AGILE GOVERNANCE IN TIMES OF CRISIS

The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the need for all organizations to be able to weather major,
unforeseen disruption. Organizations able to absorb and adapt to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic
successfully are, by definition, resilient. Many also find themselves making decisions at a speed, which would
have been unthinkable in preCOVID-19 times. What characterizes these organizations? What creates this kind
of resilience? And how can organizations apply the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic so that in the
“next normal” they remain resilient, flat, and fast?

One answer is AGILITY. Let’s take a look at what virtual meetings has benefited us at Group Risk

Working Remotely Cost Effective

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Ever been to a meeting that you feel unnecessary and
such a waste of time?
Virtual meetings will nearly always conclude quicker than face-to-
face due to a more singular focus on the screen with less
pleasantries and interjections.

 No more having sit down or Face-to-Face

meetings.
Save Time
 Employees do not have to be physically in
office.
Save Cost
 Convenience and forms safety measures
to employees.
No
Travelling
Governance.
Technology Advancement
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Allows connection from anywhere in
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the world.
Easy Access and FREE.

Save the Environment

Empowerment: More
Focused & Accountable
If more online meetings take place,
4It is not always possible to attend
the carbon footprint is lower
because planes, cars, and trains
every meeting. For instance, when
aren’t needed so often. It’s also
hosting online meetings for potential
reported to be better for mental
clients, the number of attendants is
and physical health.
most likely to increase if the event is
conducted online as compared to the
complicated traditional meetings.
Virtual meetings give people the
opportunity to attend from their 5 Concise Agenda
workspace.

They are also a quicker and efficient
way to coordinate and conduct urgent
meetings with various employees or
departments in an organization.
Since lockdown, people are acutely aware how easy it is to get tired in
virtual meetings – hence the new but prevalent term “Zoom fatigue”. Video
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meetings can be surprisingly draining, which is why most people want to
keep them as quick as possible. More efficient, shorter meetings with fewer
meanders that cut to the point and get the job done faster is clearly good
news – freeing up more space for everyone to get on with the important
tasks that matter.