Early on in the pandemic NYU professor and entrepreneur Scott Galloway observed that Covid would be less the cause of a new trends than an accelerant of existing ones. In a recent posting at his “No Mercy/No Malice” blog Galloway writes that the “trend that encapsulates the greatest reshuffling of stakeholder value in recent history is… the ‘Great Dispersion.’ Similar to prior macro trends like globalization and digitization, it offers enormous opportunity, but also real threats.”
Galloway outlines the forms this “dispersion” may take, including “the erosion of empathy” and the threat to our notion of what it means to be an American. This thoughtful post suggests that both opportunities and threats lie within the dynamics of “The Great Dispersion. “
Bonus: Dr. Galloway’s new book Post Corona: does a fine job of pulling together in a short book the stream of excellent analysis he has offered in the past six months. Should be required reading for every C-Level executive.