Managing Complexity and Covid-19: Life, Liberty or the Pursuit of Happiness

This book brings together insights and perspectives from leading medical, legal and business professionals, as well as academics and other members of civil society, on the threats and opportunities to life during the Covid19 pandemic. It provides a uniquely inter-disciplinary perspective for policymakers, researchers and medical professionals to assess the different practical strategies, and risk and crisis management processes available to them in addressing the very difficult choices with which they are presented and their implications.

The book presents a framework for the different facets of strategic choices faced by policymakers between life and livelihood, and the challenges of protecting health versus reopening the economy. It also evaluates the intense challenges faced by frontline medical professionals and scientists during an unfolding catastrophe. Finally, the authors explore the societal and human elements of the pandemic and its impact on family dynamics, society, education, and business, including the technology, creative, entertainment and leisure industries.

This book is deliberately short and captures key insights on the Covid19 pandemic to form an inter-disciplinary overview for professionals, policy makers, and business leaders to consider the long-term implications of the pandemic and lessons for future crises.