Resilient Thinking: Protecting Organisations in the 21st Century

INTRODUCTION

As we make the journey through the world of resilience together, we are going to look at organisations as vulnerable entities. And we’re going to try to direct our focus firmly away from ‘stovepipe’ or ‘silo’ thinking. Business continuity, security, health and safety, emergency planning, disaster recovery, and so on, are all different elements of resilience. That’s my view and I’m sticking to it. When an organisation is targeted, or an accident happens which affects it, the impact is not just in one area, at one time, at one level and aimed at one function, and your mindset needs to be as flexible and dynamic as the threats you face. Think in stovepipes and your organisation may well go up in smoke; go beyond frameworks and mental ...