A quick update on what Wave Consulting is doing and why, in regard to Covid-19. We are a small company, so we don’t want to get carried away with what we do in this context, but here are a few little changes happening at our desk.

Wave Consulting has started a remote working / working from home policy

We trust the science and medical advice, and will therefore work from home from now until it is safe to return to our co-working office. There is no shortage of medical advice (WHO, AMA, Dept. of Health) that this strategy is necessary. The critical issue here isn’t whether we get sick, but if by not self-isolating we increase the risk of others getting sick and we then are actually accelerating the transmission rate in the whole community. 

There are more important things than work

It is going to be a difficult period, for many people, and to be honest it reinforces that there is a lot more to life than just work. So, while we will keep working, we have to be aware that there is now a whole lot of other, and bigger, issues going on in your community and ours. 

Leave no one behind

We’ve been working on a ‘Leave no one behind’ project for the past 12 months, with a team led by Monash University and lots of other smart people, in relation to Sustainable Development Goals and water goals.  Which means we are a whole lot more knowledgeable about what this all means for those less able, those in remote communities, and those that are already struggling financially. It might not make a big difference, but one of our focuses is to take a little bit of time each day to think about and help others.  

We can still deliver our work, with the aid of video conferencing and field visits, as per usual

Realistically 95% of our work can continue as per usual. We have some site visits that can still be done, and we have a lot of work that is done in an office. We are still able to get through work exactly as we used to. What we will do though is continue to focus on how to CONNECT with people, without sitting in the same room. 

Finally, we see a lot of parallels re: ‘#flattenthecurve’ and the work we do on resilient and smart water and energy systems

Turns out we’ve been working on ‘#flattenthecurve’ for a long time, but for water and energy instead! We might have a go at exploring these links in a blog when we have time.

Thanks and take care.