With the current environment of disruption and uncertainty, planning for and safeguarding business continuity demands a new level of prioritization. Short-term initiatives have recently taken precedence over long-term strategies in many organizations. Lasting support for unplanned and quickly executed shifts to working from home, as well as the reevaluation of rapidly necessitated changes to internal and external processes, must be addressed swiftly across entire enterprises.

Confronting these challenges, mitigating emergent risks, and breaking down silos to align key objectives—all with the restraint of limited resources—require teams to work more efficiently than ever. To achieve the levels of productivity necessary for business continuity, organizational leaders need to automate processes, centralize communications, resources and efforts, and define clear priorities with viable strategies to achieve them.