Cross-posted from the Surfing Complexity blog. This post is a brief meditation in the writing styles of four luminaries in the field of resilience engineering: Drs. Erik Hollnagel, David Woods, Sidney Dekker, and Richard Cook. This post was inspired by a conversation I had…
As outbreaks subside, when can jurisdictions move forward restarting normal life activities while still preventing the recurrence of new hotspots or second waves? The four capabilities outlined briefly here will allow activities to return to normal faster, even in the…
by Dzifa Ahadzi, Health & Safety Group Africa (HESAG Africa) The African continent is witnessing a surge in industrialization in recent times. This has led to a fast-growing workforce across the continent. Industrialization comes with its own problems particularly when…
by Daniel Eisenberg Across many application contexts, resilience remains a hyper popular, confused, and conflicted term. Part of the reason that resilience is so difficult to apply is that the word itself occupies an awkward position in the English language.…
Dave Woods and Tom Seager apply resilience principles to COVID-19.
Contribution from David D. Woods: Matched pair of talks from a complexity workshop in August 2019 leading off with Dave Alderson on Organized Complexity followed by David Woods on Graceful Extensibility. Alderson’s talk really starts at 4:19 as he provides…
Editors: Siri Wiig, Babette Fahlbruch (Eds.) Title: Exploring Resilience – A Scientific Journey from Practice to Theory Series: SpringerBriefs in Safety Management This book: Explores different approaches for operationalization of resilience across scientific disciplines and system levels Creates a theoretical…
by Ivonne Herrera Innovation management and resilience management are hyper-popular moving targets as contexts and organizational priorities change. I would like to share a study we conducted with Christina Hanssen addressing the question: we innovate, therefore are we resilient? When…
Watch David Woods’s keynote at the Workshop on Complexity: Advancing the State of Thought and Practice Across Navy, DoD, and FedGov at NSWC Carderock.
From Erik Hollnagel. ” A system is resilient if it can adjust its functioning prior to, during, or following events (changes, disturbances, and opportunities), and thereby sustain required operations under both expected and unexpected conditions. “ Origins ‘Resilience’ is a…