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Building durable operations in uncertain markets

A practical framework for balancing speed, efficiency, and strategic resilience.

September 20257 min readStrategy Office
ResearchOperationsResilience

The fragility trap

Many teams optimize for short-term speed and accidentally create brittle operating structures. This fragility appears when market volatility increases.

Durable operators design for stability first, then layer velocity on top.

A durable operating stack

The stack includes clear decision rights, a constrained KPI tree, and weekly execution loops tied to strategic priorities.

When these layers are in place, teams can absorb shocks without losing direction.