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Don't Wing Your Next Crisis

Oil spills. Terrorist attacks. Pandemic influenza. Hurricanes. Each of these events can disrupt your business significantly. It is therefore important to develop what a 2009 report from the IBM Business Values Institute calls ...READ»

Online Project Evaluation Software Organizes Project Monitoring and Billing

People who provide administrative support in offices often have to rely on somewhat cryptic notes from professionals in the office in order to generate monthly project billing or staff-wide labor reports. Online project evaluation ...READ»

Three Possible Economic Models (Part II)

Life in three different economic futures: Resilience Economics, Just-in-Time Socialism, and Robonomics. Where do you want to live?READ»

Three Possible Economic Models (Part 1)

Engaging in a bit of socioeconomic speculation and thinking about what a 21st century economy might look like.READ»

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How To Build Resilience in Turbulent Times

In the 2007 World Health Statistics Report, the World Health Organization identified depression as one of the most significant global public health problems. World wide events such as recession, the effects of climate change, and terrorism events and alerts have increased the general level of anxiety throughout the world. Employers and managers face, on a daily basis, bad news and its psychological impact on employees.Being resilient, having the capacity to endure difficult times and bounce back in a healthy state, is now critical to success in life and work.READ»

Resilience in the Face of Crisis: Why the Future Will Be Flexible

What will a post-crash, truly 21st-century world look like? For people 
thinking about global systems (economic, environmental, and social) 
one idea stands out: resilience.
 Resilience means the capacity of an ...READ»

Perseverance and Resilience—Lessons from a Funeral on What Matters Today

Going to a funeral is never fun; however, this past weekend, as I celebrated the life of a man who lived 95 good years, I received a welcome, but unexpected surprise.  With the ever-worsening economic news as a backdrop, the ...READ»