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In today’s unpredictable world, resilience is not about holding ground—it’s about adapting with purpose and focusing on what truly matters.

Disruption is constant: technology shifts, changing customer needs, economic pressure and global shocks all contribute to instability. For many, it feels like navigating a maze with moving walls.

A resilient portfolio brings together long-term investments, daily operations and bold innovation—not just to withstand disruption, but to respond with confidence and emerge stronger.

It includes:

• Efficient, reliable day-to-day execution
• Strategic investment in future growth
• A structured pipeline for meaningful innovation

Balancing these areas is challenging. Internal and external pressures shift constantly, and your approach must evolve accordingly.

Resilience requires deliberate balance

A strong portfolio does not treat investment, operations and innovation as separate silos. These areas continuously influence one another. A smart mix protects the business and enables progress.

Operations provide stability and cash flow. Investment opens future opportunities. Innovation reveals new directions before others spot them.

The challenge is how to divide time, attention and capacity across these areas. It’s not a one-time decision, but a continuous effort shaped by timing, context and priorities.

Breadth and focus: both matter

Resilience isn’t about doing a bit of everything—it’s about deliberate breadth and clear focus.

Breadth serves diverse markets and needs, cushioning against change.
Focus drives impact and momentum in areas where your organization excels.

Together, they create stability and delivery. Getting this balance right is a competitive advantage.

Planning for what might happen

In uncertain conditions, it’s hard to predict where pressure will arise. Scenario planning helps you prepare—thinking through how developments might affect current activities.

This doesn’t eliminate uncertainty, but it enables faster, clearer responses. Embedding this in governance turns risk management into active practice.

People drive resilience

Portfolio strength depends on people—their skills, adaptability and mindset.

This includes developing capabilities in areas like AI and supporting broader shifts in how work is done. It’s not just technical knowledge—it’s about fostering a culture of experimentation and learning.

Leaders play a key role: supporting change, communicating priorities and encouraging continuous improvement.

Helping employees build change capacity is one of the most valuable investments an organization can make.

Final thoughts

Resilience is a way of working—aligning strategy, responding to change and reinforcing a culture that supports it.

The goal is a portfolio that bends without breaking, enabling steady growth and forward movement even in tough times.

This requires thoughtful decisions on where to broaden and where to focus, preparing for the unknown and treating your portfolio as a living system.

Do you want to join the conversation?

Explore how to build and manage a resilient portfolio at our upcoming lunch session – Navigating Portfolio Management in Uncertain Times, December 3, 2025 in Hoofddorp.

In this exclusive session for portfolio managers only, to facilitate peer exchange to strengthen your portfolio resilience, we’ll dive deeper into these principles, and share two powerful real-life cases presented by inspiring professionals :

• A B2C production company developing orthopedic devices, balancing R&D, product development and tech integration
• In B2B, the Antwerp Port Authority, managing a complex set of strategic infrastructure and operational projects

Together, we’ll create space for focused discussion and practical takeaways.
Limited seats available, so register quickly at https://www.threon.com/events/20250312-portfolio-management

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