A business leader has contributed to a new book providing insights and predictions as to what the “new normality” might look like in the post-Covid-19 world.

Paul Plant is one of several authors featured in ‘Aftershocks & Opportunities - Scenarios for a Post-Pandemic Future’.

The book features the views of 25 futurists and transformation experts from all over the globe, and explores topics such as what it would be like to have a bi-annual ‘quarantine month’, what would happen if the social security contract between generations breaks down, how to reinvent government and business, and how to put people and planet at the heart of the recovery agenda.

Created in less than 10 weeks, it takes the public debate beyond current issues such as lockdown policies and getting children back into education to think about what happens next.

The 61-year-old, who was born and raised in Lowestoft, has lived in St Albans for 31 years, where he works as an independent consultant, advising on corporate strategy, digital transformation and customer experience.

The former Yell plc executive said: “Prior to the pandemic much of the world’s disruption was down to technology adoption and changes in climate etc.

“COVID-19 however, has brought unprecedented disruption on a global scale, and it therefore became a timely and relevant topic for the book.”

Mr Plant’s chapter is entitled ‘Does the Proverbial Cloud Created by the Pandemic of 2020 Have a Silver Lining?’.

He explained: “The inspiration came from reading a Facebook post by my Old Albanian Rugby Club friend Chris Butterworth, where he was inviting friends and contacts to comment on how the lockdown has affected them. He had asked people to state what they were appreciating more, what things they felt would never be the same again, and what positive takeaways would people carry forward once lockdown was over?

“The post proved to be very popular, with a sizeable number of responses, yet an incredible amount of consistency across a range of topics.”

Copies of the book are available from https://fastfuture.com/ and Amazon.