Building Your Resilience: Finding Meaning in Adversity–Take a Free & Timely Course Online
Five Crucial Ways Smart People Beat Stress There are two kinds of people in this world: those who believe they can make things happen and those who believe things … Continue reading
Japanese Health Manual Created During the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic Offers Timeless Wisdom
Japan Heatwave Kills 79 and Sends Over 6,000 to the Hospital Extreme summer heat in Japan has killed 79 people in the capital of Tokyo over the past month and … Continue reading
How Cognitive Dissonance Affects Our COVID-19 Decisions: A Psychologist Explains
6 signs of loneliness: how to stay connected during COVID 19 We’re often hesitant to admit we’re lonely because of the stigma associated with loneliness — that it’s somehow our … Continue reading
Firefighters, military planes, troops arrive in California to fight massive blazes
Some Of The Warmest Water On Earth Is In The Path Of Laura And Marco – Why That’s Bad Several weeks ago I wrote an article in Forbes warning that … Continue reading
2 Hurricanes Could Strike U.S. on the Same Day for the First Time in History
Tropical Storm Laura Strikes Haiti, Dominican Republic (PHOTOS) Tropical Storm Laura is lashing Hispaniola after knocking out power to about 200,000 homes and businesses and leaving more than 10,000 … Continue reading
How to Strengthen Your Personal Resilience
Without Compassion, Resilient Leaders Will Fall Short It can come out of nowhere — a contempt attack. Like a panic attack, it arises suddenly and takes over completely. You feel … Continue reading
California’s Devastating Wildfires In Photos
Two Disasters Are Exponentially Worse Than One Eleven thousand lightning strikes, 370 wildfires, a pandemic, a heat wave, and rolling blackouts—California has endured a lot this week. Hundreds of thousands … Continue reading
Six strategies for creating flood resilient environments
Rising temperatures will cause more deaths than all infectious diseases – study The growing but largely unrecognized death toll from rising global temperatures will come close to eclipsing the current … Continue reading
4 Steps for Building Your Team’s Resilience
How to Use Meditation to Cope With Loneliness and Negative Self-Talk, According to Solo Explorer Colin O’Brady When COVID-19 hit and isolation became the norm for majority of the … Continue reading
How To Handle Prolonged Grief for Pre-Pandemic Life, According to a Grief Counselor
Designing the Digital Workplace for Resilience he dynamic environment fueled by the COVID-19 crisis caused many leaders to review and overhaul their business strategy. They were forced to re-evaluate … Continue reading
Why Companies That Support Workplace Resilience Stand Out From The Pack
7 Ways to Build Resilience in Challenging Times Building resilience is no easy task. Here are some useful methods to grow and help others well during COVID-19 and other challenging … Continue reading
5 Times Hurricanes Changed History
Four Steps To Repair Broken Trust The pandemic could break the bond of trust with your people. Here’s how to fix it. Image credit: Getty Images Full story: https://www.inc.com/peter-cohan/four-steps-to-repair-broken-trust.html 5 … Continue reading
Tooling for optimal resilience
China’s deadly summer floods have caused $25B in damage Summer floods in China have left more than 200 people dead or missing and caused $25 billion in direct damage, an … Continue reading
Global insured catastrophe losses top $31B in first-half 2020, Swiss Re reports
A Severe Hurricane Season Is Predicted. Are You Prepared As A Homeowner? Weather forecasters say that the 2020 hurricane season is shaping up to be a doozy, with bigger storms … Continue reading
Volcanic winter and pandemic pandemonium
New tech to help dams withstand natural disasters Thankachen Thottathil, a small-scale metal crusher businessman for more than 25 years who has worked for several industries and CIAL, has come … Continue reading
How to Get Through Hard Times Without Hurting People We Love
10 habits that define mentally resilient people, according to the author of a book on emotional intelligence for leaders The year 2020 has brought more than its fair share of … Continue reading
Why business continuity is crucial
Experts show how technology can be used to respond to natural disasters Australia could be smarter when it comes to disaster relief, technology leaders have told the Royal Commission … Continue reading
How social isolation changes the brain
World’s three hottest Julys happened in the last five years Last month was the world’s third-hottest July on record, new data show — the latest milestone in a global … Continue reading
4 Strategies to Build Business Resilience Before the Next Disruption
How to build your staff’s resilience while working remotely Four months into the pandemic and the strain on people’s resilience is beginning to show. It is difficult to remain … Continue reading
29 simple tricks experts use to stay resilient during the toughest times
How Collective Trauma Impacts Behavior, Mental Health, and Physical Health Collective trauma refers to a traumatic event that is shared by a group of people. It may involve a … Continue reading
Is Humanity Doomed Because We Can’t Plan For The Long Term?
