12: On Aon's Work Helping Businesses Navigate COVID-19 with Chief Medical Officer Dr. Neal Mills

Companies today are faced with the staggering task of developing return-to-office plans while navigating the ever-changing threat of COVID-19. What are the right return-to-office policies regarding vaccination requirements and in-person work exemptions that will best ensure the safety of the community at large? To help understand these evolving guidelines, on this episode of “On Aon,” host Andrea O'Leary, Aon’s Senior Director of Culture and Change, welcomes Aon’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Neal Mills. They discuss the challenges and possibilities that are still facing all of us as businesses respond to the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic.

• What about his business and health profession most inspires Neal? [1:19]
• Key considerations when returning to the office in today’s uncertain pandemic environment. [2:07]
• How are companies enforcing return-to-office policies, if at all? [6:12]
• The ever-changing and cascading decisions that employers are tasked with making. [9:28]
• What are the important things to know about COVID-19 right now? [11:12]
• Insight regarding vaccine boosters. [13:45]
• Neal offers his best guess on when the pandemic will actually end. [16:00]
• Neal reveals his next big global project at Aon. [18:35]

Additional Resources:

Aon’s website

COVID-19 Pulse Survey: U.S. Vaccination Trends

COVID Isn’t Gone: What Employers Need to Know About the Delta Variant

Aon Webinar: Tactical and Logistical Planning for COVID-19 Vaccinations

Looking for more from Dr. Mills? He shared insights on The One Brief about Delta and other COVID-19 variants. Dr. Mills and many other Aon clinicians have also played integral roles in the global Work, Travel and Convene coalitions.

See Dr. Mill’s recent media coverage in Fortune, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Business Journals, CNBC Make It and CBS News.

Tweetables:

“This pandemic situation is so dynamic. There is so much information changing and it’s all happening in real time.” — Dr. Neal Mills

“We need to be more vigilant right now than we have ever been.” — Dr. Neal Mills

“The work and innovation that is going to come out of this collaboration is going to be staggering.” — Dr. Neal Mills