This interview article examines and describes some of the lasting and indelible influences and effects of the recent COVID-19 pandemic on work life and organizations. It also identifies some practical solutions and advice for leaders and managers to deal with those pandemic effects. This article uses two in-depth interviews with April Armstrong, the CEO of AHA Insight, a change management executive consultant who has advised and worked with many organizations (including The White House, the Department of Defense, and many Fortune 500 companies) and led the evaluation of Exercise Top Officials, a whole-of-government training and research program administered by the Department of Homeland Security and its National Level Exercise Program to prepare for a range of catastrophic disaster scenarios, including a viral pandemic.