Business, English, Post-coronavirus
What text did to voice virtual will do to IRL activities
Video is taking over face-to-face meetings. A small step for a business person but a huge leap for all business practices.
May 18, 2020
Business, English, Podcasts, Post-coronavirus, Talks with PetriMake your work visible
Ville Tolvanen talks about finding your audience, how to deal with trolls and why virtual activists are the future leaders.
May 17, 2020- Business, English, Post-coronavirus
Virtual everything and virtual first strategy
Virtual everything and virtual first is something very serious and urgent. You cannot appreciate it fully unless you’re immersed into the new and unfamiliar. It takes courage and humility. Errors will be made and they are for all to see.
May 15, 2020 - Business, English, Post-coronavirus, Society
Warp speed and snail slow
Sometimes it’s healthy to do short sprints and consciously do leaps that don’t feel natural. This is one of those times. What feels like a brave thing to do now seems obvious and lame in retrospect. It’s just a matter of perspective.
May 14, 2020 - Business, English, Post-coronavirus
Who wants to travel anymore
The future of business travel may be more local and earthbound. It’s more comfortable to travel by car, train or boat in short hauls provided that you’re keeping within the green zones such as Baltics. Trust is a high currency now among people, nation-states, and companies.
May 13, 2020 - Business, English, Post-coronavirus
Everyone is a few milliseconds away
There’s no reason to favour someone just because they are a few kilometres away from you. Or limit your reach just because it’s convenient or familiar.
May 12, 2020 - Business, English, Post-coronavirus
What not to do after quarantine
Some of the gains and productivity progress achieved may have been temporary victories if they are not fought over. Habits take a long time to form and the lockdown period may not have been long enough for that.
May 11, 2020 
English, Podcasts, Post-coronavirus, Talks with PetriWatching TV pays off
Taavi Rõivas talks about his experience as the youngest prime minister in the EU, the future of nation states and his latest movie role.
May 10, 2020- Business, Economics, English, Post-coronavirus, Society
The new post-corona world
It requires friendliness and encouragement towards small and fragile. It expects thick skin and moral backbone to resist the temptation of favouring incumbents and old solutions. It accepts the fact that something new is strange, different and unfamiliar
May 8, 2020 - Business, Economics, English, Post-coronavirus, Society
Coping with post-coronavirus realities
The whole process of going through the different stages of the coronavirus crisis has shown weaknesses, stress points, structural, managerial, political and systemic challenges or mere blunt misconducts and ignorance in our society.
May 7, 2020
It has shown that we are not prepared for something that is unexpected and requires immediate coordination and cooperation on a large scale.