Recently the Australian Government, through it’s Resilience Expert Advisory Group (REAG), published a position paper about Organisational Resilience with particular reference to critical infrastructure. The membership of the REAG is drawn from academics, government and private enterprise. The group grew out of the Trusted Information Sharing Network for Critical Infrastructure Protection, when the group was […]
… case study of resilience (adaptation and culture) in the real world
Just recently I commented on Alex Fullick’s learnings from the Japanese earthquake. One of my points related to the inter-dependence of the modern world. Today we must think in terms of global Supply Chains, and when disrupted we need to be adaptive, responsive and have a culture that promotes these attributes. Recently the New York […]
… ritual and resilience
Here in Australia we have just finished a 5 day weekend. This year the Easter Weekend (normally 4 days) occured at the same time as the ANZAC Day public holiday. For the benefit of international readers ANZAC Day is a national day of rememberance for those who fought and died in war. It commemorates the […]
… 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 […]
… resilience as a craft
There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman. ~ Emile Zola I bought my wife a piece of handcrafted jewellery for Christmas. The craftsman, in this case a silver smith, had created his own design, rather than copy from somebody else’s idea. […]