Comments on: What goes into resilience? http://www.husdal.com/2010/04/30/what-goes-into-resilience/ Journal articles and papers, books and book chapters, research reports and whitepapers, blogs and websites Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jan Husdalhttp://www.husdal.com/2010/04/30/what-goes-into-resilience/#comment-123365 Jan Husdal Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:18:00 +0000 http://www.husdal.com/?p=12624#comment-123365 Hi Timothy and thank you for your clarification. I must admit that I did read the list of vulnerabilities and capabilities as being ordered, but if that is not the case it makes much more sense. I look forward to reading and reviewing the follow-up paper :) P.S. The "Edited by a moderator" of your comment above was to separate it into paragraphs. Hi Timothy and thank you for your clarification. I must admit that I did read the list of vulnerabilities and capabilities as being ordered, but if that is not the case it makes much more sense.

I look forward to reading and reviewing the follow-up paper :)

P.S. The “Edited by a moderator” of your comment above was to separate it into paragraphs.

]]> By: Tim Pettithttp://www.husdal.com/2010/04/30/what-goes-into-resilience/#comment-123364 Tim Pettit Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:05:00 +0000 http://www.husdal.com/?p=12624#comment-123364 A colleague just passed me the link to your review.  I appreciate your meticulous review and insightful comments.   If I may make one note – the list of vulnerabilities and capabilities listed in the original article are NOT in any particular order, as it appears that you interpreted them to be.   However, our follow-on paper (currently in review) does provide empirical data from a small sample of manufacturing firms, and provides some general insight into the relative values and importance of the resilience factors in practice.  The critical take-away from this new work is the development of a resilience assessment tool  which not only evaluates a firm’s current state of resilience but also, through empirically derived linkages between the vulnerabilities and capabilities, provides direction for improvement efforts toward achieving more balance resilience.    Sincerely, Tim Pettit A colleague just passed me the link to your review.  I appreciate your meticulous review and insightful comments.   If I may make one note – the list of vulnerabilities and capabilities listed in the original article are NOT in any particular order, as it appears that you interpreted them to be.  

However, our follow-on paper (currently in review) does provide empirical data from a small sample of manufacturing firms, and provides some general insight into the relative values and importance of the resilience factors in practice. 

The critical take-away from this new work is the development of a resilience assessment
tool  which not only evaluates a firm’s current state of resilience but also, through empirically derived linkages between the vulnerabilities and capabilities, provides direction for improvement efforts toward achieving more balance resilience.   

Sincerely, Tim Pettit

]]> By: Jan Husdalhttp://www.husdal.com/2010/04/30/what-goes-into-resilience/#comment-123366 Jan Husdal Thu, 06 May 2010 05:20:00 +0000 http://www.husdal.com/?p=12624#comment-123366 Hello Joakim and thank you for your comment. Hello Joakim and thank you for your comment.

]]> By: Joakim Storckhttp://www.husdal.com/2010/04/30/what-goes-into-resilience/#comment-17627 Joakim Storck Wed, 05 May 2010 13:18:50 +0000 http://www.husdal.com/?p=12624#comment-17627 Interesting article, thanks! A big problem is that catastrophic events occur infrequently. Turbulence is defined above as "frequent and uncontrollable changes in the external environment". The key word here is frequent. You can devise a systematic approach to handle frequent events, but in order to handle infrequent events, you must design a robust and adaptable system in the first place. That explains why capabilities regarding flexibility scores high. The third factor is "organization", which really doesn't say much, does it? I ask myself what specific properties of organization that are desirable from the perspective of creating an adaptive system? Interesting article, thanks!

A big problem is that catastrophic events occur infrequently. Turbulence is defined above as "frequent and uncontrollable changes in the external environment". The key word here is frequent. You can devise a systematic approach to handle frequent events, but in order to handle infrequent events, you must design a robust and adaptable system in the first place. That explains why capabilities regarding flexibility scores high.

The third factor is "organization", which really doesn't say much, does it? I ask myself what specific properties of organization that are desirable from the perspective of creating an adaptive system?

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