The Police Service of Northern Ireland is just one of the large institutions that have had to implement rapid and radical reorganisation to cope with the coronavirus crisis.
Chief Constable Simon Byrne, in an interview with this paper on Monday, said the service was effectively 'collapsed and rebuilt' with changes that would normally take years to navigate introduced within days.
Like the health service which has undergone a similarly dramatic transformation, Mr Byrne says some of the elements that have been brought in have proved so successful that they will become normal practice when the emergency is over.
It is reassuring that major organisations such as the PSNI are able to adapt quickly to a changing and challenging landscape and that measures have been identified that can hopefully lead to an improved service in the future.
It is important that the police service regularly reviews its practices and procedures and encourages fresh thinking and an open approach.
Mr Byrne certainly indicated that he is open to new ideas on tackling the thorny issue of Catholic representation in the PSNI.
This has proved to be a significant problem for the PSNI since the abandonment of 50:50 recruitment and Mr Byrne is the latest in a line of chief constables who have 'wrestled with this issue', as he termed it.
The most recent campaign earlier this year, received the public backing of senior figures in Sinn Féin and generated almost 7,000 applications, with around a third from the Catholic community.
While not in favour of a return to 50:50 recruitment, Mr Byrne said: ''It would be foolish to rule it out because like anything in life once it's gone it's hard to get it back.''
In terms of broader thinking, the chief constable has suggested the Catholic recruitment problem could be addressed by first encouraging people to join the organisation as civilian support staff.
It is a novel idea which shows that minds are being concentrated on this issue.
It is also essential that the PSNI is representative of the entire community at all levels and in all roles within the service.
However, on its own, using the civilian route into the police is unlikely to provide a proper solution to the deepseated problem of Catholic under-representation.
