Looking back on the past few months, we have been forced to travel a strange journey together across the planet.
Dealing with the almost fraternizing issue of an active pandemic outbreak really was something new to deal with. The first few weeks started as surrealistic, driving an almost apocalyptic silence and distancing throughout the streets. As the weeks passed, more leniency re-occurred in daily life. Right now we are at the point of trying to resume ‘normal’ business and operations again.
Relevance of bowtie model in current times
Since the COVID-19 crises started, there have been many takes on the bowtie model. It was promising to see that also in this specific health risk context, the popular barrier-based scenario method is once more widely spread and adopted by multiple industries and many organizations. In order to accommodate companies through both phases (going in quarantine/lockdown as well as resuming normal activities) CGE Risk too engaged in providing bowties to capture the situation at hand.
When zooming out on the various materials provided, one thing in particular struck our attention. There was a difference over time concerning the main focus of these bowties. For instance, in the two bowties that CGE Risk officially underpinned and spread, you can clearly see that one of them focusses more on the right-hand side of the model, whereas the other pays much more attention to the left-hand side in its scope.