South Korea floods, landslides kill dozens, displace thousands At least 30 people have died, and 12 remain missing after 46 days of heavy rains in South Korea, with the country’s … Continue reading
The Pandemic and Natural Disasters Are Colliding Again
Physicists: 90% Chance of Human Society Collapsing Within Decades Deforestation coupled with the rampant destruction of natural resources will soon have devastating effects on the future of society as … Continue reading
How learning in a crisis can build more resilient leadership
How learning in a crisis can build more resilient leadership COVID-19 has highlighted how vital infrastructure is in supporting the functions on which society relies, such as healthcare and … Continue reading
‘A critical situation’: Bangladesh in crisis as monsoon floods follow super-cyclone
South Korea floods, landslides kill 14 Fourteen people were killed and more than 1,000 people forced from their homes as 42 consecutive days of rain, South Korea’s longest monsoon … Continue reading
How (and why) you should practice gratitude, according to an expert
New study finds mindful nonreactivity is associated with altered neurophysiological responses to errors New research has found differences in the brain’s signal of error processing between those who are able … Continue reading
11 Tips to Build Emotional Resilience
Pandemic puts countries’ resilience to the test The pandemic has forced companies and governments to relearn some basic lessons. In this case, the three “Rs” are resilience, reshoring and repurposing. … Continue reading
The Deadliest Natural Disasters From The 20th Century
The unluckiest museums in the world? Croatia faces string of natural disasters “What next: Godzilla?” said a citizen of Croatia’s capital after a freak storm hit Zagreb on the … Continue reading
‘One day at a time’: To weather pandemic, learn how to bounce back
‘One day at a time’: To weather pandemic, learn how to bounce back To Lonnie Dupre, the Grand Marais-based Arctic explorer and mountaineer, enduring a pandemic is a little … Continue reading
11 Tips to Build Emotional Resilience
Australia’s ‘black summer’ bushfires showed the impact of human-wrought change Australia’s “black summer” megafires were a severe blow to ecosystems already reeling from decades of adverse impacts. Feral predators and … Continue reading
Resilience: You Can Develop It Today
Burnout isn’t due to resiliency deficit. It’s still a system issue The prevalence of physician burnout has been well documented, and many organizations initially offer resilience training to improve physician … Continue reading
Conditions are ripe for a major Atlantic hurricane in 2020
Humans see just 4.7km into the distance. So how can we truly understand what the bushfires destroyed? When the ashes from Australia’s last bushfire season cooled, we were left with … Continue reading
Business resilience only possible when people and process are resilient
How To Help Your Employees Adjust To Change It is no secret that people are resistant to change. However, change is not always a bad thing; changes in the workplace … Continue reading
How to make yourself the most resilient creature you can be
How to make yourself the most resilient creature you can be Eco-anxiety is becoming an increasingly prominent mental health issue across the world. To help those who find environmental news … Continue reading
Rare Hawaiian hurricane, packing strong winds and rains, approaches islands
As Texas Reels From Hurricane Damage, Hawaii Braces For Impact As Texas contends with the ongoing aftermath of one hurricane on Sunday, Hawaii is bracing for the impact of another. … Continue reading
Dam collapse in China could point to a ‘black swan’ disaster
Japan’s Brand New Bullet Train Is Earthquake-Proof Despite the postponed Olympics, Japan is still introducing a new high-speed train that the country intended to roll out for the 2020 Tokyo … Continue reading
Integrating Individual and Organizational Well-Being
‘Business As Unusual’ Generates More Human Impact, Resilience And New Experiences Whoever came up with the adage “Life must go on” probably wasn’t imagining a 21st-century world where a virus … Continue reading
This is No Time to Beat Yourself Up: How to Build Self-Compassion.
