Before, During and After the Pandemic – Measures Taken, Lessons Learned

I have had the dubious pleasure of having been part of G+D’s global Corona crisis team for the past 15 months, during which time I have had the chance to gain live insight into what has been happening with the more than 11,500 people at the more than 50 sites of our company group worldwide and at our customer sites in almost all countries on this planet during the crisis.

It all started back in February 2020, when the G+D Global Executive Management team met for its annual kick-off meeting, live in Munich with over 100 colleagues. As none of our colleagues from our card factory in China, neighbouring Wuhan, could travel, we prepared a live video message for them, waving with German and Chinese flags – not realising how close the virus already was to all of us.