Organisational ResilienceFrom ideas to your practice

Dr Robert MacFarlaneAaron Gracey

A lack of resilience can hurt. A great deal

What do we mean when we talk about Resilience?

FROM

Persistence through disruption, damage or change

Rooted in an physical sciences view of the world

Business continuity “Bouncebackability”

What do we mean when we talk about Resilience?

FROM

TO

Persistence through disruption, damage or change

Rooted in an physical sciences view of the world

Business continuity “Bouncebackability”

Successful entities deal with and adapt to change

Resilience as continuity and adaptability

“Bounceforward”

ORGANIZATIONAL RESILIENCE: the capability of an organization to

anticipate, and respond and adapt to, incremental change and sudden

disruptions in order to survive and prosper

ORGANIZATIONAL RESILIENCE: the capability of an organization to

anticipate, and respond and adapt to, incremental change and sudden

disruptions in order to survive and prosper

• An idea?

• An aspiration?

• A strategy?

• An activity?

• A capability?

• A quality?

• An absolute state?

Organisational Resilience is...

Culture and Resilience

Conceptual Model

• Society• Political

Environment• Competition

• Strategic Workforce Management

• People Development

• Training

• Technology• Business

Policies and Standards

• Risk Management

• Resource Management

• Economic Awareness

• Strategic Leadership

• Disruptive Event Management

• Business Continuity

• Disaster Recovery

Culture: effect on resilience

Organisational Climate

Psychological Contract OrganisationalCommitment

BehaviouralConsequence

• Openness

• Conscientious

• Extrovertness

• Adaptability

• Neuroticism

Personality traits that drive culture

Creating a cycle of resilience

Emergency planning

Contingency planning

Contingency implementation

Disruptive event management

BAU

Thank you

Dr Robert MacFarlaneAaron Gracey