From economic slowdown to AI disruption: the emerging risks keeping executives awake

2025-11-07T17:28:00

Gartner’s latest survey finds risk leaders under pressure to manage the dual challenge of economic stagnation and AI disruption as emerging risk signals multiply.

A volatile low-growth economy and the disruptive potential of artificial intelligence have risen to the top of enterprise risk leaders’ concerns, according to Gartner’s latest Quarterly Emerging Risk Report.

The survey, conducted in the third quarter of 2025 among 184 senior risk and assurance executives, reveals a clear shift in the nature of emerging risks. Economic stagnation linked to trade tensions, combined with growing anxiety around AI governance and shadow AI, now dominate boardroom agendas.

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