“In 1938, thousands of Americans confused a radio adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel The War of the Worlds with an official news broadcast and panicked, in the belief that the United States had been invaded by Martians. Is it possible that the Internet could be the source of a comparable wave of panic, but […]
… BCI lecture, Dr Robert Kay
Very interesting and enjoyable time at the Annual BCI Lecture last night. I reported on Rob Kay’s research in a previous post and it was good to see some additional aspects presented during the formal session – but of much greater value was the opportunity to chat with Rob over a beverage or three after […]
… Disrupter analysis
I am always sceptical when I find articles that claim to identify or eliminate the so-called “Black Swan” events. Primarily as they appear to be derived from not having read, nor understood, Taleb’s definition of a Black Swan event. First point of definition, the event is outside the realm of regular experience and there is […]
… postcards from resilience
One of the common ‘complaints’ in the resilience space is that we spend too much time talking about the concept and not enough time doing it! Here is a suggestion on how you can get started on the implementation phase. Regular readers may recall earlier mention of the work of Liisa Valikangas, in particular her […]
… causality and ice-cream
I have been discussing the relative impact of long-term Executive tenure on resilience with Charley Newnham on her blog. My issue was that I did not see that one caused the other. You can read the discussion here, but the conversation brought to mind a story one of my Sociology lecturers often used to illustrate […]
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