Resilience beyond business continuity
Why enterprises need to shift from static recovery plans to adaptive systems that connect operations, suppliers, people and critical dependencies.
Read articleRelated macro
Power, utilities and renewable energy
Build resilient power-system value as electricity demand, renewables and grid constraints drive a new cycle of infrastructure investment.
Discover the macroEditorial overview
Articles
Third-party ecosystems are the new risk perimeter
How supplier, cyber and reputational exposures can propagate across extended enterprise networks faster than traditional controls can respond.
Read articleFocus
Global logistics is being redesigned around disruption that no longer looks temporary
Trade conflict, chokepoints and rerouting are making network optionality as important as unit transportation cost.
Banking is entering an era of faster markets and more programmable money
AI, tokenization and stablecoins are beginning to change trading, payments and financial infrastructure while regulation remains uneven.
Strategic challenges
How should producers invest when security risk rises but demand growth weakens?
The challenge is balancing near-term scarcity economics with long-lived assets exposed to changing demand, technology and policy.
Which chemical assets still deserve capital in a structurally oversupplied market?
The challenge is deciding where to defend scale, exit disadvantaged capacity or shift toward specialties with stronger economics.
POV
The next insurance advantage may come from deciding faster without pricing risk worse
AI can compress underwriting and claims cycles, but speed becomes dangerous if judgment and governance do not improve with it.
The billable hour is becoming harder to defend when the hour disappears
Professional services will need to price judgment and outcomes rather than preserve economics built around human effort that AI removes.
Strategic impact
Volatile food markets reward supply flexibility more than perfect forecasting
Multiple sourcing paths and responsive pricing become more valuable when category-specific shocks disrupt otherwise stable global supply.
Route optionality is becoming a measurable source of logistics resilience
Networks with credible alternatives can respond faster when ports, corridors or geopolitical conditions remove established flows.
What we observe
Manufacturers often automate equipment before redesigning the production system
Advanced technology adds limited leverage when bottlenecks, legacy workflows and disconnected plant architectures remain untouched.
Mobility strategies often celebrate autonomous miles before proving unit economics
Technical deployment does not guarantee attractive economics when fleet capital, remote support and low-density demand remain expensive.