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Every business plans for growth. But how many are built to survive? Disruption today is increasingly interconnected. Crises such as cyberattacks, geopolitical shocks, and supply chain failures rarely arrive one at a time—and all are heightened by AI risk. So, if your business lost everything tomorrow, what would it need to continue to operate? And how can you maintain momentum when disruption strikes? In this episode of Take on Tomorrow, we talk with PwC UK partner Bobbie Ramsden-Knowles, who co-leads PwC’s Global Centre for Crisis and Resilience. She explains why organisations need to…
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