Whole system resilience: What is it and why should it be top of your agenda?

As external challenges continue to rage, some have suggested that the way forward is a whole system response. But what does this mean, and how can organisations contribute to building resilience against these challenges?

Effective resilience programmes span further than just an organisation’s ability to maintain profits. They also focus on raising the strength of individuals, teams, and the society around them.

Our one-hour webinar, hosted by PA expert Sally Shellum, will explore the challenges that individuals, organisations, and societies face when building resilience. Whether you’re looking to become more resilient as a leader or are hoping to support those around you, this webinar will provide you with guidance and tactics to tackle such challenges.

Our panel of experts will explore whole system resilience through the following topics:

• Resilient self: How can we become more resilient leaders and authentically build resilience in ourselves?
• Resilient organisation: How can we nurture a culture of resilience in a sustainable way?
• Resilient society: Why is it important for organisations to contribute to the resilience of wider society?

Host

• Sally Shellum, PA Consulting
  Sally is one of PA’s people-centred transformation experts, working in the Transport sector. Highly skilled at guiding leaders and teams through major programmes, Sally is passionate about achieving successful outcomes in complex regulatory, safety, and stakeholder environments.

Panel

• Professor Caroline Field, PA Consulting
  Caroline leads PA’s National Resilience work and Resilience Practice. She is an expert in resilience, spearheading the move to an integrated, systems-based approach to understanding threats, vulnerabilities, and opportunities. Caroline’s work helps clients determine the best approach towards investing in resilience measures that support an organisation’s strategic objectives.
• Professor Ruth Crick, CEO at Wildlearn, and Professor of Learning Analytics at the University of Technology, Sydney
  A leading voice on learning, Ruth is passionate about developing pathways to social impact. She has spent her life researching learning power, learning journeys, and future skills and competences. Ruth has significant experience leading teams to develop the digital capabilities needed for dispositional analytics, providing diagnostic tools to support self-directed change, developing ‘resilient agency’, and using machine learning to support purposeful conversations.
• Professor Duncan Shaw, Professor at the National Consortium for Societal Resilience
  Duncan is a Professor in Operational Research and Critical Systems at the University of Manchester, focusing on the role of process and governance when planning for, responding to, and recovering from disruptive events in society. Duncan sits on numerous research, policy, planning, and evaluation committees for the European Union, United Nations, international NGOs and networks, and governments across the world. He also chairs a committee on Community Resilience for the International Standards Organization.

If you have any questions about the event, please get in touch with Lindsay Stark.

We look forward to welcoming you.