Today I want to introduce you to the Cynefin Framework – which offers some fascinating insights into the challenges of resilience, and some of the potential reasons why this concept is difficult to define and achieve. It continues the theme in some of the earlier posts around culture and how our world views are often […]
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… culture and risk
This post is part of a series that has (hopefully) highlighted the importance of understanding culture and its role in the quest to build and sustain resilience. Today’s post explores the school of thought known as Cultural Theory of Risk – or just Cultural Theory (CT). This theory is mainly derived from the work of […]
… culture and consequences
When I wrote the first post in this series, I knew where the next step would lead. Those who have some grounding in this field of organizational culture will not be surprised that this next step is to look at the work of Geert Hofstede. Hofstede (pictured) is a Dutch sociologist who undertook research into […]
… national culture and resilience
In Australia we celebrate our national day on 26 January – “Australia Day”. While technically a public holiday, my day started with a trip to my primary client’s site and several hours of crisis management before heading out to celebrate. Normally having my phone battery die is a bad thing, but this day was an […]
… the end of the beginning?
Last week was the 75th anniversary of “VE Day”, and the much anticipated announcements that many countries and jurisdictions would start relaxing their Covid19 economic and social restrictions. There is an important lesson to be taken from World War 2 history that we may like to apply to our Covid exit thinking. “Now this is […]
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