A pandemic digital silver lining: Companies digitized many activities 20 to 25 times faster during COVID-19

We asked executives how long they expected it would have taken their companies prepandemic to digitize 12 different activities and how long it actually took them once the coronavirus hit. When it came to remote working, companies moved 43 times more quickly than executives thought possible.

Executives say their companies responded to a range of COVID-19-related changes much more quickly than they thought possible before the crisis.

To read the article, see “How COVID-19 has pushed companies over the technology tipping point—and transformed business forever,” October 5, 2020.