The Implicit Driver Of Resilience: The Neuroscience of Self-Renewal

2022 SXSW PanelPicker Entry for “The Neuroscience of Self-Renewal” is now public. Please upvote: https://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/125236 Technologies for achieving greater resilience have risen due to macroscopic shifts in climate change and societal disruptions that are worsening. In the inaugural #ResilienceTech Report, Maeda highlighted the industries built around how businesses, individuals, and countries meet these rising challenges.… Continue reading The Implicit Driver Of Resilience: The Neuroscience of Self-Renewal

Diagnosing Enterprise Resilience (2003)

Booz Allen Hamilton‘s eight fundamental questions to diagnose enterprise resilience: Are the complexity of the extended enterprise and major earnings drivers across it transparent? Are interdependencies understood and interdependence risks identified? What programs are in place to ensure the viability of earnings drivers? Are these programs fully aligned with corporate strategy and objectives, and do… Continue reading Diagnosing Enterprise Resilience (2003)

After the 2022 report went live, new information flowed in

A few thoughts from readers that have caught my attention: Thanks to Noémie Balmat, I was introduced to the work of Edgar Morin Thanks to Pinar Temiz I’m aware of the “Tend-and-Befriend” response Thanks to Mara Hermano I’m aware of the new VUCA remix of BANI. VUCA (V:olatile, U:ncertain, C:omplex, A:mbiguous) vs BANI (B:rittle, A:nxious,… Continue reading After the 2022 report went live, new information flowed in

Fight-or-Flight is apparently a male-ism. Tend-and-Befriend brings a whole different view to light.

Apparently the famous “fight-or-flight” response is a conclusion that was gained from examining male rats. And it turns out that it might not apply the exact same way when it comes to female rats. Now, humans aren’t rats — so that’s another problem with the “fight-or-flight” thing for sure — but this (2000) paper has… Continue reading Fight-or-Flight is apparently a male-ism. Tend-and-Befriend brings a whole different view to light.

4 Contexts of Resilience

“Interest in resilience is global …” —Buzzanell & Houston The five contexts: Individual/Relational Family Organizational Community National