Preparing for what comes next
As geopolitical tensions, market volatility, climate disruption, and technological change continue to reshape the global operating environment, organisations are increasingly recognising that resilience cannot be built through short-term planning alone. The growing pace of uncertainty is challenging leaders to look beyond immediate risks and prepare for a future that remains difficult to predict.
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Against this backdrop, organisations across sectors are strengthening their focus on strategic foresight, resilience planning, and long-term preparedness to ensure they remain operational and competitive during periods of disruption.
CRJ’s Advisory Panel member, Cedrick Moriggi, addressed these challenges as a featured panellist during the executive briefing, ‘Navigating Uncertainty: Energy Security and Resilience in an Evolving Regional Context’, hosted by The World Forum for Energy Transformation (WPC Energy) and the Resilience World Nexus Summit.
Joining Moriggi on the panel were senior representatives from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (Undrr), WPC Energy, Marsh, and leading organisations across the energy, resilience, and risk management sectors.
During the discussion, Moriggi highlighted the growing challenge facing executive teams as they attempt to plan amid increasing uncertainty: “Most of them struggle to envisage two years, three years down the line,” noting that many organisations remain focused on short-term horizons despite rapidly changing risk landscapes.
Drawing on lessons from his own experience with executives and leaders, he emphasised the need for a long-term approach to resilience. “There’s no crystal ball that is going to tell you what will happen in six months or a year. What I do know, however, and we’ve seen during Covid-19, is that when you climb a hill, you don’t know what you’re going to find on the top.”
“And, while you’re climbing down, you have opportunities you might have not thought about before. So, there is some action they need to take now in order to be prepared in six months, 12 months, or 18 months down the line. Otherwise, they’re not going to be fit to run whenever the opportunity will arise.”
Looking ahead, Moriggi expressed his concerns regarding the defining challenges for resilience for the coming decades: “Human-machine climate disruption will be, I think, by far the worst legacy in this century. I think we haven’t grasped yet nor understood yet what is currently thrown at us.”
The session explored the implications of geopolitical uncertainty for energy security, supply chains, infrastructure resilience, climate adaptation, organisational preparedness, and long-term strategic planning. Speakers emphasised the need for anticipatory action, cross-sector collaboration, and resilience-led decision-making to navigate an increasingly complex global environment.
You can find the full recording of the session here.