There are small businesses around the world struggling to survive because of the COVID-19 crisis. Most business schools have consulting teams that are working in the community during the year to gain experience. Pair individual students or teams of students with a small business or organisation locally, or abroad, for the whole year (or longer). Have them available to these organisations as advisors to explore ideas on how to survive the current times, innovate, adapt, and move forwards. Task them with thinking about issues that the business or organisation may not have the time or bandwidth to really think about at this moment including coming up with creative solutions and embedding social and environmental considerations into their business with a focus on developing resilience. This could be done in person or virtually or both.
