What’s old is new again. One of my bright-young-whippersnapper colleagues was in Davos, Switzerland, during this year’s World Economic Forum and brought back with her the term “dystopia,” first used in the 16th Century to refer to an anti-utopian, pessimistic society.

This word was often used during the high-level WEF discussions in the context of how society is currently experiencing disruptive change. It describes a new world that is not a blissful, harmonious utopia but an unordered, unpredictable, pessimistic one.

In a world that is constantly changing, how do you prepare yourself and your company to adapt to the dystopia? Are you and your organization agile enough to make those changes with minimal disruption to your daily business of delivering what your clients need? Do you have the foresight as an industry thought leader to help your clients find new ways to thrive, even in a dystopia? Ask, assess, them act.