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mdc-u-grid-col-lg-start-3 mdc-u-grid-col-lg-end-8 mdc-u-ts-9"><span> </span><span class="AuthorsByLine_mck-c-authors-byline__author__XdrlD"><span class="AuthorsByLine_mck-c-authors-byline__no-wrap__Ced0j">Susan Lund </span></span><span class="AuthorsByLine_mck-c-authors-byline__author__XdrlD"><span class="AuthorsByLine_mck-c-authors-byline__no-wrap__Ced0j"><a data-component="mdc-c-link" href="/our-people/anu-madgavkar" class="mdc-c-link-inline___7DRrt_2734c4f mdc-c-link-inline--secondary___YKoOK_2734c4f"><span class="mdc-c-link__label___Pfqtd_2734c4f">Anu Madgavkar</span></a> </span></span><span class="AuthorsByLine_mck-c-authors-byline__author__XdrlD"><span class="AuthorsByLine_mck-c-authors-byline__no-wrap__Ced0j"><a data-component="mdc-c-link" href="/our-people/jan-mischke" class="mdc-c-link-inline___7DRrt_2734c4f mdc-c-link-inline--secondary___YKoOK_2734c4f"><span class="mdc-c-link__label___Pfqtd_2734c4f">Jan Mischke</span></a><span> </span></span></span><span class="AuthorsByLine_mck-c-authors-byline__author__XdrlD"><span class="AuthorsByLine_mck-c-authors-byline__no-wrap__Ced0j">Jaana Remes</span></span></div><div class="mdc-u-grid-col-md-start-8 mdc-u-grid-col-md-end-12 mdc-u-grid-col-lg-start-8 mdc-u-grid-col-lg-end-11 ArticleContent_mck-c-article-content__share-tools__kWRRw"></div></section><section class="mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-col-md-12 mck-u-animation-blur-in-400"><div class="mdc-u-grid-col-md-start-2 mdc-u-grid-col-md-end-12 mdc-u-grid-col-lg-start-3 mdc-u-grid-col-lg-end-11"><div data-component="mdc-c-description" class="mdc-c-description___SrnQP_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-5"><div class="mck-u-links-inline">Many changes in business models and consumer behavior during the pandemic will stick, but action will be needed to ensure the rebound is not uneven.</div></div></div></section><main data-layer-region="article-body" class="mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-gutter-xxl"><div class="mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-col-1 mdc-u-grid-col-md-12"><div class="mdc-u-grid-col-md-start-2 mdc-u-grid-col-md-end-12 mdc-u-grid-col-lg-start-3 mdc-u-grid-col-lg-end-11"><div class="mdc-o-content-body mck-u-dropcap"><div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="default" data-module-background="transparent" data-module-category="" class="DownloadsSidebar_mck-c-downloads-sidebar__iFmyt mck-o-xs-right-span"><div data-layer-region="downloads-right-rail"><h3 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f mdc-c-heading--title___5qyOB_2734c4f mdc-c-heading--border___K8dj3_2734c4f"></h3><div><div data-component="mdc-c-link-container" class="mdc-c-link-container___xefGu_2734c4f"><div class="mdc-u-align-center DownloadsSidebar_mck-c-downloads-sidebar__fullreport__pTrE3"><img class="DownloadsSidebar_mck-c-downloads-sidebar__fullreport__pTrE3 DownloadsSidebar_mck-c-downloads-sidebar__fullreport--image__RcOxJ" alt="" src="/~/media/mckinsey/featured insights/future of organizations/whats next for consumers workers and companies in the post covid 19 recovery/whats-next-for-consumers-workers-companies-post-covid-recovery-f_thumbnail.jpeg"/></div><div><h5 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-6 DownloadsSidebar_mck-c-downloads-sidebar__fullreport__pTrE3 DownloadsSidebar_mck-c-downloads-sidebar__fullreport--title__dsfYc">What’s next for consumers, workers, and companies in the post-COVID-19 recovery</h5></div><a data-component="mdc-c-link" href="#/download/%2F~%2Fmedia%2Fmckinsey%2Ffeatured%20insights%2Ffuture%20of%20organizations%2Fwhats%20next%20for%20consumers%20workers%20and%20companies%20in%20the%20post%20covid%2019%20recovery%2Fwhats-next-for-consumers-workers-companies-post-covid-recovery-f.pdf%3FshouldIndex%3Dfalse" class="DownloadsSidebar_mck-c-downloads-sidebar__download-link__fPqFQ mdc-c-link___lBbY1_2734c4f" target="_self" data-layer-event-prefix="Download Link" data-layer-action="click" data-layer-report-type="" data-layer-file-name="whats-next-for-consumers-workers-companies-post-covid-recovery-f" data-layer-report-name="whats-next-for-consumers-workers-companies-post-covid-recovery-f>"><span data-component="mdc-c-icon" class="mdc-c-icon___oi7ef_2734c4f mdc-c-icon--size-md___yi5fA_2734c4f mck-download-icon"></span><span class="mdc-c-link__label___Pfqtd_2734c4f"> (16 pages)</span></a></div></div></div></div> <p><strong>COVID-19 changed how we live and work</strong> in ways that will alter our behavior long after the pandemic subsides. Companies moved rapidly to deploy digital and automation technologies, dramatically accelerating trends that were unfolding at a much slower pace before the crisis. Work went remote, shopping, entertainment, and even medicine went online, and businesses everywhere scrambled to deploy digital systems to accommodate the shifts.</p> <p>These changes in consumer behavior and business models will persist in advanced economies after the pandemic recedes, although perhaps not with the same intensity as during the crisis. They promise big benefits in terms of higher productivity, efficiency, and innovation—but also could lead to an uneven economic recovery, with rising inequality among workers, contrasting outcomes for consumers depending on their age and income levels, and a growing gulf between outperforming companies and the rest—unless business leaders and policy makers take action to mitigate these unwanted effects.</p> <p>Here we draw on insights from three recent McKinsey Global Institute reports to offer a perspective on how the pandemic may reshape the <a href="/featured-insights/future-of-work/the-future-of-work-after-covid-19">future of work</a>, <a href="/industries/consumer-packaged-goods/our-insights/the-consumer-demand-recovery-and-lasting-effects-of-covid-19">consumer behavior</a>, and <a href="/industries/public-sector/our-insights/will-productivity-and-growth-return-after-the-covid-19-crisis">productivity and growth</a> over the next several years. The research focuses primarily on changes we have observed in advanced economies in Europe and North America. In Asia, where countries controlled COVID-19 more rapidly and effectively, the behavioral changes are less pronounced.</p> <p>The actions we collectively take today—from investing in human capital to enabling a surge of entrepreneurship to diffusing technology to companies of all sizes—could create a virtuous cycle of job growth, rising consumption, and productivity growth. Lessons from past recessions reveal that this is not only possible but routinely occurred in many post-war recessions. Failure to act is likely to deliver a tepid, two-speed recovery like we saw after the 2008 financial crisis.</p> <div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="dark" data-module-background="deep-blue" data-module-category="" data-module-gradient-position="bottom-right" class="StatementDisruptor_mck-c-statement-disruptor__iOBdi mck-o-edge-to-edge" data-module-name="statement-disruptor"><div><div class="StatementDisruptor_mck-c-statement-disruptor__background-container__p_cFW"><div class="StatementDisruptor_mck-c-statement-disruptor__background-image-container__es__n"><style></style><div data-component="mdc-c-background-image" class="mdc-c-bg-image___GJdv1_2734c4f background-image-statement-disruptor-59F87BA9099E43AA8864CA815FA06B59" role="img" aria-label="The pandemic accelerated changes in consumer and business behaviors that are likely to persist"></div></div></div><div class="StatementDisruptor_mck-c-statement-disruptor__content-container__2bGvV"><div class="StatementDisruptor_mck-c-statement-disruptor__content__KNhFy"><div class="mck-o-container"><div class="mck-o-container--wrapped mck-o-container--mobile-spacing"><div class="mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-col-md-12"><div class="mdc-u-grid-col-md-start-1 mdc-u-grid-col-md-end-13 mdc-u-grid-col-lg-start-2 mdc-u-grid-col-lg-end-12"><div class="mck-c-statement-disruptor__title-container"><p class="StatementDisruptor_mck-c-statement-disruptor__text-content__7xNDN"><h2 style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Bower,Georgia,Times New Roman,serif;font-weight:500;font-size:2.75rem;line-height:3.25rem">The pandemic accelerated changes in consumer and business behaviors that are likely to persist</h2> <p><br/>The virus interrupted, accelerated, or reversed longstanding consumer and business habits.