Globalisation will never truly die as digital technology continues to shrink the distance between us.

It’s either a fool’s error or the product of hype journalism that anyone would believe that globalisation as a concept is coming to an end.

Yet it’s a very legitimate source of fear that has future forecasters worried about where to begin again once this current global crisis is over.

The root of this uncertainty and the belief that globalisation is dead stems from a forced shift away from physical interactions that were once thought to be the norm.

Realising that one must act and work within a completely digital framework is something that a whole generation of professionals are coming to grips with. Where once a visit to an international partner was as simple as a plane flight and a handshake, it’s now a videocall or nothing. An uncertain prospect for many who have always grounded their day-to-day operations in person-to-person contact.

To absorb all this at once and be swept up in the surge of fear and popular opinion, it’s no wonder why so many are convinced that the current age of globalisation is over.

But to take this alarmist point of view and proclaim that ‘globalisation is dead’ is to completely ignore the staying power of globalisation’s biggest promoter, digital…