Post Davos Reflections from MAP CEO Nader Mousavizadeh
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In my conversations with business and policy leaders in Davos, I repeatedly returned to three dynamics that will define the operating environment for companies, investors and organizations in 2026 and beyond:
Resilience
In 2025, resilience was defined primarily by the global economy’s ability to absorb shocks. In 2026, it will increasingly be defined by structural adaptation as firms and governments actively rewire trade networks, diversify supply chains and redirect capital flows to reduce long-term exposure to geopolitical and policy risk.
Sovereignty
Sovereignty is now driving a global build-out across energy, technology, critical minerals and infrastructure. This push will accelerate investment, but it will also intensify Great Power competition over strategic chokepoints, expand the use of export controls as regulatory leverage and raise the political stakes surrounding industrial policy and supply-chain control.
Agility
The most successful countries and companies are shifting from reactive risk management toward proactive strategic positioning: forming new partnerships, adjusting operating models and acting with greater speed and agency in response to policy-driven market change.
MAP provides strategic counsel to help boards and C-suites capture these imperatives by advising on:
Shifting from absorbing uncertainty to pursuing structural adaptation. MAP stress tests supply chain configurations to ensure resilience and responsiveness to major geopolitical shocks.
Navigating the sovereignty-driven buildout reshaping global markets. MAP works with client forecasting teams to develop iterative economic and policy impact trackers across priority exposures.
Distinguishing signal from noise to enable decisive decision-making. MAP provides on-call advisory from our Senior Advisors to ensure clients are equipped with expert judgment in key decision windows.
Integrating strategies across regions, sectors and markets. MAP helps C-suites develop integrated, cross-sector strategies that identify opportunities and risks invisible to those operating in traditional silos.