</p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> <p>Every activity and function that could move online did, fueling a mass digital migration. Companies sent their employees home and eliminated business travel, and many now plan to continue with some hybrid form of remote work and virtual meetings. Consumers went online to fulfil needs ranging from buying groceries and taking school classes to exercise and doctor appointments. Businesses also turned to digital tools in new ways. Auto dealerships used email, text messaging, Zoom, and Facetime to <a href="/capabilities/growth-marketing-and-sales/our-insights/how-consumers-behavior-in-car-buying-and-mobility-changes-amid-covid-19">sell cars without any contact with customers</a>, for example. <a href="https://www.eater.com/21540765/ghost-kitchens-virtual-restaurants-covid-19-industry-impact">Fast-food restaurants created “ghost” kitchens</a> devoted solely to filling online delivery orders. Companies turned to <a href="/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/global-survey-the-state-of-ai-in-2020">automation and AI</a> to cope with surges in demand and the need to reduce workplace density. Some of these changes delivered more convenience and greater efficiency and so are likely to endure well after the pandemic has receded.</p> <div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="default" data-module-background="transparent" data-module-category="" class="mck-c-inline-module-container mck-o-edge-to-edge StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__TLkZC mck-c-module-wrapper"><div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="light" data-module-background="lightest-grey" data-module-category="" class="StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__item__YhXnX"><div class="mck-o-container"><div class="mck-o-container--wrapped mck-o-container--mobile-spacing mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-col-md-12 StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-item__fg74z"><div data-component="mdc-c-content-block" class="mdc-c-content-block___7p6Lu_2734c4f mdc-u-grid-gutter-md StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-text__DEQ4O StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky__EK8hB StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky--extra-spacing__uDmVE mdc-u-grid-col-md-span-4"><h2 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-5"><div>Consumers shifted to digital channels</div></h2><div data-component="mdc-c-description" class="mdc-c-description___SrnQP_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-8 mck-u-links-inline"><div><p><a href="/featured-insights/the-next-normal/shopping">Retail got a jolt.</a> E-commerce surged during the pandemic, increasing its share of total retail sales by two to five times its prepandemic rate across eight countries representing 45 percent of the world’s population and more than 60 percent of global GDP—China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States.</p></div></div></div><div class="StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-media__o8N4Z StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky__EK8hB StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky--extra-spacing__uDmVE mdc-u-grid-col-md-span-8"></div></div></div></div></div> <div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="light" data-module-background="lightest-grey" data-module-category="" data-module-gradient-position="bottom-right" class="mck-c-inline-module-container SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__bgimg-wrapper__Qj4Dt mck-o-sm-left-span SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__sidebar-wrapper__Dpjw2 SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__sidebar-wrapper--istablet__IQ6ii mck-u-screen-only mck-c-module-wrapper" data-layer-region="sidebar"><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__epoAm mck-o-md-center"><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__share-icons-wrapper__9gB_c"><div data-component="mdc-c-link-container" class="mdc-c-link-container___xefGu_2734c4f mdc-c-link-container--display-column___X0HDD_2734c4f SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__share-icons___eQy6"><div data-component="mdc-c-dropdown-menu" class="mdc-c-drop-down"><button data-component="mdc-c-button" aria-label="" type="button" id="button_id" class="mdc-c-button___U4iY2_2734c4f mdc-c-button--ghost mdc-c-button--size-medium mdc-c-drop-down__rootmenu___yJzvz_2734c4f" aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="menu"><span data-component="mdc-c-icon" class="mdc-c-icon___oi7ef_2734c4f mdc-c-icon--default___f-hQM_2734c4f mdc-c-icon--size-md___yi5fA_2734c4f mck-share2-icon"></span></button><div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="light" data-module-background="white" data-module-category="" class=""></div></div><button data-component="mdc-c-button" aria-label="Expandable Sidebar" type="button" id="button_id" class="mdc-c-button___U4iY2_2734c4f mdc-c-button--ghost mdc-c-button--size-medium SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__toggle-btn__EL8iE" aria-expanded="false" data-layer-event-prefix="UI Item" data-layer-action="click" data-layer-category="sidebar" data-layer-subcategory="open" data-layer-text="open sidebar"><span data-component="mdc-c-icon" class="mdc-c-icon___oi7ef_2734c4f mdc-c-icon--radial___y3csX_2734c4f mdc-c-icon--size-xxl___cL3ZT_2734c4f mck-plus-no-circle-icon"></span></button></div></div><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__content-outer__UdWCq"><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__eyebrow__5GSEq"></div><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__content__raEwe"><h2 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-3 SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__content-heading__NJekY"><div>Consumers focus on “home nesting”</div></h2><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__content-description__4p9iI mdc-u-ts-7"><div class="mdc-o-content-body"><p>The acceleration of the digital economy played out largely at home after COVID-19 almost overnight confined consumers to their living spaces. There, they settled into home nesting, spawning an investment boom in renovation, home decorating, cooking, personal exercise equipment, comfort clothing, and other things to enhance the homebound lifestyle and facilitate remote work. Home became the office, gym, shopping center, movie theater-sports arena-concert hall combined—and with no need to put on a coat or shoes to enjoy. Spending on home furnishings in the United States increased 14 percent through November 2020, compared to the prior year, while in Germany, sales in DIY stores grew 16 percent in the first half of 2020 compared to 2019. Use of the Peleton app went up by 1.7 times, and 54 percent of gym members said they planned to do some of their workouts at home in the future. Based on our analysis, we expect this behavior may stick, supported by continued remote work and home investments made during COVID‑19 that delivered positive experiences.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div> <p>Many of the consumers driving that growth were new to online transactions. We found, for instance, that first-time online grocery shoppers accounted for 30 to 50 percent of total US consumers shopping online in July 2020, driven largely by baby boomers nudged by the pandemic to make a digital transition they otherwise might not have needed to make. “Home nesting” became popular, with many consumers investing to enhance their new homebound lifestyle (see sidebar, “Consumers focus on “home nesting”). Other virtual transactions took off, too. Telemedicine, for example, languished until COVID-19 came along. Online medical consultations via Practo, an Indian telehealth company, grew more than tenfold between April 2020 and November 2020. <a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/m-perso/article/2020/10/09/comment-la-teleconsultation-bouleverse-la-relation-patient-medecin_6055482_4497916.html">In France, the state health system</a> reported 1.2 million virtual consultations in September 2020, compared to 40,000 in February 2020.</p> <p>While curiosity about consumer behavior after COVID-19 abounds, we found that the actions of companies and governments matter at least as much in determining whether new behaviors are likely to stick, including signs of a move to more sustainable consumption in some places. For example, <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260907991_Why_Ethical_Consumers_Don't_Walk_Their_Talk_Towards_a_Framework_for_Understanding_the_Gap_Between_the_Ethical_Purchase_Intentions_and_Actual_Buying_Behaviour_of_Ethically_Minded_Consumers">surveys</a> show that between 30 and 50 percent of consumers indicate an intent to buy sustainable products—although such products account for less than 5 percent market share of sales in part because companies charge more for them and governments offer no incentives to purchase them. Companies made decisions that set the choices consumers could make during the pandemic, and governments established guardrails with their stimulus policies. To determine how enduring shifts to new digital channels may be, we examined consumption using a “stickiness” test we devised that takes into account the actions of companies and governments as well as consumers.