APAC respondents were the only organizations to report significantly higher numbers of businesses thriving during the pandemic (11% compared to 7% overall). All other regions only reported 6% as thriving. This suggests that these organizations were more resilient and able to pursue the opportunities created by the pandemic
Organizations from all regions reported high numbers indicating they felt their business had been impacted by COVID-19 but had remained resilient (benchmark 48%) but again APAC beat the overall benchmark (57%)
APAC respondents were the only organizations to report significantly higher numbers of businesses thriving during the pandemic (11% compared to 7% overall)
52% of APAC respondents had a pandemic plan in place prior to the event which is significantly higher than the benchmark (31%)
APAC had the lowest number of respondents within the recovery phase (only 39% compared to the benchmark of 52%) but they had much higher numbers of organizations in the reshape phase (36% compared to the benchmark of 29%). This may be related to the fact that the region was earliest to be impacted by first and second waves. It provides some indication that applying the lessons learned from the event and the resilience of organizations has enabled them to move forwards with strategic plans
Asia Pacific
27%
52%
31%
21%
APAC
North America
LATAM
EMEA
Companies who had a pandemic plan in place prior to COVID-19, by region