Our Latest Thinking on Business Resilience

Global trade has been transformed by Brexit, geopolitical tensions, the pandemic, and other shocks. Here’s how North American companies are adapting.

It may come as a surprise, but, as BCG's Kristy Ellmer explains, now could be a great time to undertake a major change program and build up operational resilience.

Attracting the right talent—and optimizing the skills of the current workforce—creates a “people advantage” that can help an organization navigate these uncertain times.

Companies are struggling to grasp the real value of investing in the ability to absorb and recover from supply disruptions.

Companies may be tempted to deprioritize net-zero efforts as they focus on reinforcing the resilience of their business. That would be a mistake.

A chat with Sanjay Saxena, global leader of BCG’s health care payers, providers, systems, and services business, on the challenges facing US hospitals and health care systems.

Organizations’ biggest cost is usually operations, making it the first place to seek efficiency and productivity improvements to fund the future.

When organizations connect cost management initiatives to their purpose, vision, and values, their transformation efforts are more likely to be successful and sustainable.

Most company efforts to reduce expenses fail. Four challenges block the way: two reflecting what costs get cut, and two related to how value is delivered.

The best organizations know how to turn adversity into opportunity. In this edition of BCG's Executive Perspectives, we look at how leaders can respond to today's unprecedented uncertainty by building a competitive cost advantage.

The business environment just keeps getting tougher, but transformation is still an imperative. A new survey confirms that five measures can make a big difference in results.

ZBT can do much more than inject cost discipline—it can help companies maintain their strategic momentum even amid difficult economic conditions.

In this edition of BCG’s Executive Perspectives, we examine the disruptive forces that are bearing down on business leaders today, offering concrete actions that they can take to capture lasting competitive advantage and create more resilient organizations.

BCG’s Julie Bedard and Matt Kropp discuss how companies that broaden the lens on AI beyond productivity can benefit from increased employee creativity and job satisfaction.

Implementing agile ways of working and fractal organization principles can help companies build the resilience to succeed in uncertain times.

Volatility and uncertainty have significantly stressed organizations and their people. This edition features the capabilities and components needed to build organizational resilience in the near-term and secure competitive advantage in the long run.

Companies often struggle to match decision-making speed with changing dynamics. That’s why a decision-led approach to end-to-end planning transformation is key.

BCG’s new benchmark reveals that only 10% of companies are truly prepared for supply chain disruptions. Where does your company stand?

Building resilience and promoting sustainability while maintaining cost efficiency, service levels, and growth requires redesigning your network—and that will take several years. Better get started.

Companies that invest in supply chain resilience turn disruption into competitive advantage. Learn how leaders can prepare to absorb and recover from unpredictable upsets by leveraging digital tools, talent, governance, and more.