</p> <div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="default" data-module-background="transparent" data-module-category="" class="mck-c-inline-module-container mck-o-edge-to-edge StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__TLkZC mck-c-module-wrapper"><div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="light" data-module-background="lightest-grey" data-module-category="" class="StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__item__YhXnX"><div class="mck-o-container"><div class="mck-o-container--wrapped mck-o-container--mobile-spacing mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-col-md-12 StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-item__fg74z"><div data-component="mdc-c-content-block" class="mdc-c-content-block___7p6Lu_2734c4f mdc-u-grid-gutter-md StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-text__DEQ4O StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky__EK8hB StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky--extra-spacing__uDmVE mdc-u-grid-col-md-span-4"><h2 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-5"><div>Geography matters in determining what behaviors will stick post-pandemic</div></h2><div data-component="mdc-c-description" class="mdc-c-description___SrnQP_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-8 mck-u-links-inline"><div><p>For consumers we examined how much they valued a new behavior, what type of experience they had, and how big an investment they made in it. For companies we assessed how an industry responded to the new behavior and changed structure as a result. Film studios, for example, could quickly pivot to direct-to-consumer distribution via streaming services, while airlines could do little to adapt. For governments, we looked at how economic and regulatory policy affected consumer behavior. The US government, for instance, allowed reimbursement for telemedicine and the use of food assistance payments online, two small changes that enhanced convenience and mitigated safety concerns. For each of these, we assessed the extent to which a factor increases the likelihood of lasting change, decreases the likelihood of lasting change, or has a neutral impact.</p></div></div></div><div class="StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-media__o8N4Z StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky__EK8hB StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky--extra-spacing__uDmVE mdc-u-grid-col-md-span-8"><div class=""><picture data-component="mdc-c-picture" class="Exhibit_mck-c-exhibit__image__pyIDm"><source media="(min-width: 768px)" srcSet="/~/media/mckinsey/featured%20insights/future%20of%20organizations/whats%20next%20for%20consumers%20workers%20and%20companies%20in%20the%20post%20covid%2019%20recovery/svgz-mgi-covid-trilogy-ex-2-02-01.svgz?cq=50&cpy=Center"/><img alt="E-commerce has grown two to five times faster than before the pandemic in eight focus countries." src="/~/media/mckinsey/featured%20insights/future%20of%20organizations/whats%20next%20for%20consumers%20workers%20and%20companies%20in%20the%20post%20covid%2019%20recovery/svgz-mgi-covid-trilogy-ex-2-02-01.svgz?cq=50&cpy=Center" loading="lazy"/></picture></div><div class="mck-u-sr-only"></div></div></div></div></div><div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="dark" data-module-background="deep-blue" data-module-category="" class="StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__item__YhXnX"><div class="mck-o-container"><div class="mck-o-container--wrapped mck-o-container--mobile-spacing mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-col-md-12 StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-item__fg74z"><div data-component="mdc-c-content-block" class="mdc-c-content-block___7p6Lu_2734c4f mdc-u-grid-gutter-md StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-text__DEQ4O StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky__EK8hB StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky--extra-spacing__uDmVE mdc-u-grid-col-md-span-4"><h2 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-5"><div>Businesses shifted to remote work and virtual meetings</div></h2><div data-component="mdc-c-description" class="mdc-c-description___SrnQP_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-8 mck-u-links-inline"><div><p>Employees who could work remotely set up offices in their homes, driving sales of standing desks, office chairs, and other equipment and tools for kitting out home offices. To assess the future of remote work, <a href="/featured-insights/future-of-work/whats-next-for-remote-work-an-analysis-of-2000-tasks-800-jobs-and-nine-countries">we analyzed more than 2000 work activities across 800 occupations</a> to see which could be done without a loss of productivity from home. We find that 20 to 25 percent of the workforces in advanced economies could work remotely without losing effectiveness. That is four to five times as many as were working from home before the pandemic. Already companies are devising hybrid remote work plans that give them the opportunity to reduce office space. That in turn may change the geography of work and urban centers, as well as reduce business travel. We estimate that 20 percent of business travel may never recover as virtual meetings replace in-person ones.</p></div></div></div><div class="StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-media__o8N4Z StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky__EK8hB StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky--extra-spacing__uDmVE mdc-u-grid-col-md-span-8"><div class=""><picture data-component="mdc-c-picture" class="Exhibit_mck-c-exhibit__image__pyIDm"><source media="(min-width: 768px)" srcSet="/~/media/mckinsey/featured%20insights/future%20of%20organizations/whats%20next%20for%20consumers%20workers%20and%20companies%20in%20the%20post%20covid%2019%20recovery/svg-mgi-covid-trilogy-ex3-v2.svgz?cq=50&cpy=Center"/><img alt="While the majority of the workforce cannot work remotely, up to one quarter in advanced economies can do so three to five days a week." src="/~/media/mckinsey/featured%20insights/future%20of%20organizations/whats%20next%20for%20consumers%20workers%20and%20companies%20in%20the%20post%20covid%2019%20recovery/svg-mgi-covid-trilogy-ex3-v2.svgz?cq=50&cpy=Center" loading="lazy"/></picture></div><div class="mck-u-sr-only"></div></div></div></div></div><div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="light" data-module-background="white" data-module-category="" class="StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__item__YhXnX"><div class="mck-o-container"><div class="mck-o-container--wrapped mck-o-container--mobile-spacing mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-col-md-12 StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-item__fg74z"><div data-component="mdc-c-content-block" class="mdc-c-content-block___7p6Lu_2734c4f mdc-u-grid-gutter-md StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-text__DEQ4O StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky__EK8hB StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky--extra-spacing__uDmVE mdc-u-grid-col-md-span-4"><h2 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-5"><div>Companies accelerated their adoption of digital, automation, and other technologies</div></h2><div data-component="mdc-c-description" class="mdc-c-description___SrnQP_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-8 mck-u-links-inline"><div><p>To cope with constraints on physical proximity, sharp surges in demand, and other sudden shifts required by COVID-19, businesses stepped up use of digital tools, automation, and AI. Retailers like Amazon, Walmart, and Target enlisted industrial robots to pick, sort, and track merchandise in warehouses to manage surging e-commerce demand. AI-powered chatbots were used to reduce customer contact. Robotic process automation helped financial service firms cope with a surge in small business loan applications and assisted airlines in issuing travel refunds.</p> <p>Businesses engaged in a burst of bold innovation and speedy decision making in response to the deepest economic shock since World War II. Companies digitized many activities at rates 20 to 25 times faster than they had previously thought possible, according to a McKinsey survey. For instance, one large retailer developed a curbside-delivery business in two days; its prepandemic plan had called for an 18-month rollout. There may be more to come. Three-quarters of executives in North America and Europe surveyed by McKinsey in December 2020 said they expect investment in automation to increase through 2024.