How to Help Kids Cope With Situational Anxiety Anxiety is a way we humans have evolved to protect ourselves. In threatening situations, our brains release a string of responses … Continue reading
Climate change blamed for China flood disaster
Climate change blamed for China flood disaster Torrential rains and rising river waters have swept across southern and central China. At least 140 people are dead or missing. Nearly 24 … Continue reading
Agencies Should Turn to AI Before Disaster Strikes: Report
Report: Agencies Should Turn to AI Before Disaster Strikes NASA-funded researchers applied artificial intelligence to Facebook user location data captured as two fires wrecked northern California in 2018 and gained … Continue reading
Deepwater Horizon Oil spill has affected mental and physical health of children
Deepwater Horizon Oil spill has affected mental and physical health of children On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig triggered what would become the … Continue reading
Floods in India, Nepal displace nearly four million people, at least 189 dead
Monsoon floods in India, Nepal displace 4 million Floods and mudslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have displaced millions in India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Nearly 200 people are reported to … Continue reading
Using Past to Predict Future: Case of Typhoon Hagibis
Empower locals to deal with natural disasters: Scientists Experts of GB Pant National Institute for Himalayan Environment, Government of India, said to reduce the drastic impact of natural disasters … Continue reading
Natural Disasters Won’t Stop Just Because There’s a Pandemic: How We Can Be Prepared
Insurance for When FEMA Fails he towns and cities dotting the Mississippi River have been a commercial spine of the American heartland for years, and for just as long have … Continue reading
A silent killer, the heat wave of 1980 remains among the nation’s deadliest weather events
Natural disasters, card fraud Kiwis’ top security concerns New research from Unisys Corporation reveals that the top three security concerns are natural disasters, e.g. flood, hurricanes, bushfires or epidemics … Continue reading
Trump considered selling Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria, former acting Homeland Security chief says
Flooding and Earthquakes Devastate Chinese Provinces, as Jiangxi Announces ‘Wartime’ Preparations The Chinese regime upgraded its flood response alert to its second highest level on 12th July, after announcing … Continue reading
A Time for New Resilience in a World of Change
Why Small Firms Are Vital For Post-Lockdown Recovery A new report from The Entrepreneurs Network and Xero highlights the need to support the post-Covid economic recovery by getting more … Continue reading
Japan rescuers battle to reach thousands trapped by floods
Trauma on Trauma: A Pandemic and Back to Back Natural Disasters Leave Puerto Ricans Devastated Starting in late December, a series of earthquakes devastated southern Puerto Rico, forcing thousands to … Continue reading
How Resilient Leaders Think
How Businesses Have Successfully Pivoted During the Pandemic The nearly instantaneous economic recession triggered by the Covid-19 shutdown has wreaked havoc on businesses large and small. Our very way … Continue reading
To build a resilient world, we must go circular. Here’s how to do it.
A heat wave thawed Siberia’s tundra. Now, it’s on fire. For months, Siberia has been experiencing extreme heat due to a combination of persistent sunny weather and human-caused … Continue reading
Resilience In The Face Of Crisis: 4 Lessons Learned From Frontline Technology
How Phoenix is planning for the ‘Hurricane Katrina’ of heat Phoenix, Arizona, is already the hottest major city in the United States, and climate experts expect temperatures to keep … Continue reading
Japan flooding: Death toll rises as heavy rain wreaks havoc
Japan’s devastating rains move north as millions told to evacuate Pounding rains that have already caused deadly floods in southern Japan have moved northeast, hammering large areas of Japan’s main … Continue reading
Disaster Loans Entrench Disparities in Black Communities
Project Resilience: How Recording Kindness Can Help Build Community Resilience All of the things together, like being pregnant in a foreign country while mourning the loss of my brother, felt … Continue reading
When Natural Disasters Cross the Path of COVID-19
Resilience and creativity to expand amidst the Covid-19 pandemic In an online interview with Anoty Africa’s co-owner, Mr Vhutshilo Nemutshili, he shared this wonderful quote by Maxwell speaking about leadership … Continue reading
When life gives you lemons – what we can learn about resilience
Finding Resilience During Covid-19 Situation As the entire world is working hard towards fighting the coronavirus pandemic, millions of lives are affected due to the lockdown and economic slowdown situation. … Continue reading
How to Have a Resilient, Positive Mindset
FEMA Examines How Stronger Buildings Lead to Less Disaster Damage The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is studying whether a change in building codes would reduce the amount of … Continue reading
How to Have a Resilient, Positive Mindset
