Emerge stronger through disruption

In our latest episode of Emerge Stronger through Disruption podcast series, our Global Centre for Crisis and Resilience co-leader Dave Stainback is joined by Matthew Duffey, PwC's Global Leader for Business Model Reinvention, to explore the critical need for Business Model Reinvention (BMR) and resilience in today's fast-paced business world, and how crises can serve as catalysts for transformation.

Our Global Centre for Crisis and Resilience co-leaders Dave Stainback and Bobbie Ramsden-Knowles discuss the challenges facing businesses in this environment of constant crisis and change and discuss how successful business leaders can emerge stronger through disruption. In our latest episode, Dave and Bobbie reflect on the major disruptions and the evolving regulatory landscape of 2024 and explore how to build resilience for 2025.

Our Global Centre for Crisis and Resilience co-leaders Bobbie Ramsden-Knowles and Dave Stainback discuss the importance of measuring and reporting on enterprise resilience maturity and how to go about it. They highlight the crucial role of technology and introduce PwC’s newly launched Enterprise Resilience Assessment tool.

GCCR co-leaders Dave and Bobbie explore the increasing global regulation around resilience that is starting to rapidly take shape, and discuss what it means for organisations and actions they can take now.

Shaun Willcocks, Global Risk Markets and Internal Audit Leader, joins our GCCR co-leader Bobbie Ramsden-Knowles to discuss the newly launched PwC’s Global Risk Survey 2023 and the key behaviours of Risk Pioneers, organisations successfully driving reinvention, growth and resilience.

Blair Sheppard, PwC’s Global Leader for Strategy and Leadership, joins our GCCR co-leaders Dave and Bobbie to discuss how his research and perspectives on macro global shifts highlight the importance of developing resilience and being ready for continued - and increasingly more complex - disruption.

Risk in the geopolitical arena is rising. But the players and potential consequences are quite different from just a decade ago. Find out what’s in store – and at stake – from PwC UK’s Gavin Barwell and Alex Sagovsky in conversation with our Global Centre for Crisis and Resilience co-leader Bobbie Ramsden-Knowles.

What role does technology play in resilience? Kate Needham-Bennett from Fusion Risk Management joins PwC’s Dave Stainback to dig into the power of technology and data – and how they work together to create value.

PwC's Bobbie Ramsden-Knowles and Dave Stainback take a deep dive into the data from our latest PwC's Global Crisis and Resilience Survey 2023, how the resilience landscape has changed since our first survey four years ago, and what you can do to transform your organisation so that it thrives – not just survives – during disruption.

PwC's just-launched Crisis Leadership Centre (CLC) takes a holistic approach to professional training, focusing on the intuitive, "soft" skills at the heart of leadership. Founder Claudia van den Heuvel talks with PwC Crisis and Resilience co-leader Bobbie Ramsden-Knowles about the CLC mission to help leaders develop the skills, agility, and core of resilience required to guide a team through disruption – and thrive.

Enterprise resilience is the ability to thrive in the face of change – whether that’s a sudden, unexpected disruption (such as the pandemic) or a long-term issue. Dave Stainback and Bobbie Ramsden-Knowles, co-leaders of PwC's Global Centre for Crisis & Resilience, talk to Kristin Rivera about the importance of building resilience and steps organisations can take now to get on their way.

As businesses experience disruption, how they respond can determine their ability to recover and emerge stronger. In each episode of our series, PwC specialists discuss the challenges and opportunities facing business leaders in today’s environment of global uncertainty.

Are your leaders prepared to withstand the intense pressure and disorientation of a ransomware attack? PwC UK Cybersecurity Partner Bobbie Ramsden-Knowles and Global Crisis Leader Kristin Rivera explore the options for responding to these potentially crippling attacks – and emerging stronger.

Ransomware attacks hit without warning, inflicting serious damage with effects that can linger for years. With strong crisis management capabilities, however, companies can mitigate the damage – and even grow trust with customers, deepening the connection to their values and purpose.

With a strategic business model and a looming presence in the corporate sector, purveyors of disinformation continually innovate to avoid detection. But there are steps you can take to protect your business, beginning with building a robust recovery plan. PwC cybersecurity specialist Philip Upton joins Global Crisis Leader Kristin Rivera for part two of their conversation on reducing your risk from this growing threat.

Can you believe your own eyes? As more-sophisticated forms of disinformation infiltrate the corporate sector, the answer is often a resounding “no.” Deepfakes and hoaxes are putting companies at risk — and making a profit for perpetrators. PwC Global Crisis Leader Kristin Rivera and US Partner Philip Upton break down the types of disinformation disrupting business around the world.

Who’s ready to banish the “two truths and a lie” ice-breaker? Now’s the perfect time. Today's employees want a more meaningful workplace experience — and the pandemic has provided invaluable lessons about how to create those connections. Kristin Rivera and Suzanne Roske explore the importance of designing a workplace experience that builds community, culture and leadership.

Women have lost hard-won ground during the pandemic -- without swift action, 30 years of labor progress and economic gains could disappear. How can business leaders reverse the damage and capitalize on the opportunity to draw women back into the workforce? PwC Global Crisis Leader Kristin Rivera and UK Inclusion and Diversity Consulting Leader Brenda Trenowden examine the structural issues that led to the losses, the long-term implications of a gender-regressive scenario, and steps business leaders can take to undo the damage.

Kristin Rivera and Patrick Welsh explore the potential of workplace personalisation.

Kristin Rivera and Bhushan Sethi examine how to reimagine a workplace that's evolved for the first time in generations.