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"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing things," Peter Drucker Someone, important of course, once said that organizations are people. He was not wrong when he claimed such a thing. However, and this is my opinion, they are people, organized, resourced and with a clear direction to achieve a purpose. I think most of us can subscribe to that statement, although some of us would like to nuance the edges of this definition.

Nos encontramos ante una realidad tan compleja como excepcional. Resulta complicado legislar un conjunto de medidas de choque de tipo sanitario y económico, limitando movimientos y actividades, y que no termine por recordarnos a George Orwell. Desde un plano económico, todo nos devuelve a la crisis crediticia de 2008. Sin embargo, la naturaleza de esta crisis es diferente. Aquí concurren simultáneamente shocks de oferta y de demanda.

Miremos el lado positivo de lo que está sucediendo: tenemos una magnífica oportunidad para pensar sobre productividad ante este nuevo reto de trabajar desde casa. En nuestras manos está el mejorar de manera drástica nuestra productividad. Puede que hasta sentemos un precedente y el trabajo deslocalizado se vea a partir de ahora como una buena alternativa a raíz de esta crisis, que no será la última. El punto de partida es identificar y saber diferenciar lo importante de lo urgente, la eficacia de la eficiencia:

In just one week, we as a society have made giant strides in terms of organizational change. What was on the horizon a few days ago and not addressed, as there were other more urgent issues, at least for some people, has become the modus operandi in the work teams. Digital environments, virtual communication, collaborative tools and numerous possibilities that open up to the eyes of those who can see the opportunities that are coming and the challenges that we are already overcoming.