Defeating Business Disruption in a Post-COVID-19 Era The prospect of an IT outage is one of the key issues that keep IT professionals awake at night. From natural disasters … Continue reading
The Truth About Flood Risk Can Worsen American Inequality
The Truth About Flood Risk Can Worsen American Inequality Before these individual property scores were available, there was no easy way for your average homeowner or buyer to understand … Continue reading
7 Secrets You Need To Know For Building Resilience
Top Global Brands Showed Resilience and Saw Increases Through Pandemic Though the ripple effect of the pandemic’s social, economic and personal impacts has been calamitous for businesses both small … Continue reading
Crisis management: lessons learned from natural disasters
Double crisis: Natural disasters don’t stop for coronavirus The COVID-19 pandemic is a complex worldwide emergency without contemporary precedent. In every nation around the globe, the pandemic reaction is … Continue reading
Healthy ecosystems are nature’s barrier to hurricane damage
Why Disaster Preparedness Cannot Wait The world has been planning for the future in the mistaken belief that it will resemble the past. But as COVID-19 coincides with cyclones in … Continue reading
Pandemic is yet another hurdle for resilient millennials and Gen Z
Hurricanes Are Getting Stronger, Just as Climate Scientists Predicted Rising seas, longer droughts, more devastating wildfires … many are the grim predictions that climate scientists have been warning may come … Continue reading
Being Resilient Is A Critical Skill
Developing resilience is an important tool to help you deal with coronavirus and the surge in cases We’re all exhausted and pushed to the limit by months of social distancing, … Continue reading
Belonging can spur resilience during a crisis, study says
347 risk analysts were asked: “What are the most likely risks for the world over the next year and a half?” The World Economic Forum interviewed 347 risk analysts about … Continue reading
Build your network to boost resilience in times of change
Build your network to boost resilience in times of change The world is changing so fast. It’s as if the ground is shifting and the wave is building and either … Continue reading
The power of emotional listening: To help leaders build emotional resilience during difficult times
Achieve Infrastructure Resilience During the Coronavirus Outbreak Business and IT leaders alike find it difficult to prepare a proportionate response to business continuity challenges like the coronavirus (COVID-19). Travel restrictions … Continue reading
Resilience Hubs Can Help Communities Thrive—and Better Weather Disasters
Climate Change Is Now Driving Investments in Flood Resilience After a flood event, companies need to take into account both the short-term imperatives to get up and running quickly and … Continue reading
How prepared is your business for recession resilience?
The Relevance Of Resilience During Disasters Resilience has been broadly defined as the capacity to adapt successfully to threats or disturbances. The concept has been adapted and applied to … Continue reading
The Politicization of Disaster Relief
Big livestock: A long road ahead to a resilient, water-secure future The U.S. meat industry is in the midst of extraordinary turmoil as more and more processing plant workers become … Continue reading
Expert: ‘Shovel-ready’ projects ignore important aspects of community resilience
How resilience helped this former refugee become an award-winning researcher Determination is Alfred Mupenzi’s defining characteristic. Born in a Ugandan settlement camp to Rwandan refugees, he was an orphan by … Continue reading
Blockchain through the Whole Supply Chain: Traceability Builds Business Resilience
Prepare for the Next Disaster With a Financial Recovery Kit So far, 2020 has been a year of disruption for many Americans. Finances and lives have been upended by … Continue reading
Resilience Lessons From Individuals Who Have Overcome Big Obstacles
Narratives of Hope, Solidarity and Resilience We can connect and build bridges with each other as humans when we overcome our stereotypes, assumptions and judgments. How can creative and … Continue reading
Unemployment By Design: Building Resilience In A World Disrupted
Report: Nature among best defences from natural disasters A new report shows the best protections from natural disasters could come from nature itself. “The Protective Value of Nature” report from … Continue reading
The relevance of resilience during disasters
Unconstitutional lockdown judgment is a lesson for Africa’s disaster management But there’s a lesson to draw here which can assist other African countries, as our situation is neither unique … Continue reading
How to foster national resilience during a crisis
Tokyo will probably face a massive earthquake in the next 30 years I’ve experienced a few of these alerts in the past few years — and thankfully it’s always been … Continue reading
Past stressful experiences do not create resilience to future trauma, new study finds
What type of person resists evacuation orders? Two tropical storms have already made landfall in the U.S. this year, and the tropics are forecast to remain active for the rest … Continue reading
Reputation resilience: A leadership imperative for the post-Covid world
How 2020 could get so much worse The hard-working staff here at Spoiler Alerts detailed some reasons for optimism Monday amid a year of catastrophe. There are tentative signs … Continue reading