</p></div></div></div><div class="StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-media__o8N4Z StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky__EK8hB StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky--extra-spacing__uDmVE mdc-u-grid-col-md-span-8"></div></div></div></div><div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="light" data-module-background="lightest-grey" data-module-category="" class="StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__item__YhXnX"><div class="mck-o-container"><div class="mck-o-container--wrapped mck-o-container--mobile-spacing mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-col-md-12 StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-item__fg74z"><div data-component="mdc-c-content-block" class="mdc-c-content-block___7p6Lu_2734c4f mdc-u-grid-gutter-md StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-text__DEQ4O StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky__EK8hB StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky--extra-spacing__uDmVE mdc-u-grid-col-md-span-4"><h2 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-5"><div>Steps taken to keep business going during COVID-19 have the potential to increase productivity</div></h2><div data-component="mdc-c-description" class="mdc-c-description___SrnQP_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-8 mck-u-links-inline"><div><p>Such bold actions by companies could produce a 1 percentage point increase in annual productivity growth to 2024—if these innovations spread widely among companies of all sizes and demand recovers and stays strong. This would be more than double the rate of productivity growth experienced after the 2008 global financial crisis in seven economies—France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. If realized, we estimate this would add about $1,500 per capita in Spain and $3,500 per capita in the United States to GDP in 2024. The largest potential incremental rise in productivity growth between 2019 and 2024 could occur in the healthcare, construction, information and communications technology, retail, and pharmaceuticals sectors. However, accelerated automation risks speeding up necessary reskilling and worker transitions, and could undermine employment, median incomes, and therefore demand. Of the productivity potential we identified, 60 percent comes from firms seeking to reduce costs—including jobs—rather than creating top-line value.</p></div></div></div><div class="StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-media__o8N4Z StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky__EK8hB StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky--extra-spacing__uDmVE mdc-u-grid-col-md-span-8"><div class=""><picture data-component="mdc-c-picture" class="Exhibit_mck-c-exhibit__image__pyIDm"><source media="(min-width: 768px)" srcSet="/~/media/mckinsey/featured%20insights/future%20of%20organizations/whats%20next%20for%20consumers%20workers%20and%20companies%20in%20the%20post%20covid%2019%20recovery/svg-mgi-covid-trilogy-ex4.svgz?cq=50&cpy=Center"/><img alt="Our sector analysis indicates potential for incremental productivity growth of roughly one percentage point per year through 2024." src="/~/media/mckinsey/featured%20insights/future%20of%20organizations/whats%20next%20for%20consumers%20workers%20and%20companies%20in%20the%20post%20covid%2019%20recovery/svg-mgi-covid-trilogy-ex4.svgz?cq=50&cpy=Center" loading="lazy"/></picture></div><div class="mck-u-sr-only"></div></div></div></div></div></div> <div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="dark" data-module-background="deep-blue" data-module-category="" data-module-gradient-position="bottom-right" class="StatementDisruptor_mck-c-statement-disruptor__iOBdi mck-o-edge-to-edge" data-module-name="statement-disruptor"><div><div class="StatementDisruptor_mck-c-statement-disruptor__background-container__p_cFW"><div class="StatementDisruptor_mck-c-statement-disruptor__background-image-container__es__n"><style></style><div data-component="mdc-c-background-image" class="mdc-c-bg-image___GJdv1_2734c4f background-image-statement-disruptor-3BB1316FA4FA4200A45AD67574400219" role="img" aria-label="Is a two-speed recovery ahead for consumers, workers, and companies?"></div></div></div><div class="StatementDisruptor_mck-c-statement-disruptor__content-container__2bGvV"><div class="StatementDisruptor_mck-c-statement-disruptor__content__KNhFy"><div class="mck-o-container"><div class="mck-o-container--wrapped mck-o-container--mobile-spacing"><div class="mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-col-md-12"><div class="mdc-u-grid-col-md-start-1 mdc-u-grid-col-md-end-13 mdc-u-grid-col-lg-start-2 mdc-u-grid-col-lg-end-12"><div class="mck-c-statement-disruptor__title-container"><p class="StatementDisruptor_mck-c-statement-disruptor__text-content__7xNDN"><h2 style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Bower,Georgia,Times New Roman,serif;font-weight:500;font-size:2.75rem;line-height:3.25rem">Is a two-speed recovery ahead for consumers, workers, and companies?</h2> <p><br/>Shifts in business operations caused by the pandemic could spur faster growth—but also raise challenges for the most vulnerable workers.</p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> <div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="default" data-module-background="transparent" data-module-category="" class="mck-c-inline-module-container mck-o-edge-to-edge StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__TLkZC mck-c-module-wrapper"><div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="light" data-module-background="lightest-grey" data-module-category="" class="StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__item__YhXnX"><div class="mck-o-container"><div class="mck-o-container--wrapped mck-o-container--mobile-spacing mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-col-md-12 StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-item__fg74z"><div data-component="mdc-c-content-block" class="mdc-c-content-block___7p6Lu_2734c4f mdc-u-grid-gutter-md StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-text__DEQ4O StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky__EK8hB StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky--extra-spacing__uDmVE mdc-u-grid-col-md-span-4"><h2 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-5"><div>Savings for some, income concerns for others</div></h2><div data-component="mdc-c-description" class="mdc-c-description___SrnQP_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-8 mck-u-links-inline"><div><p>Improving the customer experience can be COVID-19 put a deep dent in consumption in 2020, as spending declined between 11 and 26 percent in the initial months of the pandemic in the United States, Western Europe, and China. Consumers sharply cut back on travel, entertainment, restaurant dining, and other in-person services. Many low-income service workers were furloughed or lost their jobs and were supported by unprecedented government stimulus packages that more than covered their lost incomes and helped mitigate the fallout. Indeed, the big stimulus amounted to a reversal of two decades of institutional pullback, <a href="/industries/public-sector/our-insights/covid-19-has-revived-the-social-contract-in-advanced-economies-for-now-what-will-stick-once-the-crisis-abates">reviving the social contract</a>. Meanwhile, high-income households with members who could work remotely saw their savings rise as opportunities to spend on travel, entertainment, dining, and other forms of leisure dried up. Savings rates spiked 10 to 20 percent in the United States and Western Europe, leaving many households in a strong position to spend once the pandemic is brought to heel. While consumer spending as a whole is set to rebound, the recovery is likely to be uneven, especially in the United States, as higher-income households emerge largely unscathed financially, while lower-income households have lost jobs or face income uncertainty.