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" ... 2. Be prepared for more disruptions and talk about them openly. We have the foresight, experience and tools today that we didn't have even a year ago. We're ready to withstand what might happen the next time we face significant disruption, and we understand how disruptions affect our workforce much better. You've done the business continuity work already — and your organization has made it through 2020 — so focus on open communication to employees and ensuring they feel aware and prepared. ... "
" ... For years, it was almost boring to hear Exxon talk about the strength of its balance sheet, its economies of scale and its ability to withstand any price environment. Then came 2020. In a tacit admission that it is not actually the low-cost leader at all, Exxon in November wrote down the value of its oil and gas reserves by $30 billion—implicitly acknowledging that it has vast holdings that will not be worth drilling anytime soon, if ever. Meanwhile, Exxon’s debt has ballooned to $70 billion, and it may have to borrow more to pay dividends. Paul Sankey of Sankey Research explains that Exxon’s “original definitive strategy of being immune to market vagaries is dead.” After a “decade of strategic errors,” Exxon is “exactly where it never wanted to be: subject to oil markets and global GDP recovery.” Nor has Woods enunciated any kind of holistic strategy for navigating the carbon transition, short of daring lawmakers to impose a national carbon tax. ... "
" ... Lenders can determine this resilience by analyzing historical data in new ways to be more predictive and better understand consumers’ reactions to financial stress. By creating these new models, lenders can better identify and understand resilient consumers who can withstand unexpected financial stress, such as that brought about by an abrupt economic downturn. These new credit scoring models will differ from existing methods in that they won’t be as fluid: short-term behavior changes are less likely to change the outcome. ... "
" ... Still, businesses that were well positioned prior to the pandemic will inevitably need to fine-tune their plans, and those that were not but somehow survive will need to build their internal infrastructure to withstand further challenges. ... "
" ... The Dow is considered to be a “who’s who” of blue chips—companies that in theory should withstand the test of time. If we have the chance to buy them cheaply, the strategy says we should just hold our noses and buy, because chances are that market participants will once again bid these stocks back up over the coming year. ... "