Organisational resilience: how to build tenacity and innovation for the long run
Lessons from the UAE in how to build resilience during a pandemic A number of measures have appeared in recent months seeking to define good leadership in the era of … Continue reading
Covid-19 Resilience Survey 2: Two-thirds of insurance staff are not keen to return to the office
15 Things Therapists Do When They’re Worried About The Future We turn to therapists to help us navigate life and the difficult situations that come up. And although they may … Continue reading
Resilience the Most Significant Lesson From Pandemic
Monocultural Resilience At the end of the ongoing global melodrama’s first quarter, it seems reasonable to predict that this will be a two-act play with the final curtain coming … Continue reading
The Biggest Psychological Experiment in History Is Running Now
The Authentic Leader’s Role In Organizational Resilience And Citizenship Like most leadership coaches, I begin each client session with a check-in, inquiring how things have been since our last meeting. … Continue reading
The next pandemic is coming – and sooner than we think, thanks to changes to the environment
The next pandemic is coming – and sooner than we think, thanks to changes to the environment As a researcher who studies communicable diseases, Simon Reid has plenty to ponder … Continue reading
Building Kids’ Resilience through Play Is More Crucial Than Ever
We’re Only 3 Days Into Hurricane Season, And It’s Already a Record-Breaker Just two days into the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, Tropical Storm Cristobal was churning in the Gulf of … Continue reading
Good Business Processes Are Key to Resilience During Disruption
How Permaculture can Build Resilience and Meet Basic Needs During a Pandemic As COVID-19 spreads, people are showing a growing interest in permaculture principles and techniques to heal their lives, … Continue reading
Want to Build Better Resiliency? Try These Easy Mental Shifts
The Italian Chinatown that can teach us about resilience In mid-February, when the supposed first coronavirus patient was registered in Lombardy, Prato had already been the subject of public debate … Continue reading
The Importance of Leadership Resilience
5 Ways Leaders Can Recharge Business’ Stress Resilience Battery “Please take the day to relax and enjoy time with your families, and above all, please keep in mind that, as … Continue reading
Pandemics are here to stay. Here’s how to prepare for the next one.
New challenges of disaster management in Iran After the earthquake hit Tabas in 1978 with Mw7.4, Manjil in 1990 with Mw7.3 and Bam in 2003 with Mw6.5, some discussions have … Continue reading
From Survive To Thrive: 3 Mindset Shifts That Matter
From Survive To Thrive: 3 Mindset Shifts That Matter It seems that now, a few months into this crisis, we are experiencing a global shift. The panic and chaos of … Continue reading
A busy hurricane season and the coronavirus pandemic ‘is a cataclysmic scenario’
How the Dutch government uses data to predict the weather and prepare for natural disasters Have you ever wondered what’s behind the weather forecast TV reports? Or who is … Continue reading
10 Things Resilient People Do Every Day
Cyber resilience in a pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic has created an economic, financial and industrial wrecking ball, causing plummeting stock markets, mass job losses, company budget cuts and temporary closures … Continue reading
No Resiliency Strategy? You’re Taking a Big Risk.
No Resiliency Strategy? You’re Taking a Big Risk, Report Warns Utilities Utilities without resilience strategies are taking a risk that jeopardizes their companies and customers, says a new report … Continue reading
To be resilient, start by avoiding the word “happiness”
Resilience Is A Mindset Of Awareness And Practice History is filled with stories of tragedy, upheaval and immense challenges. In Viktor E. Frankel’s book, “Man’s Search for Meaning,” he recounts … Continue reading
Building a Resilient Family: Why Resilience is More Important than Ever
U.S. lawmaker wants insurers, govt. to share future pandemic business losses U.S. legislation introduced on Tuesday would create a taxpayer-backed insurance program to protect businesses from revenue losses during … Continue reading
Mental Health: Role of the individual for their well-being in the pandemic
How Do Public Health Emergencies and Natural Disasters Affect Mental Health Care Access? Public health emergencies and disasters often have unique challenges that require flexible solutions. Different disasters and … Continue reading
Helping communities build resilience in children during a time of considerable upheaval
Builders Call For $13 Billion Stimulus Action Plan A $13.2 billion building and construction stimulus action will stimulate over $30 billion in new economic activity and create more than … Continue reading
Sci-Fi and Fantasy Build Mental Resiliency in Young Readers
The Worst Types of Cyclones are Becoming More Likely India and Bangladesh are currently reeling from Cyclone Amphan. The cyclone made landfall on Wednesday, forcing millions into shelters. Prior to … Continue reading
How will COVID-19 impact Nepal’s earthquake-reconstruction efforts?
