This is the #1 lesson that management guru Rosabeth Moss Kanter offers from her observations of 2010. There are two of her 5 lessons that I think are very relevant to our discussion of resilience. In her blog post “5 Lessons from 2010 worth repeating …“, Kanter’s first lesson is; “Surprises are the new normal. [...]
… navigation and experimentation
January 6, 2011 By 1 Comment
If only we had a GPS for resilience! Today we expect somebody else to tell us where we should be going, how to get there and how we will know when we have arrived. The journey towards resilience is not that simple. This picture represents two of the more important tools that early sailors would [...]
… the rise and fall guys of risk
December 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Have you been wondering what impact the GFC had on the practice of risk management? If so, then you will be interested in this report from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), “Fall guys : Risk Management in the front line“. The report is free to download. The EIU is associated with The Economist magazine, and [...]
… empty raincoats
December 12, 2010 By 1 Comment
The sculpture is called Without Words, by Judith Shea. It was the inspiration for the title of Charles Handy‘s book “The Empty Raincoat”. I am a big fan of Handy’s thinking. In The Empty Raincoat he tells the story of ‘The Road to Davy’s Bar’. It is a story about an Irishman explaining the directions [...]
… is resilience possible?
December 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Enjoyed a very long, but full day in Sydney today. Not only managed to get some paid work done, but also attended a very interesting discussion on resilience – and got to catch up with some old friends. The main motivation for the visit was to attend a round table event, “Building Resilience in your [...]
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