Long before COVID-19 reared its ugly head, there was already a massive shift towards distributed workforces, and it only seems to have been accelerated by the need to remain socially distant. As we gain momentum in fighting this terrible virus, and companies look to reopen their headquarters, there is a sentiment that this shift to a remote workforce is here to stay.
Work wherever you feel safe and comfortable.” That’s what I said to our team over a month ago, and I haven’t seen any of them in person since. We didn’t mandate anything because this was before New York City effectively shut down, but everyone understandably opted to head for more square footage and stocked kitchens in the suburbs. Overnight, the world changed.
For the better part of a decade, I’ve had the unique privilege of working with 300+ companies and 500+ entrepreneurs to solve some of the biggest health challenges of our time as the Portfolio Director at StartUp Health.
As a team whose daily work revolves around building teams for high growth healthcare companies, Aequitas Partners has been closely tracking the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic across the digital health industry. We’ve watched our clients step up and do incredible work during this crisis, quickly responding by adapting their technology to address patient needs and the larger healthcare community.
We are so excited to make our first contribution to Aequitas’ quarterly newsletter! As the newest additions to the team, we’ve spent some time over the course of our first year here trying to further educate ourselves on our industry to add value to our clients and candidates alike. Both avid readers, we decided to choose a healthcare related book to book-club internally.
When Teams Go Remote: Tips on Scaling in a Distributed Environment
In Search of Silver Linings: Opportunity in Chaos
The Shift to Value-Based Conversation
Why We Do What We Do: The Health Talent Exchange
AQP Book Club Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, by Atul Gawande