Resilient Leadership – Round 1: 6-17 April 2020
“Everything un-gels at a time like this” – and being un-gelled, presents the management of any large organisation with novel challenges as well as rare opportunities to leap forward.
Category: Knowledge
The Resilience Shift publishes blogs and features on specific areas of knowledge that are linked to our activities and areas of research.
Disaster v crisis? How the nature of the Covid-19 crisis affects our response.
How should we respond to a disaster or crisis such as Covid-19, the Australian bushfires or the floods in Indonesia? Jo da Silva, Resilience Shift Board member, reflects on what we mean by disaster and crisis, and how our understanding of the type of event should inform our response.
From field to fork – global food supply and its dependence on resilient infrastructure
The global supply of food is an incredibly complex system, involving multiple actors and a diverse value chain from production through to consumption. Every part of the chain is dependent on infrastructure systems. We share six principles for enhancing the resilience of food transportation systems from our contribution to Cereal Foods World.
Keeping us connected – data centres as critical infrastructures
Data centres power digital societies and enable our connected lives – something that the Covid-19 crisis has recently highlighted. In the spirit of World Backup Day (31 March), Dr Alexander Taylor, University of Cambridge, introduces us to a sector that is often overlooked in discussions about critical infrastructure resilience: the data centre industry.
How do you develop a successful industry rating scheme? Listen to those involved.
Watch the journey of the Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia who developed a rating scheme measuring sustainability performance on infrastructure projects
Potable water: 17 steps to boosting resilience
“This primer is aimed at everyone involved in water infrastructure whether they are operating and running the systems or making decisions about investments. It looks at making our physical infrastructure more resilient, at how to embed resilience thinking and adaptability, and also, unusually, to involve customers in the dialogue…”
“Learning from each other about solutions in practice”
Sarah Reeves, now at DEFRA, was one of the TRL team behind the Roads and Rail resilience primers. She interviewed individuals working across the road and rail sector, and we were keen to hear her reflections.
What can professional groups and institutions do to build resilience?
Sharing insights from a resilience round-table exploring ways that professional institutions and associations can work together to accelerate change in how resilient infrastructure is delivered in practice.
