Global Strategy

Waiting can be a dysfunctional choice — or a wise approach to navigating complexity. Leaders facing today’s uncertainty must know when and how to wait.

The consensus among the participants was that managing the new tariffs requires a lot of work, but having already endured COVID-19 and various armed conflicts worldwide, they regard this as just “another day in the office.” These market leaders will quickly re-optimize their networks, relationships, orders, products, contracts, routes, and prices, mitigating the worst impacts of the tariffs.