To be resilient requires that we be open to new ideas. That has been a message in a number of the posts in this series, including the previous post discussing the Hamel & Valikangas article. Here is a new idea – resilience can mean different things in the Strategic, Tactical and Operational contexts of an [...]
… the quest
May 31, 2011 By 2 Comments
Today I am reviewing one of the earliest, and certainly one of the more influential, articles describing the concept of resilience as it applies to organisations. Despite being almost 8 years old, this paper still offers some interesting insights into the concept of resilience for the contemporary reader. “The Quest for Resilience” by Gary Hamel [...]
… Australian Government position on resilience
May 17, 2011 By 6 Comments
Recently the Australian Government, through it’s Resilience Expert Advisory Group (REAG), published a position paper about Organisational Resilience with particular reference to critical infrastructure. The membership of the REAG is drawn from academics, government and private enterprise. The group grew out of the Trusted Information Sharing Network for Critical Infrastructure Protection, when the group was [...]
… culture, complexity and chaos
March 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Today I want to introduce you to the Cynefin Framework – which offers some fascinating insights into the challenges of resilience, and some of the potential reasons why this concept is difficult to define and achieve. It continues the theme in some of the earlier posts around culture and how our world views are often [...]
… crisis du jour
November 16, 2010 By 2 Comments
What constitutes a crisis at your company? Over the years I have seen many companies struggle with this definition. There were times, when I was younger and more energetic, that I thought that having to define what constituted a crisis was an essential part of establishing a working BC and Crisis Management capability. In most [...]
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