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 […]
… 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 […]
… 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 […]
… risk & compliance reality vs maturity of perceptions
A few weeks back I received an email from the Economist Intelligence Unit announcing a new report they had published and suggesting I may like to post a review. The report is entitled “Ascending the maturity curve. Effective management of enterprise risk and compliance”. The report is the result of sponsored research, in this case […]