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… learning from other people’s learning

Recently Alex Fullick wrote a two-part post on his Stoneroads Blog outlining some learnings from the Japanese Earthquake/Tsunami. Alex always makes good points and offers adoptable suggestions – you will find Part 1 with 7 learnings and Part 2 with another 11. I encourage you to go and read Alex’s posts. I made an initial comment on […]

… ritual and resilience

Here in Australia we have just finished a 5 day weekend. This year the Easter Weekend (normally 4 days) occured at the same time as the ANZAC Day public holiday. For the benefit of international readers ANZAC Day is a national day of rememberance for those who fought and died in war. It commemorates the […]

… sad opportunities to learn

A couple of meaningful anniversaries deserve to be remembered, and learned from, this week. 19 April, 1995 – the bombing of the Oklahoma (USA) Federal Building 20 April, 2010 – the explosion and subsequent oil spill on the Deepwater Horizon I expect most of the coverage will focus on the first anniversary of the start […]

… safe as banks?

Last week one of the 4 major banks in Australia had a second disruption to its systems in 6 months. As a result people all over the country missed getting their pay on time – and missed payment deadlines to a range of other suppliers. Here is a clear indication of the inter-dependence that needs […]

… why we do not appear to learn from recent disasters

This is the first post in a new, ongoing series. These posts are intended to encourage people to join in discussions that are happening on other blogs and sites. All in support of one of my objectives for 2011 – to encourage community and the discussion and learning that will come from these community engagements. […]