</p></div></div></div><div class="StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-media__o8N4Z StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky__EK8hB StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky--extra-spacing__uDmVE mdc-u-grid-col-md-span-8"><div class=""><picture data-component="mdc-c-picture" class="Exhibit_mck-c-exhibit__image__pyIDm"><source media="(min-width: 768px)" srcSet="/~/media/mckinsey/featured%20insights/future%20of%20organizations/whats%20next%20for%20consumers%20workers%20and%20companies%20in%20the%20post%20covid%2019%20recovery/svg-mgi-covid-trilogy-ex5.svgz?cq=50&cpy=Center"/><img alt="The recovery in consumer spending may be more uneven in the United States than in Europe." src="/~/media/mckinsey/featured%20insights/future%20of%20organizations/whats%20next%20for%20consumers%20workers%20and%20companies%20in%20the%20post%20covid%2019%20recovery/svg-mgi-covid-trilogy-ex5.svgz?cq=50&cpy=Center" loading="lazy"/></picture></div><div class="mck-u-sr-only"></div></div></div></div></div><div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="light" data-module-background="white" data-module-category="" class="StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__item__YhXnX"><div class="mck-o-container"><div class="mck-o-container--wrapped mck-o-container--mobile-spacing mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-col-md-12 StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-item__fg74z"><div data-component="mdc-c-content-block" class="mdc-c-content-block___7p6Lu_2734c4f mdc-u-grid-gutter-md StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-text__DEQ4O StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky__EK8hB StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky--extra-spacing__uDmVE mdc-u-grid-col-md-span-4"><h2 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-5"><div>Most job growth may occur in high-wage occupations, leaving low-wage workers with fewer opportunities</div></h2><div data-component="mdc-c-description" class="mdc-c-description___SrnQP_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-8 mck-u-links-inline"><div><p>Our research finds that job growth is likely to be concentrated in high-wage occupations as a result of COVID-19’s influence on trends. We expect strong growth in jobs in healthcare and the STEM professions, as well as in the green economy, for instance wind turbine technicians. Transportation jobs that we expected to decline before the pandemic now may instead grow, thanks to the growth of the “delivery economy.”</p> <p>Demand for many other occupations may decline through 2030, including customer service and sales positions, food service jobs, and office support roles, such as administrative assistants and bookkeepers. The disruption is likely to have the biggest impact on low-wage jobs that have served as a safety net for displaced worker in the past.</p> <p>As a result, more than 100 million workers across the eight countries we studied are likely to need to change occupations by 2030. That is 12 percent more than our estimate before the pandemic, and as much as 25 percent more in advanced economies. Attaining jobs in the growing occupations will require markedly different skills than many of the low- and middle-waged jobs likely to be displaced.</p></div></div></div><div class="StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-media__o8N4Z StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky__EK8hB StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky--extra-spacing__uDmVE mdc-u-grid-col-md-span-8"><div class=""><picture data-component="mdc-c-picture" class="Exhibit_mck-c-exhibit__image__pyIDm"><source media="(min-width: 768px)" srcSet="/~/media/mckinsey/featured%20insights/future%20of%20organizations/whats%20next%20for%20consumers%20workers%20and%20companies%20in%20the%20post%20covid%2019%20recovery/svg-mgi-covid-trilogy-ex6-v2.svgz?cq=50&cpy=Center"/><img alt="The mix of occupations may shift by 2030 in our post-COVID-19 scenario." src="/~/media/mckinsey/featured%20insights/future%20of%20organizations/whats%20next%20for%20consumers%20workers%20and%20companies%20in%20the%20post%20covid%2019%20recovery/svg-mgi-covid-trilogy-ex6-v2.svgz?cq=50&cpy=Center" loading="lazy"/></picture></div><div class="mck-u-sr-only"></div></div></div></div></div><div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="light" data-module-background="lightest-grey" data-module-category="" class="StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__item__YhXnX"><div class="mck-o-container"><div class="mck-o-container--wrapped mck-o-container--mobile-spacing mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-col-md-12 StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-item__fg74z"><div data-component="mdc-c-content-block" class="mdc-c-content-block___7p6Lu_2734c4f mdc-u-grid-gutter-md StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-text__DEQ4O StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky__EK8hB StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky--extra-spacing__uDmVE mdc-u-grid-col-md-span-4"><h2 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-5"><div>The largest firms are innovating in ways that could boost productivity growth—but the risk is that smaller firms are left even further behind</div></h2><div data-component="mdc-c-description" class="mdc-c-description___SrnQP_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-8 mck-u-links-inline"><div><p>So far, accelerated adoption of technology and operational innovation has been particularly pronounced among “superstar” companies, which we define as those in the top 10 percent of firms by 2019 revenue and economic profit. Between the third quarters of 2019 and 2020, capital expenditures declined by much less for large superstars than for other groups of companies. R&D investment by large US superstars grew by about $2.6 billion, or 66 percent of total R&D investment growth in the third quarter of 2020 compared to the prior year, compared to $1.4 billion spent by all other types of firms. <a href="/capabilities/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/the-great-acceleration">Other research by McKinsey</a> has found the gap in economic profit between those superstars and everyone else widened during the pandemic. If this concentration persists, there could be a repeat of the “great divide” observed after the global financial crisis when, at best, only a minority of companies, households, and regions enjoy productivity and income growth. More businesses will need to share in those gains for the changes prompted by COVID-19 to have significant impact on productivity growth.</p></div></div></div><div class="StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-media__o8N4Z StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky__EK8hB StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky--extra-spacing__uDmVE mdc-u-grid-col-md-span-8"><div class=""><picture data-component="mdc-c-picture" class="Exhibit_mck-c-exhibit__image__pyIDm"><source media="(min-width: 768px)" srcSet="/~/media/mckinsey/featured%20insights/future%20of%20organizations/whats%20next%20for%20consumers%20workers%20and%20companies%20in%20the%20post%20covid%2019%20recovery/mgi-covid-trilogy-ex7-v3.svgz?cq=50&cpy=Center"/><img alt="The top 20 percent of companies in the United States and Europe by economic profit are pulling away from their peers." src="/~/media/mckinsey/featured%20insights/future%20of%20organizations/whats%20next%20for%20consumers%20workers%20and%20companies%20in%20the%20post%20covid%2019%20recovery/mgi-covid-trilogy-ex7-v3.svgz?cq=50&cpy=Center" loading="lazy"/></picture></div><div class="mck-u-sr-only"></div></div></div></div></div></div> <div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="dark" data-module-background="deep-blue" data-module-category="" data-module-gradient-position="bottom-right" class="StatementDisruptor_mck-c-statement-disruptor__iOBdi mck-o-edge-to-edge" data-module-name="statement-disruptor"><div><div class="StatementDisruptor_mck-c-statement-disruptor__background-container__p_cFW"><div class="StatementDisruptor_mck-c-statement-disruptor__background-image-container__es__n"><style></style><div data-component="mdc-c-background-image" class="mdc-c-bg-image___GJdv1_2734c4f background-image-statement-disruptor-97679045FACB49C6BBF4BDA1AB47B82F" role="img" aria-label="Companies and policymakers need to take action to enable a robust and broad-based economic recovery"></div></div></div><div class="StatementDisruptor_mck-c-statement-disruptor__content-container__2bGvV"><div class="StatementDisruptor_mck-c-statement-disruptor__content__KNhFy"><div class="mck-o-container"><div class="mck-o-container--wrapped mck-o-container--mobile-spacing"><div class="mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-col-md-12"><div class="mdc-u-grid-col-md-start-1 mdc-u-grid-col-md-end-13 mdc-u-grid-col-lg-start-2 mdc-u-grid-col-lg-end-12"><div class="mck-c-statement-disruptor__title-container"><p class="StatementDisruptor_mck-c-statement-disruptor__text-content__7xNDN"><h2 style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Bower,Georgia,Times New Roman,serif;font-weight:500;font-size:2.75rem;line-height:3.25rem">Companies and policymakers need to take action to enable a robust and broad-based economic recovery</h2> <p><br/>Widespread actions to boost productivity could lead to robust economic growth like that seen after World War II.