Heresy : “a controversial or novel change to a system of beliefs, especially a religion, that conflicts with established dogma.” (Wikipedia) Dogma : “is the established belief or doctrine held by a religion, ideology or any kind of organization: it is authoritative and not to be disputed, doubted, or diverged from.” (Wikipedia) The heresy being […]
… resilience as a balancing act
I read a post on John Adams’ blog which I wanted to draw to people’s attention. Let me start where Adams’ finishes; “Resilience is not calculable. Unquantifiable, disputable, and disputed judgement will remain central to its pursuit.” It is becoming rare to find people thinking and writing about resilience who recognise that it is not […]
… synergy rather than convergence
I have recently been included in a Working Party initiated by the Busines Continuity Institute in the UK. This Working Party has the label ‘Discipline Mapping’ – it will focus on how a range of different disciplines can contribute to the building and maintaining resilience. A lot of the talk in this area has been around […]
… profession or not?
Things have been fairly hectic since my return from Toronto. A new client engagement to get started, not to mention a number of late nights watching the FIFA World Cup, have distracted me from posting here. While catching up on my reading I came across this article in Risk Magazine. The quoted comments are in […]
… what’s in a name?
There have been a number of recent posts on various blogs, about the value and hierarchy of the labels and names we go by. Sometimes it appears that we are as emotional as Shakespeare’s famous “star crossed lovers”, rather than logical management consultants. The Montagues and Capulets in this case being Risk Management and Business […]