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Nearly four in five older adults in the U.S. have persevered to deepen or maintain their connections to loved ones over the course of the pandemic, according to a new survey1 by Home Instead, Inc. Despite the lockdowns, social distancing and cancelled holiday celebrations, many seniors have been able to meaningfully connect with family and friends through a use of technology and determination.
Dunedin tour operator Bex Hill.
A year on from the start of New Zealand’s first Covid lockdown comes Silver Linings – a book and an event looking back at how businesses responded as the country entered uncharted waters. This is an extract from
Silver Linings – Kiwi success stories in the time of Covid. “Fancy a quickie?” That was the phrase that got Dunedin tour operator Bex Hill run off her feet. It isn’t quite what you think, though: Bex’s tourism business has been offering rapid tours of Dunedin (the ‘quickie tour’) since 2008, and the 25-minute trip around the major sites of that southerly city has become very popular.
She didn’t know what the future would hold, and how they would survive if lockdown went on for a long time. She also wasn’t used to sitting idle at home, as she was a busy person normally. But Daeng wasn’t just thinking of herself. “My vegetable grower called me. He was panicked. All of his customers were restaurants, and all of them were closed at Level 4. He hated the thought of all of his efforts to tend to the soil and grow his beautiful crop going to waste.” Daeng thought about how she could help and swung into action. First she got herself registered as an essential service, so she could get her kitchen up and running.
5 leading technology directors recently participated in the Okta-sponsored Hot Topics series: “Dynamic Work: Reimagining the Workplace”. Read on to see what they had to say about the future of IT security and remote working.