ET World Leaders Forum: We live in the just-in-case era, always be ready for new risks, says S Jaishankar
- Posted on August 23, 2026
- By Business News Today
- 1 Views
- 1 min read
In brief
In an increasingly volatile global landscape, strategic resilience has become paramount for enterprises. Government officials emphasize the importance of supply chain diversification and contingency planning to mitigate emerging threats. Market distortions across energy, agriculture, and logistics sectors underscore the necessity for businesses to adopt proactive risk management strategies. Organizations must build redundancy into their operations while maintaining flexibility to adapt to unforeseen geopolitical and economic disruptions.
Summary auto-generated by AI from the original publisher's content. Editorial standards.
ET World Leaders Forum: We live in the just-in-case era, always be ready for new risks, says S Jaishankar
Jaishankar said diversification should form a key part of how businesses respond to a more uncertain global environment and this strategy should be built into the plans. "We are finding a very distorted energy market, a very distorted fertiliser market, very distorted shipping. Because the choke points are creating distortions, I would say distrust and diversify, which is to assume that things may not go right, build it into your plans," he said.