Recovery begins after storm ravages Indian, Bangladesh coast Authorities began clearing roads and assessing damage on Friday after Cyclone Amphan barrelled through coastal communities in eastern India and neighbouring … Continue reading
Burnout is an emerging trend threatening employee well-being during the pandemic.
Think it’s bad now? Wait until hurricane and fire seasons start So far, 2020 has been a year of disruption for many Americans. Finances and lives have been upended by … Continue reading
Deloitte Study: When Resilience Can Determine Organizational Survival,
Why future system resilience must be built into recovery plans Personal resilience has been in vogue for a while, and has been given an obvious boost by the pandemic. We … Continue reading
Why we turn to scientists in times of crisis
Experts on how they developed resilience in extremely stressful situations It’s hard to know just how much we can say that self-isolation is causing us to struggle. For every statement … Continue reading
Ten things you can learn from women’s resilience that will help you stay strong in the time of COVID-19
A Short Guide to Disaster Recovery for SMEs Disaster can happen for any company, regardless of size. In terms of IT disasters, common issues result from malware (which may lead … Continue reading
Lessons from COVID-19 Lockdown: How tiny actions can unlock psychological energy to boost motivation
Lessons from COVID-19 Lockdown: How tiny actions can unlock psychological energy to boost motivation “Trapped in prison,” is how one person described the COVID-19 lock down for a month, and … Continue reading
Being able to begin again is at the heart of resilience
Disasters like COVID-19 bring us together — if we let them Some disasters bring us together. The 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake spawned volunteerism on a scale unprecedented in Japan. … Continue reading
Lessons from past epidemics, natural disasters
Business maps out post-pandemic resilient future The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a harsh blow to businesses in Latin America and the Caribbean but the private sector has a vital role … Continue reading
Military psychologist explains why grit matters as much as intelligence
The New Normal: Building Resilience to Keep Business Moving The past couple of months have brought unprecedented challenges that have interrupted our everyday lives and the way we do business. … Continue reading
Rebuilding from disaster: it doesn’t end when housing aid projects finish
Organizational Resilience We have now entered a white ocean business world. Given the rapidly evolving enterprise landscape that the global pandemic has thrust us into, cultivating employees who can … Continue reading
7 ways to rebuild Australian resilience
Making Art Will Keep Your Brain Resilient as You Age Making art can help keep your mental faculties strong as you age, according to a new study out of … Continue reading
How To Apply The Brain Science Of Resilience To The Classroom
Building Flood Resilient Communities in Small Island States The British Virgin Islands (BVI) suffered three catastrophic natural disasters in August and September 2017. In August, the BVI was struck with … Continue reading
Can Adversity Make Us Stronger?
