Build for resilience, bringing confidence to every decision
You can’t plan for everything. But you can build a resilient organisation that can withstand shocks and respond to the unexpected.
Resilience is an all too real business challenge. You want an agile strategy so that, whether a crisis is slow-burning or short and sharp, you can keep critical operations going during and after disruption.
We are a partner with the right mindset, expertise and experience to support you. We deliver hands on support to meet the speed of crisis, whenever or wherever it’s needed – to help you resolve the situation quickly.
Find out how we will be there, by your side, helping you build for continuity - and prepare for a crisis.
Your crisis management plans start where resilience plans stop, helping you to ride the waves that follow. They help you orchestrate your response so you can recover quickly, keep services going, minimise downtime or financial loss and protect your reputation.
To do that, you know what must be done. You need to proactively monitor, assess and stay informed. You must think broadly across enterprise resilience – strategic, operational and financial resilience. You need to break down the silos that often exist across cyber security, supply chain, business continuity and disaster recovery, to protect what matters most – your critical business services. To build an integrated crisis and resilience capability that gives you a competitive advantage, and where compliance is a happy byproduct.
Then there’s the personal preparation – developing a calm crisis response mindset. Understanding probabilities and planning so you know when you’ve done enough.
“The world is in ‘permacrisis’. As this stew of geopolitical, economic and climate threats heats up, the immediate concern for organisations is whether they are ready.”
In moments that matter, you want someone you can trust to give you the right advice at the right time. We focus on getting to the bottom of your specific issues quickly so we find the right solutions. We work with you not for you – as a collaborative extension of your team.
The unrivalled flexibility of our multi-disciplinary teams – onshore, near shore and offshore – means we can pivot and adapt as crisis situations change minute by minute hour by hour. And we help you build truly sustainable capabilities for when we’re not around.
“What feels like a never-ending wave of high impact disruption is creating increased risk and uncertainty - for organisations, on markets, for national security and for individuals. Trying to dodge rocks isn’t a strategy for survival in this avalanche. The most resilient organisations are able to adapt quickly, unlock new opportunities and emerge stronger, whatever the nature of the disruption.”
Organisations that enhance and invest in resilience are always better prepared. Our technology approach scans the horizon for continuity threats and opportunities. It’s backed by a raft of innovations which includes strategic relationships and alliances with leading tech firms, specialist tools and testing capabilities.
With the right technology in place, you can put practical plans and mechanisms in place to make sure critical products and services continue during and after disruption.
“Organisations want a clear road map on how to build the resilience to adapt and respond to fast-changing and unpredictable risk. This starts with broadening your risk horizon through exceptional radar - using signal data to act early and prioritise what really matters. Sharp focus needs to be on the use of technology to source, bring together and make sense of that data, as well as fostering a culture where everyone is vigilant.”
Leaders are prioritising cyber resilience in the face of increasingly frequent, complex and destructive cyber attacks, and the significant financial, operational and reputational risk that comes with them.
There are proactive steps your organisation can take to withstand or absorb disruption, or to respond quickly to minimise the impacts of a cyber attack. Find out how we can help you develop and rehearse your holistic response capability and build the resilience, skills and confidence your organisation needs.
of UK CEOs say their organisation will be ‘extremely exposed or highly exposed’ to cyber risks over the next 12 months, according to PwC’s 28th CEO Survey
We’ll be there with you in the moment – but will show you how to avoid those moments too. From a minor stress to a major crisis event, whether incident or issues-led, business leaders have a responsibility to protect their organisation, people and reputation.
It’s a lot. And we know it can feel overwhelming. But we’ve been there before. We’re a partner with the right mindset, experience and expertise to support you.
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But you can't plan for every risk, so we develop dynamic crisis management skills that allow you to respond to unpredictable challenges building leadership capabilities, structured processes, frameworks, and conducting regular exercises. Our team supports clients in managing responses, controlling data, and making informed decisions, enabling them to resume operations and emerge stronger.
Crisis and resilience Partner, PwC United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)7483 422701