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Together Apart: Adapting to the New Normal

The COVID-19 crisis has transformed communities and
economies around the globe and will enduringly reshape
our environment as it proceeds to unfold further. The future
of business has arrived faster, along with its challenges,
such as income polarization, worker vulnerability, and the
requirement for workers to readjust to professional
transformations. This acceleration is the result of
technological progressions and new concerns for health
and safety.

Video conference is the new normal! This one covered 4 countries:
Latif Zeb joined from SriLanka, Naseer-ud-Din from Bangladesh,
Hilda Mcduff from USA & Faisal Mahmood from Canada
• Digital Connectivity

• Product Development & Design
• Team Engagement
Amidst the pandemic, Interloop executive teams have
transitioned to working from home, adapting to the new
normal. Our colleagues have utilized virtual facilitation and
communication, which has enhanced teamwork and
collaboration. The ascension of Zoom & MS Teams online
videos, Skype for business, Google Hangouts, and other
technologies connecting our people working from home
with their colleagues have appeared to work out relatively
smoothly. Virtual sampling and digital concept meetings
have been made possible and virtual tours of Hosiery and
Denim Plants have been developed for our customers.
The new normal for working Mom Heather Wilson of ILNA: her home
based office doubles as a remote classroom. Daughters Dana and Embracing the new normal, we have been relying on digital
India’s school closed due to the pandemic and classes went online platforms to ensure the continuity of our supply chains.
This has helped us in safeguarding the health and safety of
To continue working efficiently and creating value under our people through audits and real-time monitoring at our
these new circumstances, organizations have started factories.
adapting and aligning their workforce as per new working
conditions. Lockdown measures have highlighted the Focusing on team management, we have been keeping
value of workplace flexibility. our culture alive through everyday connection, global &
local teams’ calls, weekly huddles, and daily emails. We
Working remotely under these circumstances means celebrate “Everyday Heroes” & ICARE Values and share
adapting to a new environment, battling a new set of stories through digital communication platforms with lively
distractions as well as experiencing an unprecedented instances of young children bursting onto the camera or
fusion of work and private life. family commotion in the background.

Adapting to the new working environment, Interloop As the economy slowly begins to reopen, it remains to be
assessed the organizational exposure and positioned itself seen whether or not COVID-19 has accelerated inevitable
to appropriately support key stakeholders through: trends in the workplace culture.

Customer meetings are all virtual meetings, prompting an acceleration
ILNA leadership meets weekly via MS teams, all cameras on!
of virtual sample development capabilities

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