More than 2,000 vessels are stranded in the Persian Gulf, with between 20,000 and 30,000 mariners affected, and that, according to the CEO of one of the world's largest shipping services firms, is just one symptom of a deeper problem.

Across banking, energy, manufacturing and technology, the executives who spoke to CNBC at Converge Live Singapore last week reached a shared verdict: the era of episodic crises is over.

What worries CEOs most in 2026?

Companies that built their operations around predictable planning cycles are scrapping them. "We kind of threw our three-year and five-year plan out the window," one executive told CNBC. The replacement isn't a new plan; it's a........

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