Trend Uncertainty will be your greatest asset - if you embrace it
Summary
IBM's first trend moves the standard from responding to change to anticipating and profiting from it, with the operative skill being to spot market openings as they appear and act before they close.
Classification
Main topicIndustry & Supply Chains
Region menusGlobal
Impactscope:global
Time horizon0-3 years (2026-07-25)
Last updated2026-07-29 04:49:52
Evidence 1
- 5 trends for 2026: Capture fleeting opportunities with confidence IBM Institute for Business Value (IBM IBV) page=9;section=Trend 1: Uncertainty will be your greatest asset - if you embrace it 2025-12 accessed 2026-07-25
Observed signals 9
- Signal74% expect volatility to create new business opportunities
- Signal81% report geopolitical and economic threats to 2025 technology investment
- Signal83% of chief data officers say agent benefits outweigh risks
- Signal90% say they lose their edge without real-time operation
- SignalAI agents acting independently at 25% of organisations, 70% expected by end-2026
- SignalAgentic AI believers twice as likely to see volatility as opportunity
- SignalExecutives split evenly on whether opportunity windows are shortening
- SignalOnly about 40% of agentic AI initiatives judged successful on objective metrics
- SignalOver four in five credit agentic AI with faster decisions and resource reallocation
Part of issues 0
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Relation types: supports
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