Ask any director whether they follow geopolitics, and you'll get a confident yes. They read the papers. They've got opinions on tariffs, on Russia, on China, on what Washington will do next. Some of them can talk about it for an hour over dinner. Now ask a different question. When did your board last sit down and practise what the company would actually do if a sanction hit a key customer on a Friday evening? That one usually gets a pause. That pause is what this blog is abou