Resilient Thinking: Protecting Organisations in the 21st Century

PREFACE

The world is a dangerous and difficult place to live in for most of us most of the time. We all want a peaceful and happy existence, but the path from cradle to grave is rarely smooth for many – for some it’s a downright struggle. As individuals, families and social groups we make single or collective decisions and choices that we hope will influence outcomes and ensure that what we get is what we feel we deserve, or at least that to which we aspire. Choices that we make can be instinctive or informed and often we make our decisions more in hope than in good judgement. Probably, when we look back on our lives before we check out, most of us will think that we could have done better with hindsight. For organisations that want to meet their ...