Reading (UK) / Munich, 11 June 2025
The BCI has released the first-ever Resilience Vision 2030 Report, proudly sponsored by F24. This landmark publication provides a forward-looking perspective on the future of resilience and business continuity, equipping organizations with strategic insight to navigate an increasingly complex risk landscape. The report aims not only to benchmark current capabilities, but also to spark critical dialogue and highlight best practices that will shape the profession through 2030 and beyond. This report seeks to help organizations benchmark their tools, plans and procedures, but also to incentivise debate and showcase best practice for the design and implementation of crisis management plans.
The Future Is Integrated, Agile, and Human
The future of resilience is being redefined – and fast. In an era marked by compounding disruptions, from cyber threats and geopolitical instability to supply chain fragility and regulatory pressure, the BCI Resilience: Vision 2030 Report, sponsored by F24, outlines a new paradigm. Resilience is no longer confined to contingency planning – it’s becoming a strategic enabler, driving efficiency, protecting brand value, and unlocking competitive advantage.
- The Rise of the Chief Resilience Officer
By 2030, business continuity and resilience managers will wear many hats: strategist, technologist, collaborator, and communicator. The role is evolving beyond crisis response into one that demands proactive foresight and deep organizational alignment.
- Resilience as a Business Driver, Not a Cost Center
Traditionally viewed as a safeguard or compliance exercise, resilience is now being recast as a value-generating function. Organizations are recognizing that robust resilience strategies can boost efficiency, reduce operational losses, and even support revenue generation.
- Soft Skills Will Matter More Than Ever
The next generation of resilience leaders will need a blend of strategic vision, risk acumen, and operational insight. Core competencies include strategic leadership, risk management, and supply chain resilience expertise – paired with strong communication, crisis management, and adaptability. What will truly set them apart is the ability to embed resilience into the culture of the organization, not just its compliance checklists.
- Technology Will Power the Next Resilience Leap
Despite the growing reliance on mobile solutions, levels of dissatisfaction with emergency communication tools have reached an all-time high. This dissatisfaction is primarily driven by the lack of integration with realistic alerting scenarios and the limited functionality of certain tools. As organizations prioritize cost-efficiency or delay upgrades, dissatisfaction may persist unless addressed proactively.
- Barriers Still Persist – but So Does Momentum
Despite progress, challenges remain. Siloed thinking, limited budgets, lack of executive buy-in, and outdated tools continue to hinder resilience maturity.
- Looking Ahead: The Vision for 2030
The report doesn’t just forecast change – it calls for it. By 2030, resilience must be embedded, measurable, and enterprise-wide. No longer a side-function, it should be a core business competency, enabling agility, innovation, and growth in the face of disruption.
- But even as organizations accelerate adoption, the report cautions against technology for technology’s sake. Success will depend on tools that are not only sophisticated, but also intuitive, interoperable, and tailored to business needs. The ultimate goal? Resilience systems that are not siloed add-ons, but embedded, intelligent infrastructures that evolve with the business, respond to real-time stressors, and empower leadership across every function.
Conclusion
The Resilience: Vision 2030 Report makes one thing clear – resilience is no longer a back-office function or a reactive process. It is fast becoming a strategic imperative, embedded into how forward-looking organizations operate, grow, and lead. As risks become more dynamic and complex, resilience must evolve into a proactive, data-driven, and enterprise-wide capability.
Organizations that embrace this transformation – through cross-functional collaboration, tech-enabled planning, and leadership that prioritizes resilience – will not only weather disruption, but turn uncertainty into opportunity. With the right tools, talent, and mindset, resilience will no longer be a safety net. It will be a growth engine.
The next five years offer a decisive window: to modernize frameworks, elevate roles, and redefine resilience as a driver of value, agility, and trust. Those who act now won’t just keep up – they’ll lead the way.
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About the BCI
Founded in 1994 with the aim of promoting a more resilient world, the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) has established itself as the world’s leading Institute for business continuity and resilience. The BCI has become the membership and certifying organization of choice for business continuity and resilience professionals globally with over 9,000 members in more than 100 countries, working in an estimated 3,000 organizations in the private, public and third sectors.
About F24
F24 is Europe’s leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider for resilience. More than 5,500 customers worldwide rely on F24’s digital solutions, which support companies and organisations through all areas of resilience. Solutions cover business messaging and service notification, emergency and mass notification, incident and crisis management, as well as governance, risk and compliance.
F24 supports customers in virtually every sector ranging from energy, healthcare, industry, finance, IT, tourism and aviation to a wide variety of public organisations. Many years of international experience have made F24 experts in improving resilience with digital solutions.
