57% of executives say they're missing opportunities because they can't make decisions fast enough

PwC's May 2025 Pulse Survey (conducted after the first 100 days of the second Trump administration) finds 57% of executives say they are missing opportunities because they cannot make decisions fast enough. Adjacent findings from the same survey: 87% see disruption as opportunity but 68% struggle to translate uncertainty into business decisions, and 65% lack the data needed to assess geopolitical risks. PwC frames the underlying barrier as structural — gaps in process, decision-rights design and accountability rather than individual leader capability. Decision velocity is thus a governance signal, not a productivity metric.