Las empresas se dan cuenta de que para sobrevivir ya no les basta con ser eficientes o fabricar productos de la máxima calidad. Tampoco les basta con tener ideas innovadoras. Ahora lo que necesitan es responder con velocidad a los cambios del entorno, recuperarse rápido de las adversidades y desarrollar mejores formas de hacer negocios bajo presión, aprendiendo en el proceso. Necesitan encontrar fórmulas para dotar a sus organizaciones de una...

"In the last 25 years we have seen a series of major disruptions to business as usual. There was the Asian financial crisis in 1997, the dotcom bust in 2000, the SARs crisis in 2002, the tsunamis in 2004 and 2011, the global financial crisis in 2008, the Arab Spring of 2011, the Ebola outbreak in 2014 and covid-19 in 2020. All of these were unexpected events that have huge impact. Add in the threat of global warming, oil price volatility and a refugee...

"Alarming studies today predict AI and robotics will do away with jobs?but this is only part of the story. Many jobs will change, some jobs will be eliminated entirely, many more jobs will evolve. The new jobs will require new skills and will pay higher wages. This book explains the big picture of this coming global revolution that is redefining how we work. The good news is that we have time to adapt, and the book explains how. The bad news is that...

Catastrophic events such as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the Tohoku "Triple Disaster" of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown that hit the eastern seaboard of Japan in 2012 are seen as surprises that have a low probability of occurring but have a debilitating impact when they do. In this eye-opening journey through modern and ancient risk management practices, Jon Coaffee explains why we need to find a new way to navigate the deeply uncertain...

"In a world of disruption and uncertainty, Still Standing: What It Takes to Thrive and Innovate in a Messy World by Cherry Rose Tan emerges as a beacon of resilience, offering the essential strategies for navigating the pressures of building and leading our organizations into the future. Drawing on her vast experience as a veteran entrepreneur, speaker, and advisor, #REALTALK founder Cherry Rose Tan provides a roadmap for cultivating the mindset,...

How do the most resilient leaders and organizations survive--and even thrive--during a market slowdown? If you read nothing else on weathering a down market and returning to growth, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you navigate a tough market, stay resilient, and return to growth and prosperity faster than the competition. This book will inspire you...

"Business leaders around the world are undertaking the biggest remaking of operations since World War II. Post-pandemic, every organization is grappling with the consequences of global supply chains that for years were optimized only around lowest cost supplies and labor. That changed with the pandemic, the global labor shortage, war in Ukraine, and other crises. To meet those disruptions--companies must transform their operations. But how? Today's...

"This innovative volume provides a comprehensive overview of improvisation as a pervasive organizational process, essential in ever-changing business environments. Exploring theories of organizational action as well as contemporary challenges, it highlights improvisation's rich potential in theory building and practice. The value and relevance of improvisational capabilities and processes in organizations are more apparent than ever: the global pandemic...

In this book, we change the perspective on an organization's operational resilience capabilities so that it changes from being a reactive (tick box) approach to being proactive. The perspectives of every chapter in this book are with a focus on risk profiles and how your business can reduce these profiles using effective mitigation measures.

"New York. Athens. Boston. Tohoku. Newtown. Oslo. West. Wenzhou. New Orleans. Dhaka. Moore. Nairobi. These communities are just a few among the many that have been hit hard by one of the "wicked problems" of today's world: natural catastrophe, disease and contagion, systems or social collapse. If you haven't been directly touched by one of these disruptions yourself, you are sure to have been affected by them in some way. They harm people, destabilize...