                                                       capabilities)

                                                           Activist function       (Fight
                Integration function                       antibodies that resist change)
               (high speed processing to
               new possibilities)

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Managing transitions
through multiple points
of inflection: Do we
have the will?

                     © Partha S Ghosh
So could COIVD 19 responses address broader global issues?

         Waves of “Wealth Creation Curves”

   Velocity of                                                              Artificial
     Value
                                                                         Intelligence/
    Creation
                                                                           Genomex                           Could we create a
                                                  Miniaturization &
                                                                                                             Global Economy which
                                                   Convergence                                               balances the 3Es?
                                                       Engine
                                                                           • Symbiosis of Multiple
                                      Electricity                            Disciplines Mindsets
                                       (Early 1900s)                                                    Rise of
                                                                                                        East Asia
                 Steam Engine                                                 Rise of
                   (Mid 1700s)
                                                                              the US
                                                                         European
                         Infrastructure Related Industries
                                                                         Renaissance
                      Textile, Leather, Shipping and the likes

                                                                                                     Investment in Knowledge

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Organizations should consider to embrace new economic paradigm; –
  will require transition through multiple points of inflection
  CONTENT OF CHANGE                           Structural

                              FROM                                                            TO
                                                                           Process
                                             Cultural
                  Transactional/Global                                               Collaborative/”Glocal”

                    Consumption/Cost                                                  Conservation/Value
                        focused                                                           focused

                                                                                       Networked & Agile
                Discrete(Silo) initiatives
                                                                                           initiatives

                           Supply chain                                                  Redundancy
                           Optimization                                                  Optimization

                     Hierarchical/Office                                             Entrepreneurial/Remote
                           centric                                                           working
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Source: PSG & A Analysis
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Ensuring Change Is Self-Perpetuating at all levels

              KEY COMPONENTS OF NEW CURRICULUM
           Globalization 4.0

                                                            Strategic response
                                                               to COVID 19?
                                               Innovation

          Leadership

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Key takeaways……

                             Corona-virus pandemic: Avoiding the likely Armageddon?

                             Beyond the obvious jolts: Need for an “ego free” Global
                             coordination that will shape the “Essential Logic” of an
                             “Enlightened Civilization”
             Agenda
                             New habits + New Preferences = New Economic
   Five fundamental points
                             Constructs?

                             Organizations to reinvent the future with a fundamentally
                             new perspective (?)

                             Managing transitions through multiple points of
                             inflection: Do we have the will?

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