</p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> <div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="default" data-module-background="transparent" data-module-category="" class="mck-c-inline-module-container mck-o-edge-to-edge StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__TLkZC mck-c-module-wrapper"><div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="light" data-module-background="lightest-grey" data-module-category="" class="StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__item__YhXnX"><div class="mck-o-container"><div class="mck-o-container--wrapped mck-o-container--mobile-spacing mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-col-md-12 StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-item__fg74z"><div data-component="mdc-c-content-block" class="mdc-c-content-block___7p6Lu_2734c4f mdc-u-grid-gutter-md StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-text__DEQ4O StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky__EK8hB StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky--extra-spacing__uDmVE mdc-u-grid-col-md-span-4"><h2 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-5"><div>History offers lessons about how economies recover from crises</div></h2><div data-component="mdc-c-description" class="mdc-c-description___SrnQP_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-8 mck-u-links-inline"><div><p>The stakes are high. In the United States, the difference in having a per capita growth rate over the next decade that mirrors the postwar growth (3.1 percent) or that after the great financial crisis (1.0 percent) amounts to 27 percentage points, or about $17,000 per person in annual income. Achieving the better outcome requires expanding the supply side of the economy, in terms of both human capital and physical capital, and ensuring that incomes rise for a large swatch of the population, creating robust demand.</p></div></div></div><div class="StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-media__o8N4Z StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky__EK8hB StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky--extra-spacing__uDmVE mdc-u-grid-col-md-span-8"></div></div></div></div></div> <p>To achieve a broad-based recovery, companies and policy makers will need to move with the same alacrity they used to respond to constraints imposed by COVID-19 and, in doing so, enable higher productivity growth, better jobs, and expansive consumption. Ensuring that digital and other technology adoption is broad-based and that productivity increases are matched by rising wages is key. It will also be essential for business leaders and policy makers to mitigate workforce disruptions and offer support to vulnerable workers as they transition to new jobs with higher wages but requiring different skills. Achieving a better outcome is doable but will require faster, bolder action than we saw during the recovery after the 2008 financial crisis.</p> <p>During the pandemic, many large companies developed strategies to support their small- and midsized suppliers. Continuing these actions are vital to delivering any potential productivity dividend. Many companies accelerated payments to some suppliers and helped them interpret changing government regulations. Other companies are helping their small and mid-sized suppliers digitize the supply chain, invest in sustainable operations, and utilize automation and AI to raise efficiency.</p> <div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="default" data-module-background="transparent" data-module-category="" class="mck-c-inline-module-container mck-o-edge-to-edge StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__TLkZC mck-c-module-wrapper"><div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="light" data-module-background="lightest-grey" data-module-category="" class="StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__item__YhXnX"><div class="mck-o-container"><div class="mck-o-container--wrapped mck-o-container--mobile-spacing mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-col-md-12 StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-item__fg74z"><div data-component="mdc-c-content-block" class="mdc-c-content-block___7p6Lu_2734c4f mdc-u-grid-gutter-md StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-text__DEQ4O StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky__EK8hB StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky--extra-spacing__uDmVE mdc-u-grid-col-md-span-4"><h2 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-5"><div>COVID-19 created opportunities to start new businesses</div></h2><div data-component="mdc-c-description" class="mdc-c-description___SrnQP_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-8 mck-u-links-inline"><div><p>Changing consumption patterns spurred by COVID-19 have opened new opportunities, leading to shifts in market share and possibilities for new entrants. While many small businesses were unable to survive pandemic lockdowns, new business start-ups nearly doubled in the United States during the pandemic. During most recessions, new business formation declines as entrepreneurs face uncertain demand. But during COVID-19, many workers in the United States who were furloughed, laid off, or dropped out of the labor force for other reasons (such as childcare) took the opportunity to create the start-up of their dreams. The surge in new business creation included not only workers who chose self-employment, but also many “high propensity” businesses that are more likely to hire employees and create payroll jobs in the future.</p></div></div></div><div class="StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__content-media__o8N4Z StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky__EK8hB StoryContainer_mck-c-story-container__container-sticky--extra-spacing__uDmVE mdc-u-grid-col-md-span-8"><div class=""><picture data-component="mdc-c-picture" class="Exhibit_mck-c-exhibit__image__pyIDm"><source media="(min-width: 768px)" srcSet="/~/media/mckinsey/featured%20insights/future%20of%20organizations/whats%20next%20for%20consumers%20workers%20and%20companies%20in%20the%20post%20covid%2019%20recovery/svg-mgi-covid-trilogy-ex9-v2.svgz?cq=50&cpy=Center"/><img alt="The number of US new business start-ups has nearly doubled during the pandemic, boosting the share of self-employed workers." src="/~/media/mckinsey/featured%20insights/future%20of%20organizations/whats%20next%20for%20consumers%20workers%20and%20companies%20in%20the%20post%20covid%2019%20recovery/svg-mgi-covid-trilogy-ex9-v2.svgz?cq=50&cpy=Center" loading="lazy"/></picture></div><div class="mck-u-sr-only"></div></div></div></div></div></div> <p>Additional unemployment benefits and stimulus checks that were part of massive government stimulus packages may have enabled these new ventures. Governments can support continued startup growth by extending the digital architecture to give everyone access to affordable broadband connections and by making permanent some temporary changes in regulation that allowed new businesses to flourish during the pandemic, such as telemedicine.</p> <p>Enabling a sustained rebound in consumer spending will require stepping up retraining opportunities for workers displaced by automation and ensuring that young people entering the labor force have marketable skills. In advanced economies, having some type of credential, vocational skill, or tertiary degree can help achieve a career path with upward mobility. The scale of the retraining challenge goes beyond those workers displaced by the effects of COVID-19; even workers who keep their jobs will need to continuously learn new skills because the tasks required of them will evolve. For displaced workers, retraining programs could be delivered in a matter of weeks or months; for many mid-career workers, “wrap-around” support programs that provide income, food, transportation and childcare may be critical to enable participation in retraining programs.</p> <p>Achieving a high-growth recovery requires firms to focus on revenue growth in addition to cost efficiency. That could drive higher productivity growth and increase employment, instead of greater productivity coming at the expense of employment. <a href="/~/media/mckinsey/featured insights/employment and growth/can long term global growth be saved/mgi_global_growth_full_report_february_2015pdf.pdf">Previous MGI research</a> has found that in periods when companies have developed new products and services that create demand, high productivity growth can result in employment growth. This may be happening now: In the most recent <a href="/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/global-survey-the-state-of-ai-in-2020">McKinsey survey on AI</a>, a much larger share of companies reported adopting AI to create new business opportunities rather than to save labor costs than three years ago.