Strengthen your organisation’s resilience in a disruptive world
Geoeconomic confrontation and geopolitical shifts can have immediate and severe impacts on companies’ operations, finance and workforce, often requiring rapid adaptation of strategy and business models.
For 2026 Resilience First’s Geostrategic Resilience Programme will address Hybrid Warfare and Operational Sovereignty.
The programme will move organisations beyond awareness to readiness. It will focus on understanding a hybrid warfare environment and the actions they can take to build their resilience while also contributing to a wider whole‑of‑society response to hybrid threats.
Delivered through a series of expert-led webinars and an immersive in-person wargaming workshop, the programme will equip you with the insights and strategies you need to assess and strengthen your organisation’s resilience in the face of geopolitical shifts and hybrid threats.
Upcoming events
SESSION 2: Hybrid Warfare Lessons from the Frontline States
Tuesday 21 April, 13:00-14:00 BST, Online
We will consider and analyse lessons that businesses in the UK can learn from the Frontline States (Ukraine, the Nordic and Baltic States), which have been combatting hybrid warfare at much closer quarters for a significantly longer period.
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Guest speakers
Short Briefing: Maksym Beznosiuk, Strategic Policy Analyst and Writer on Ukraine, Russia, International Security, and EU-Ukraine Cooperation
Panellists:
- Magnus Christiansson, Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies, Swedish Defence University
- Mikael Wigell, CEO of Economic Security Forum and Research Director at Finnish Institute of International Affairs
- Merle Maigre, Head of Cybersecurity Competence Center at the e-Governance Academy in Estonia
Business Insights: Wilco van Eijk, Director, Business Resilience, Continuity & Crisis Management, Coca Cola Europacific Partners
This session will:
- Identify the specific forms of hybrid warfare currently targeting Ukraine, the Nordics, and the Baltic States.
- Look at how states with long-term exposure to hybrid threats have built rapid decision-making structures.
- Explore why societal resilience and a culture of readiness are as vital as technical security measures.
- The role of public–private collaboration in strengthening national resilience
- Identify specific resilience measures that UK firms can adopt to increase their resilience to hybrid warfare threats.
SESSION 3: Hybrid Threats to the UK and Business Operational Sovereignty
Tuesday 16 June, 13:00-14:00 BST, Online
We will look at how hybrid warfare specifically poses a threat to UK organisations and why it is now all the more important to maintain operational sovereignty. It will map the evolving threat landscape and provide guidance on embedding hybrid risk scenarios into enterprise risk management, crisis response, and resilience planning.
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This session:
- Review the hybrid warfare threat landscape in the UK.
- Look at insights from experts working in UK sectors vulnerable to hybrid threats.
- Risks to Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) and the potential for cascading disruptions.
- Explore why operational sovereignty is becoming a priority for organisational resilience.
- Identify practical steps organisations can take to reduce strategic dependencies.
This is exclusively for Members of Resilience First. If you are interested in participating, please email Swaraj Parameswaran at contact@resiliencefirst.co.uk for an invitation.
