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 […]
… swans of varied hues
Over the weekend I read a paper by Geary Sikich, “Are we seeing the emergence of more White Swan events? Exploting new challenges in Enterprise Risk Management.” You may have seen it published on Continuity Central, under the shorter title “Exploiting new challenges in Enterprise Risk Management” My review here is based on the version […]