Crude and currency exposure
Decision: Which hedge and liquidity actions remain affordable if crude rises and the rupee weakens together?
Who moves: Suppliers, lenders, counterparties and policymakers adjust terms.
Decisions we play
Start with the decision on your desk.
These are illustrative questions, not accounts of client engagements. Each involves other actors whose response can change the outcome. Use the links to go straight to your function.
CFO
CFO decisions
Covenant and rating spiral
Decision: Which action prevents a downgrade from setting off covenant breaches and counterparty withdrawal?
Who moves: Lenders, rating agencies, customers and investors react to each other.
Fundraising under a market fall
Decision: When should capital be raised, and what must be protected if the market turns before closing?
Who moves: Investors, lenders and competitors change their offers and timing.
Tariffs and landed cost
Decision: Do we reprice, reroute or absorb costs while competitors and customers adapt?
Who moves: Trade authorities, suppliers, buyers and competitors respond.
CHRO
CHRO decisions
Restructuring cascade
Decision: What sequence limits the loss of critical people while roles and costs change?
Who moves: Employees, managers, unions and competitors alter their choices.
Promoter or executive succession
Decision: Who has authority during transition, and which signals prevent a coalition or talent split?
Who moves: Board members, successors, investors and key staff respond.
Talent competition and culture change
Decision: Which commitments can the organisation sustain when rival employers move?
Who moves: Employees, informal influencers, managers and recruiters adapt.
Labour-rule transition
Decision: Which implementation choices preserve operations and trust as obligations change?
Who moves: Workers, unions, regulators and contractors interpret incentives differently.
CISO / CIO
CISO / CIO decisions
Ransomware decision
Decision: Who decides containment, disclosure and restoration while facts are incomplete?
Who moves: Attackers, insurers, regulators, customers and the media move on different clocks.
Personal-data incident
Decision: When do we establish the facts, notify affected parties and restore services?
Who moves: Regulators, customers, vendors and attackers can change the timeline.
COO / supply chain
COO / supply chain decisions
Red Sea or Hormuz rerouting
Decision: Which allocations and alternate routes hold up if a major corridor closes for weeks?
Who moves: Shippers, insurers, ports, customers and governments adapt.
Single-source supplier failure
Decision: Which inventory and customer-allocation decisions should be made before stock-out becomes visible?
Who moves: Other buyers compete for capacity; suppliers and customers revise commitments.
Tariff or sanctions shock
Decision: What should be sourced locally, rerouted or redesigned before a rule takes effect?
Who moves: Authorities, banks, logistics providers and competitors respond.
CRO / business continuity / crisis communications
Crisis and resilience decisions
Major site incident
Decision: What must be contained, restored and disclosed first when the facts are incomplete?
Who moves: Employees, responders, regulators, neighbours and the media act on different timelines.
Cyclone or flood across sites
Decision: How should scarce people, supplies and recovery capacity be allocated as the event spreads?
Who moves: Authorities, suppliers, staff, customers and nearby communities adapt to the same constraints.
Day-one media crisis
Decision: What is the first disclosure threshold, who speaks, and what changes when new facts emerge?
Who moves: Journalists, employees, customers and regulators shape the information environment.
The right format may be a decision game, a system-informed tabletop, a workshop or a drill, depending on the question.
CEO / strategy / growth
Growth and competition decisions
Entering a new market
Decision: Which entry route and partner commitments should we make first, and what would cause us to pause?
Who moves: Incumbents, distributors, regulators and potential partners respond to the entry.
Opening a new vertical
Decision: How much capacity should we commit before customer demand and competitor reactions are clear?
Who moves: Customers, rivals, suppliers and internal teams change the feasible pace.
Board
Board decisions
Activist pressure or hostile bid
Decision: Who holds decision rights, what can be conceded, and when?
Who moves: Activists, proxy advisers, holders and potential bidders contest the narrative.
Product safety and disclosure
Decision: What is the recall or disclosure trigger, and who can authorise it out of hours?
Who moves: Regulators, customers, employees and litigants respond to the signal.
Market entry and incumbent retaliation
Decision: Does the strategic move still pay after the incumbent responds?
Who moves: Competitors, partners and customers change price and capacity decisions.
Your decision
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