From Blind Spots to Insights 2025

Images: Getty Images Disclaimer This document is published by the World Economic Forum as a contribution to a project, insight area or interaction. The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed herein are a result of a collaborative process facilitated and endorsed by the World Economic Forum but whose results do not necessarily represent the views of the World Economic Forum, nor the entirety of its Members, Partners or other stakeholders. © 2025 World Economic Forum. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system.Contents Foreword 3 Executive summary 4 Introduction 5 1 What issues are on the geopolitical radar of global business? 7 2 How firms are strengthening their geopolitical radar 10 2.1 Objectives and tasks 11 2.2 Tracking geopolitics 11 2.3 Assessing information 12 2.4 Public sector best practices and scenarios 13 2.5 Internal organizational considerations 13 3 Corporate geopolitical radar: an assessment 14 3.1 Distinguishing the material from the urgent 15 3.2 The flow of insights and “key person risk” 16 4 Towards better practice 17 5 Payoffs from strengthening geopolitical radar and sonar 20 Conclusion 23 Contributors 24 Endnotes 25 From Blind Spots to Insights: Enhancing Geopolitical Radar to Guide Global Business 2