Systemic erosion is messy, slow, and boring — until suddenly it isn’t. Current geopolitical and financial developments suggest that executives are well advised to reassess assumptions about stability, market behavior, and institutional resilience. A combination of tariff-driven inflation and rising financing costs can rapidly move even large economies out of equilibrium if trust erodes.
Europe is rich in ideas but poor at capturing their economic returns. As long as enterprise is rewarded less than research, innovation leadership will continue to migrate elsewhere while Europe continues to leave value on the table.
In his introductory article for the 16th Global Peter Drucker Forum, Richard Straub discusses the future of management in a disrupted, fragile, and crisis-ridden world. Although future-proof management practices are increasingly recognized for their effectiveness, their widespread adoption remains elusive despite their demonstrated successes.
