A community is not just a bunch of people who happen to live in the same place. It requires work and dedication to build and maintain relationships and a sense of common purpose. This weekend the 30th Merimbula Classic was staged. This event is promoted as the longest running wave sailing event in the world, and [...]
… a brush with uncertainty
November 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
We had an educational brush with uncertainty while driving home last night. My weekly commute is a 2.75 hour drive from where I am working in Canberra to our home in Merimbula. One feature of the trip is the rather steep and twisting stretch down Brown Mountain. Last night was pretty unusual, as you can [...]
… resilience, 1 year on
November 23, 2010 By 3 Comments
A little over 12 months ago I got really interested in this idea of resilience, as a result I started this blog. As I enter the second year it seemed appropriate to ask myself the question. After all that reading, thinking and writing – what have I learned? Resilience is a concept, it is not a [...]
… 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 [...]
… distractions, disruptions and disasters
November 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
To increase our resilience we need to be able to cope with a range of events that may impact us. These things tend to exist along a continuum. Too often we overdo the “Disaster” end of the range, with the potential that our programs are seen as the “Department of Unlikely Events“. It also demeans [...]
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