The imagination age: Coming to a factory floor near you

There is nothing positive about a pandemic. Yet COVID-19, says Kevin Parikh, has become the equivalent of chief transformation officer for manufacturers, triggering the rapid adoption of digital manufacturing innovations that will spur organizations to be more creative and productive. “What the coronavirus did was flip a switch to the point that you can’t survive now unless you internalize these things,” says Parikh, chairman and CEO of global management-consulting firm Avasant.