A young pizza worker has been vilified for triggering the sudden decision to order South Australia into a strict COVID-19 lockdown last week. But is he really the source of the problem?
A potentially serious downside of the COVID-19 work from home (WFH) trend is that communicating complex forms of knowledge requires face-to-face interaction.
Intervening in one part of a complex system can fail to successfully address a problem, or have unintended consequences in another part of the system.
What does this knowledge disruption mean for knowledge management (KM)?
Many older people live alone, and have health conditions that increase their vulnerability to COVID-19. Knowledge from the Global South can help with this.