Yes, that title is associated with Steve Jobs – and therefore this post is inspired by his death this week – but it is not another “cult of the individual” tribute. In fact it is a tribute to the ideals encapsulated in that quote. Actually, the quote is not originally attributable to Jobs – he […]
… what football teaches us about resilience
For the past year I have received a daily email from Google’s Alerts Service for the keyword “resilience”. It is clear from this form of very scientific research that the concept of resilience is most commonly found in sport, not business! Perhaps it is just that sports journalists are using the word more than business writers […]
… 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 […]
… 10 years ago today
From Wikipedia September 11, 2001 – I guess it is one of those dates that becomes so significant you clearly remember what you were doing when you heard. It was a Tuesday morning, and I was in my hotel room in New Orleans packing my bag for the flight home – fortunately I had left Manhatten […]
… 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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