How to build children’s resilience, and your own, amid coronavirus unknowns The world is upside down right now due to coronavirus. Although there are early signs of tentative re-openings for … Continue reading
Teaching Corporate Resilience To Tomorrow’s Leaders
Why Now is the Time to Think Global Perhaps characteristically for the global media, as COVID-19 cases soar in the US and Europe, little attention is being paid to Africa, … Continue reading
April’s Killer Tornadoes Cost Insurers Billions in Claims: Aon Report Extensive severe weather events in the United States during April cost insurers billions of dollars, according to the latest edition … Continue reading
Building Organizational Resilience Through Learning
When a Black Swan Comes The Second Line of Defense team have been involved in crises management situations throughout their careers. And crises management is a key issue in which … Continue reading
Don’t look now, but the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season could break records
Trans Communities Are Demonstrating Incredible Resilience In late February, New Orleans hosted its annual Mardi Gras celebrations. As usual, there were vivid floats, crowds galore, and attendees adorned in green, … Continue reading
How to build resilience through COVID-19
To Be More Resilient in a Crisis, Focus on Meaning, Not Happiness here are a lot of sad, stressed people out there right now, pacing their homes wondering how to … Continue reading
Study finds that two-thirds of UK organizations surveyed had no pandemic plans in place before COVID-19
What Rome Learned From the Deadly Antonine Plague of 165 A.D. round 165 A.D., the Anatolian town of Hierapolis erected a statue to the god Apollo Alexikakos, the Averter of … Continue reading
4 ways to build organisational resilience
Elder Millenials Are The Most Resilient Generation Technically, I’m a Millennial. According to the Pew Research Center, anyone born between 1981 and 1996 is a Millennial, and I was born … Continue reading
Having A Trustworthy Boss Is Good, But Being Resilient Is Better
This Pandemic Has Exposed The Missing Piece In Employee Engagement The current pandemic and scores of employees working remotely have shown that employee engagement is not entirely dependent on having … Continue reading
Building Resilience in the Days of the Coronavirus: Lessons from the Great Depression
Dubrovnik: The medieval city designed around quarantine Since ancient times, societies have attempted to separate people with disease from those who remained unaffected, with references to self-isolation dating back to … Continue reading
Psychological Trauma Is the Next Crisis for Coronavirus Health Workers
Cities face 100 million ‘new poor’ in post-pandemic world: experts bout 100 million people living in cities worldwide will likely fall into poverty due to the coronavirus pandemic, urban experts … Continue reading
Can AI predict the next big flood before it happens?
The COVID College Experience: Building Resilience, Finding Structure And Maintaining Connection The COVID-19 experience represents a traumatic experience for everyone. The combination of stressors seems limitless, and includes fear of … Continue reading
9/11 or coronavirus, which one is the biggest disaster for America so far?
9/11 or coronavirus, which one is the biggest disaster for America so far? Nearly two decades after Manhattan’s Twin Towers fell in history’s deadliest attack on US soil, the coronavirus … Continue reading
Resilience Is Not Just a Buzzword
Building resilient cities, a post-coronavirus necessity Some economists and social scientists believe that should not be returned to the current dense life because large cities are more vulnerable to viruses … Continue reading
Five Years on From the Earthquake in Nepal, Heritage-Led Recovery is Uniting Community
Planning for a disaster: Model can predict hospital resilience for natural disasters, pandemics When a natural disaster like an earthquake strikes, a community can literally be shaken to its core. … Continue reading
Building Africa’s resilience for sustainable food security post-COVID-19
SPARK Academy designed to help children cope after disasters One girl called up the Piggly Wiggly logo on her cellphone as she drew a grocery store; another added a Walmart … Continue reading
Flooding will affect double the number of people worldwide by 2030
Preventive counselling could build resilience during current crisis I fully support Ms Kristen Ong Xinru’s suggestion to reinstate psychological treatment to the “essential services” exempted from workplace closures (Tele-consultation may … Continue reading
6 Tangible Ways To Remain Emotionally Resilient During The Coronavirus
Coronavirus and climate disasters: Small vulnerable countries face dual threat The widespread destruction wreaked by Tropical Cyclone Harold in several Pacific countries just days ago has been nothing short … Continue reading
A Paradigm Shift Accelerated by the Coronavirus
Hurricanes to become SLOWER and more damaging, researchers warn HURRICANES with the potential to unleash more damage will become more common in the future thanks to human-caused global warming, … Continue reading
How to build your digital resilience in 2020
Why an emergency management mindset boosts resilience When disaster strikes, it’s easy to fall into the cycle of day-to-day response and survival. Never has this been truer than when we … Continue reading
COVID-19 is a call for a resilient globalization
Important lessons in disaster and risk management AIM professor shares leadership principles in responding to the present crisis Unlike natural disasters that the country has learned to brace for, the … Continue reading
There are no resilient families in a locust plague
Building Exteriors Enhance Resilience Against Extreme Weather For communities prone to severe weather, sustainable building strategies serve as the cornerstone for enhancing resilience. Building owners are becoming more attuned to … Continue reading
What happens when natural disasters strike during a pandemic?
