Coronavirus provides an opportunity for firms to reflect and change

When the dust settles, politicians might find it easier to go after large corporations. And if businesses respond in the right way, the rewards could be huge, writes Chris Blackhurst

Waiting for the clouds to clear: London’s Canary Wharf (Getty)

When this is all over, where will be? It’s a question occupying the minds of senior executives as they sit in their homes. For the first time in many a year they’ve got time to think.

Of course, they’re managing their businesses, as much as they can, via conference calls on Microsoft Teams or Zoom. They’re making sure they take up their daily exercise allowance. And they’re reading, watching box sets, pursuing that pastime they’ve always said they would do but never got around to doing, such as painting or learning a musical instrument.

They’ve still got space left over in which to brood. They’re hearing and viewing and reading online about daily PR foul-ups, tales of perceived callousness by their fellow bosses, and are grateful not to be hitting the headlines themselves.