In my review of the paper – Operational Framework for Resilience I mentioned a quote attributed to Adam Rose. “resilience is in danger of becoming a vacuous buzzword from overuse and ambiguity” That reference motivated me to find out a little more about this guy and what he has to say. Rose is a Research Professor in the School of Policy, […]
… another framework for resilience (Part 2)
This is the second part of my review of “An Operational Framework for Resilience”. The citation is at the end of Part 1. The model outlined in this paper included 3 objectives, or end-states, that support resilience. The next element in their framework is the 8 principles of resilience. Some of these principles relate to a single […]
… another framework for resilience (Part 1)
Today I am reviewing a new paper I discovered on the subject of resilience. “An Operational Framework for Resilience” – the full citation is at the end of this post. Resilience for many is still just a concept, and being able to operationalize that concept is the first step to building and maintaining Organisational Resilience. If you are […]
… complicated vs. complex issues
A few days ago I followed a linked post from Trevor Levine’s Riskczar blog and discovered Rick Nason’s RDS Solutions Blog. Rick is writing some interesting stuff, challenging traditional thinking and practice around Risk Management. I commented on his earlier piece on the need for creativity, but felt that this post about the need to […]
… the 4R Framework for resilience
Today I am looking at another US school of thought on resilience. The 4R Resilience Framework, and the work of Michel Bruneau. These folks are coming to the discussion from the perspective of earthquake engineering, but the model can have applicability in other areas. Essentially they define resilience according to three outcomes; reduced probability of failure reduced […]