</p> <p>Private and public investments, smartly targeted, can also set the stage for sustained productivity growth. For example, several persistent investment gaps could be closed now, including in infrastructure, affordable housing, and green technologies. Human capital is as important as physical capital, and changes in the tax code could treat it similarly. Additional government investment in basic science and R&D, reverting to levels seen in past decades, would also help.</p> <hr/> <p>The pandemic marks a turning point for economies: new patterns of consumer and business behavior emerged at extraordinary speed and many of them will stick. Digitization accelerated faster than many believed possible. The near-term recovery will bring relief. Yet the pandemic’s uneven impact on workers, consumers, and companies threatens to create a two-speed recovery that widens inequality while delivering tepid growth. The disruption caused by COVID-19 also offers a path to higher productivity and broad-based growth, nonetheless, if companies and policymakers seize the opportunity to address emerging gaps.</p></div><div class="container-placeholder"></div></div></div><div class="mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-gutter-xl"><section role="contentinfo" data-layer-region="article-about-authors" class="mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-col-md-12 AboutAuthor_mck-c-about-author__nRJzu"><div class="mdc-u-grid-col-md-start-2 mdc-u-grid-col-md-end-12 mdc-u-grid-col-lg-start-3 mdc-u-grid-col-lg-end-11"><h5 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f mdc-c-heading--title___5qyOB_2734c4f mdc-c-heading--border___K8dj3_2734c4f mdc-u-align-center"></h5><div data-component="mdc-c-description" class="mdc-c-description___SrnQP_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-8 mck-u-links-inline mck-u-links-inline--secondary mdc-u-mt-5"><div><p><strong>Susan Lund</strong>, <a href="/our-people/anu-madgavkar"><strong>Anu Madgavkar</strong></a>, <a href="/our-people/jan-mischke"><strong>Jan Mischke</strong></a>, <a href="/sitecore/service/notfound.aspx?item=web%3a%7b95cbad17-348f-4713-9050-0c39c0dad80c%7d%40en"><strong>Jaana Remes</strong></a> are McKinsey Global Institute partners based in Washington, New Jersey, Zurich, and San Francisco, respectively.</p> <p>The authors wish to thank James Manyika, Sven Smit, and Jonathan Woetzel for their contributions to this article. 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Companies moved rapidly to deploy digital and automation technologies, dramatically accelerating trends that were unfolding at a much slower pace before the crisis. Work went remote, shopping, entertainment, and even medicine went online, and businesses everywhere scrambled to deploy digital systems to accommodate the shifts.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese changes in consumer behavior and business models will persist in advanced economies after the pandemic recedes, although perhaps not with the same intensity as during the crisis. They promise big benefits in terms of higher productivity, efficiency, and innovation\u0026mdash;but also could lead to an uneven economic recovery, with rising inequality among workers, contrasting outcomes for consumers depending on their age and income levels, and a growing gulf between outperforming companies and the rest\u0026mdash;unless business leaders and policy makers take action to mitigate these unwanted effects.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere we draw on insights from three recent McKinsey Global Institute reports to offer a perspective on how the pandemic may reshape the \u003ca href=\"/featured-insights/future-of-work/the-future-of-work-after-covid-19\"\u003efuture of work\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"/industries/consumer-packaged-goods/our-insights/the-consumer-demand-recovery-and-lasting-effects-of-covid-19\"\u003econsumer behavior\u003c/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"/industries/public-sector/our-insights/will-productivity-and-growth-return-after-the-covid-19-crisis\"\u003eproductivity and growth\u003c/a\u003e over the next several years. The research focuses primarily on changes we have observed in advanced economies in Europe and North America. In Asia, where countries controlled COVID-19 more rapidly and effectively, the behavioral changes are less pronounced.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe actions we collectively take today\u0026mdash;from investing in human capital to enabling a surge of entrepreneurship to diffusing technology to companies of all sizes\u0026mdash;could create a virtuous cycle of job growth, rising consumption, and productivity growth. Lessons from past recessions reveal that this is not only possible but routinely occurred in many post-war recessions. Failure to act is likely to deliver a tepid, two-speed recovery like we saw after the 2008 financial crisis.\u003c/p\u003e\n[[statementdisruptor 1]]\n\u003cp\u003eEvery activity and function that could move online did, fueling a mass digital migration. Companies sent their employees home and eliminated business travel, and many now plan to continue with some hybrid form of remote work and virtual meetings. Consumers went online to fulfil needs ranging from buying groceries and taking school classes to exercise and doctor appointments. Businesses also turned to digital tools in new ways. Auto dealerships used email, text messaging, Zoom, and Facetime to \u003ca href=\"/capabilities/growth-marketing-and-sales/our-insights/how-consumers-behavior-in-car-buying-and-mobility-changes-amid-covid-19\"\u003esell cars without any contact with customers\u003c/a\u003e, for example. \u003ca href=\"https://www.eater.com/21540765/ghost-kitchens-virtual-restaurants-covid-19-industry-impact\"\u003eFast-food restaurants created \u0026ldquo;ghost\u0026rdquo; kitchens\u003c/a\u003e devoted solely to filling online delivery orders. Companies turned to \u003ca href=\"/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/global-survey-the-state-of-ai-in-2020\"\u003eautomation and AI\u003c/a\u003e to cope with surges in demand and the need to reduce workplace density. Some of these changes delivered more convenience and greater efficiency and so are likely to endure well after the pandemic has receded.\u003c/p\u003e\n[[story 1]]\n[[sidebar 1]]\n\u003cp\u003eMany of the consumers driving that growth were new to online transactions. We found, for instance, that first-time online grocery shoppers accounted for 30 to 50 percent of total US consumers shopping online in July 2020, driven largely by baby boomers nudged by the pandemic to make a digital transition they otherwise might not have needed to make. \u0026ldquo;Home nesting\u0026rdquo; became popular, with many consumers investing to enhance their new homebound lifestyle (see sidebar, \u0026ldquo;Consumers focus on \u0026ldquo;home nesting\u0026rdquo;). Other virtual transactions took off, too. Telemedicine, for example, languished until COVID-19 came along. Online medical consultations via Practo, an Indian telehealth company, grew more than tenfold between April 2020 and November 2020. \u003ca href=\"https://www.lemonde.fr/m-perso/article/2020/10/09/comment-la-teleconsultation-bouleverse-la-relation-patient-medecin_6055482_4497916.html\"\u003eIn France, the state health system\u003c/a\u003e reported 1.2 million virtual consultations in September 2020, compared to 40,000 in February 2020.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile curiosity about consumer behavior after COVID-19 abounds, we found that the actions of companies and governments matter at least as much in determining whether new behaviors are likely to stick, including signs of a move to more sustainable consumption in some places. For example, \u003ca href=\"https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260907991_Why_Ethical_Consumers_Don't_Walk_Their_Talk_Towards_a_Framework_for_Understanding_the_Gap_Between_the_Ethical_Purchase_Intentions_and_Actual_Buying_Behaviour_of_Ethically_Minded_Consumers\"\u003esurveys\u003c/a\u003e show that between 30 and 50 percent of consumers indicate an intent to buy sustainable products\u0026mdash;although such products account for less than 5 percent market share of sales in part because companies charge more for them and governments offer no incentives to purchase them. Companies made decisions that set the choices consumers could make during the pandemic, and governments established guardrails with their stimulus policies. To determine how enduring shifts to new digital channels may be, we examined consumption using a \u0026ldquo;stickiness\u0026rdquo; test we devised that takes into account the actions of companies and governments as well as consumers.