Tag Archives: resilience thinking

Thoughts on Resilient Practice Managing Complexity

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Giorgio Bertini

Resilience is the ability to recover from a shock, insult or disturbance. The concept of resilience originating from physics lately found a widespread application. From a management perspective and especially in reference to the practice of managing complexity, two developments … Continue reading →

Posted in Complexity, Management, Resilience, Resilience thinking, Resilient practice | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Resilient Leaders — Implications for Leader Development

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Giorgio Bertini

This research report delves into the notions of resilience and leadership, and into the processes that enable long-term resilience. It also explores the developmental interventions that can facilitate and sustain such processes, so as to ensure that the individual is … Continue reading →

Posted in Complexity & change, Complexity leadership, Leadership, Resilience, Resilience thinking, Uncertainty | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Resilient Leaders — Implications for Leader Development

Sustainability Transformations – a Resilience Perspective

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Giorgio Bertini

Scholars and policy makers are becoming increasingly interested in the processes that lead to transformations toward sustainability. We explored how resilience thinking, and a stronger focus on social-ecological systems, can contribute to existing studies of sustainability transformations. First, we responded … Continue reading →

Posted in Resilience, Resilience thinking, Socio-ecological systems, Sustainability, Sustainable development, Sustainable transformations, Transformation | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on Sustainability Transformations – a Resilience Perspective

Resilience and Sustainable Development – Theory of Resilience, Systems Thinking and Adaptive Governance

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Giorgio Bertini

Resilience thinking is inevitably systems thinking at least as much as sustainable development is. In fact, “when considering systems of humans and nature (social-ecological systems) it is important to consider the system as a whole. The human domain and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Complex adaptive system, Resilience, Resilience thinking, Sustainable development, Systems thinking | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Resilience and Sustainable Development – Theory of Resilience, Systems Thinking and Adaptive Governance