2025 Predictions For Geopolitics, AI, Work, Inflation And People Risk

Effective leaders reassess current approaches to people and risk management to ensure they can navigate today's geopolitical, technological and economic challenges rather than being steered by them.

For the fifth year in a row, business leaders are entering a new year anticipating material change around the world, with early days already demonstrating volatility. Effective leaders have become adept at managing risks and adapting to new circumstances. The following include trends they are tracking and acting on this year:

1. Geopolitical change will continue, and new risks will arise even as current risks are addressed. Events once thought rare are occurring more often and at scales previously unseen, impacting business strategy and operations in complex and nonlinear ways that vary by country and sector. The recent WTW Emerging Risk Survey suggests the complex risk landscape isn't slowing down, reflecting a period with the earliest Category 5 storm on record