e v rvi u ll s I wi   01 What’s going on There’s no sugar-coating it: the world seems to be lurching from one crisis to the next. There has been a pandemic, war, extreme political division, wildfires, severe weather events (hurricanes, floods, droughts), dramatic increases in the cost of living—and no time to take a breath after each one before another rolls in. People may look back on the previous thirty years as comparatively stable in many places. This is neatly expressed by the fact that Collins Dictionary announced its word of the year for 2022 as “permacrisis,” defined as an extended 1 period of instability and insecurity. Copyright © 2022 Accenture. All rights reserved. 3