THE WORLD AFTER COVID-19: How to improve resilience during the crisis? The Coronavirus crisis revealed how important resilience is for countries and global systems. In this document we outline concrete means for building resilience against multifaceted uncertainties that the pandemic has triggered in the global system. The approach is based on the analysis of low probability [...]
The Coronavirus Pandemic and Potential Implications Executive Summary The coronavirus pandemic is an X-event (extreme event) that has impacted many aspects of our global society. The conclusions in this whitepaper are the result of applying systems analysis and foresight methods to look at a post-Coronavirus world. The objective of the analysis is to provide actionable [...]
What will the world look like post crisis? This scenario space identifies 5 key issues & alternative ways in which these key issues may develop between now and 2025. A framework for developing resilient strategies by Eidos Partners.
How digital platforms are helping us manage through the coronavirus In our past signal posts, we’ve highlighted many ways that digital platforms are growing and impacting our everyday lives. In this signal post, we’re highlighting how those same platforms have increased our resilience and ability to adapt to these extraordinary times of the novel coronavirus [...]
Resilience and the Coronavirus Pandemic The era of efficiency seems to be over. We are entering a world dominated by uncertainties. Some of these uncertainties are quantifiable, so we are able to conduct risk calculations and if rigorously conducted, we can manage the trade-offs between risks and related opportunities. The challenge of the Coronavirus pandemic [...]
There are two principle ways to approach resilience measurement; either to try to collect information about as many functions as possible in an organization or to use an indicator that will reflect how an organization is going to manage an unexpected event. Read more
Improving efficiency may prove to be a harmful strategy in a global environment that is full of sudden twists, surprises, and shocks. In this situation decision makers have two alternative strategies; either invest in anticipation and thus be better prepared for changes – or surrender to uncertainty, and build success out of a risk environment. [...]
Resilience Planning for “unknown unknowns” is in principle a challenge to the imagination; we have to systematically extend our understanding by pushing the borders of our existing thinking outward from our current perception of what is relevant, what is logical, what is causal. Principles: We apply four design principles in our Resilience Portfolio method. In [...]
