Certainly uncertain

“ The Covid-19 pandemic has altered human behaviour and psychology in ways that should not be underestimated”

The 2023 edition of The Wealth Report is the fifth that I have been involved with. Each year I write about changing trends, but one theme recurs – the only certainty is uncertainty (apart of course from death and taxes).

We touted 2019 as a year of VUCA – volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity – but that was just a curtain-raiser for the chaos to come: two years of a global pandemic and war in Eastern Europe. In an increasingly complex geopolitical environment, new disruptions are always just around the corner.