\u003c/p\u003e\n[[story 2]]\n[[statementdisruptor 2]]\n[[story 5]]\n[[statementdisruptor 3]]\n[[story 8]]\n\u003cp\u003eTo achieve a broad-based recovery, companies and policy makers will need to move with the same alacrity they used to respond to constraints imposed by COVID-19 and, in doing so, enable higher productivity growth, better jobs, and expansive consumption. Ensuring that digital and other technology adoption is broad-based and that productivity increases are matched by rising wages is key. It will also be essential for business leaders and policy makers to mitigate workforce disruptions and offer support to vulnerable workers as they transition to new jobs with higher wages but requiring different skills. Achieving a better outcome is doable but will require faster, bolder action than we saw during the recovery after the 2008 financial crisis.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the pandemic, many large companies developed strategies to support their small- and midsized suppliers. Continuing these actions are vital to delivering any potential productivity dividend. Many companies accelerated payments to some suppliers and helped them interpret changing government regulations. Other companies are helping their small and mid-sized suppliers digitize the supply chain, invest in sustainable operations, and utilize automation and AI to raise efficiency.\u003c/p\u003e\n[[story 9]]\n\u003cp\u003eAdditional unemployment benefits and stimulus checks that were part of massive government stimulus packages may have enabled these new ventures. Governments can support continued startup growth by extending the digital architecture to give everyone access to affordable broadband connections and by making permanent some temporary changes in regulation that allowed new businesses to flourish during the pandemic, such as telemedicine.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnabling a sustained rebound in consumer spending will require stepping up retraining opportunities for workers displaced by automation and ensuring that young people entering the labor force have marketable skills. In advanced economies, having some type of credential, vocational skill, or tertiary degree can help achieve a career path with upward mobility. The scale of the retraining challenge goes beyond those workers displaced by the effects of COVID-19; even workers who keep their jobs will need to continuously learn new skills because the tasks required of them will evolve. For displaced workers, retraining programs could be delivered in a matter of weeks or months; for many mid-career workers, \u0026ldquo;wrap-around\u0026rdquo; support programs that provide income, food, transportation and childcare may be critical to enable participation in retraining programs.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAchieving a high-growth recovery requires firms to focus on revenue growth in addition to cost efficiency. That could drive higher productivity growth and increase employment, instead of greater productivity coming at the expense of employment. \u003ca href=\"/~/media/mckinsey/featured insights/employment and growth/can long term global growth be saved/mgi_global_growth_full_report_february_2015pdf.pdf\"\u003ePrevious MGI research\u003c/a\u003e has found that in periods when companies have developed new products and services that create demand, high productivity growth can result in employment growth. This may be happening now: In the most recent \u003ca href=\"/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/global-survey-the-state-of-ai-in-2020\"\u003eMcKinsey survey on AI\u003c/a\u003e, a much larger share of companies reported adopting AI to create new business opportunities rather than to save labor costs than three years ago.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrivate and public investments, smartly targeted, can also set the stage for sustained productivity growth. For example, several persistent investment gaps could be closed now, including in infrastructure, affordable housing, and green technologies. Human capital is as important as physical capital, and changes in the tax code could treat it similarly. Additional government investment in basic science and R\u0026amp;D, reverting to levels seen in past decades, would also help.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr /\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pandemic marks a turning point for economies: new patterns of consumer and business behavior emerged at extraordinary speed and many of them will stick. Digitization accelerated faster than many believed possible. The near-term recovery will bring relief. Yet the pandemic\u0026rsquo;s uneven impact on workers, consumers, and companies threatens to create a two-speed recovery that widens inequality while delivering tepid growth. The disruption caused by COVID-19 also offers a path to higher productivity and broad-based growth, nonetheless, if companies and policymakers seize the opportunity to address emerging gaps.\u003c/p\u003e"},"isFullScreenInteractive":{"boolValue":false},"hideStickySocialShareBar":{"boolValue":false},"desktopID":{"value":""},"mobileID":{"value":""},"desktopURL":{"value":""},"mobileURL":{"value":""},"desktopPaddingPercentage":{"value":""},"mobilePaddingPercentage":{"value":""},"desktopOverrideHeight":{"value":""},"mobileOverrideHeight":{"value":""},"cerosOembedURL":{"value":""},"cerosRenderMode":{"targetItem":null},"cerosBackgroundColor":{"targetItem":null},"hideByLine":{"boolValue":false},"tableOfContentsTitle":{"value":"TABLE OF CONTENTS"},"accessStatus":{"targetItem":{"key":{"value":"RegisteredUsers"},"value":{"value":"Registered Users"}}},"articleType":{"targetItem":{"displayName":"Article"}},"hasSpecialReport":{"boolValue":true},"contentType":{"targetItem":{"displayName":"Article"}},"sourcePublication":{"targetItem":{"name":"MGI Research","displayName":"MGI Research","title":{"value":"MGI Research"},"relatedlinks":{"url":"/mgi/overview"},"landinglinks":{"jsonValue":{"value":[]}}}},"externalPublication":{"value":""},"mobileReady":{"boolValue":true},"forClientsOnly":{"boolValue":false},"excludeFromClientLink":{"boolValue":false},"originalPublishDate":{"jsonValue":{"value":"2021-05-18T23:00:00Z"}},"footnotes":{"value":""},"contributoryPractice":{"targetItems":[{"displayName":"McKinsey Global Institute"}]},"aboutTheAuthors":{"value":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Lund\u003c/strong\u003e, \u003ca href=\"/our-people/anu-madgavkar\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnu Madgavkar\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"/our-people/jan-mischke\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJan Mischke\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"/sitecore/service/notfound.aspx?item=web%3a%7b95cbad17-348f-4713-9050-0c39c0dad80c%7d%40en\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJaana Remes\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e are McKinsey Global Institute partners based in Washington, New Jersey, Zurich, and San Francisco, respectively.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors wish to thank James Manyika, Sven Smit, and Jonathan Woetzel for their contributions to this article. 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Consumers sharply cut back on travel, entertainment, restaurant dining, and other in-person services. Many low-income service workers were furloughed or lost their jobs and were supported by unprecedented government stimulus packages that more than covered their lost incomes and helped mitigate the fallout. Indeed, the big stimulus amounted to a reversal of two decades of institutional pullback, \u003ca href=\"/industries/public-sector/our-insights/covid-19-has-revived-the-social-contract-in-advanced-economies-for-now-what-will-stick-once-the-crisis-abates\"\u003ereviving the social contract\u003c/a\u003e. Meanwhile, high-income households with members who could work remotely saw their savings rise as opportunities to spend on travel, entertainment, dining, and other forms of leisure dried up. Savings rates spiked 10 to 20 percent in the United States and Western Europe, leaving many households in a strong position to spend once the pandemic is brought to heel. 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