A climate change-influenced megadrought A large portion of the American Southwest is in the grip of a climate change-induced megadrought, a new study finds. The big picture: This is the … Continue reading
Maintaining Resilience in the Face of an Unseen Enemy
Maintaining Resilience in the Face of an Unseen Enemy Resilience is what will get us through the emotional turmoil, the ups and downs of living through the pandemic with all … Continue reading
How the Economy Will Look After the Coronavirus Pandemic
Risk and Resilience in the Days of the Coronavirus Pandemic Today, an interest in the period of history known as the Great Depression is revived under conditions of a plague-like … Continue reading
Self-Compassion Practices to Deepen Your Resilience
We’re Not Ready for This Kind of Grief According to my mother, there are two unique forms of grief that everyone touched by war understands. There’s the grief associated with … Continue reading
So, what about recovery then?
Resilience after recession: 4 ways to reboot the U.S. economy The COVID-19 pandemic is already affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans, and it’s poised to get worse … Continue reading
Many responders in emotional distress one year after hurricane in Puerto Rico, study finds
The Guardian view on a Covid-19 government: failing to do the job Coronavirus is a disaster that we should have been prepared for, because it was expected. In 2015, the … Continue reading
Why Societies Are Resilient to Disasters Like COVID-19
How to support your emotional resilience and wellbeing during the pandemic Social work has not suddenly become stressful due to the spread of Covid-19. Community Care’s caseload survey at the … Continue reading
Social Media’s Role in Disaster Preparedness & Crisis Management
Building resilience in the face of an extreme crisis It is human to feel a whole range of emotions, from fear and worry to loneliness and sadness, during this trying … Continue reading
Tornado And Wildfire Season Will Be More Treacherous Because Of Coronavirus. Here’s Why.
Social media posts predict economic recovery after natural disasters Experts at the University of Bristol are describing how social media can be used to track economic recovery after natural disasters, … Continue reading
How to ensure organizational resilience in the age of COVID-19
Satellite images reveal Cyclone Harold’s path of destruction in Vanuatu Satellite images have revealed the scale of destruction in Vanuatu after category-five Cyclone Harold struck the island nation this week. … Continue reading
The 10 Deadliest Disasters In American History
Cyclone Harold batters Fiji, flattening homes and flooding towns A deadly Pacific storm slammed Fiji on Wednesday, tearing off roofs and flooding towns in the capital Suva days after the … Continue reading
Pandemic hurts ability of nations to face natural disasters
The Pandemic Will Change Everything The pre-Socratic philosopher Heraclitus once famously wrote, “Change is the only constant in life.” Sometimes it is slow and gradual. Sometimes it comes in the … Continue reading
In Houston, Coronavirus Tests A City Known For Its Resilience
Fears for wildlife recovery after bushfires as coronavirus crisis stymies scientists’ fieldwork Scientists are being forced to shut down or scale back fieldwork to assess the impact of last … Continue reading
Sleep: Practical Tips to Increase Resilience
Shifting corporate responsibility to consumer resilience Nobel-prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz made the point recently in reference to Covid-19 that the US has created an economy without resilience. It would … Continue reading
Hurricane Season On Top Of A Pandemic Will Be A Nightmare
Successful Aging: These are traits that help older adults in times of crisis Given the COVID-19 environment, it seems timely to identify the strengths older adults can rely upon to … Continue reading
The Covid-19 crisis too few are talking about: health care workers’ mental health
The Covid-19 crisis too few are talking about: health care workers’ mental health In the midst of this global pandemic, people are talking about the urgent and critical need for … Continue reading
14 Ways Leaders Can Build Their Resilience And Transform Their Business
Climate disasters seen increasing conflict risk in large countries Countries with large populations and low levels of development are most likely to see a rise in the risk of … Continue reading
Hope and resilience
Resilience can defeat virus, experts say Many of us have already lost or fear losing our jobs, others have fallen sick and some have even died. Everyone has been dislocated … Continue reading
A story of resilience: China’s revival against Covid-19
Why India Inc needs to invest in resilience As the COVID-19 outbreak hits the country, businesses across the board are bracing themselves for what’ll undoubtedly turn out to be the … Continue reading
How To Build Your Leadership Resiliency!
How Resilience Hubs in cities could help coronavirus response COVID-19 is quickly exposing countries’ fragile social fabric. As individuals struggle to stay afloat, a lack of healthcare, childcare, living wages, … Continue reading
COVID-19 and Business Continuity: Is Your Plan Ready or Not?
5-phase approach for business continuity in the age of Covid-19 A five-phase strategic and systematic approach to strengthen the resilience of organisations’ current business models is key to business continuity … Continue reading
