An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 7 May 2014, posted to Dreamwidth. The entry is titled, "In which she submits her hatred of Riccarton Road".The entry was downloaded on 14 April 2015.
We present the initial findings from a study of adaptive resilience of lifelines organisations providing essential infrastructure services, in Christchurch, New Zealand following the earthquakes of 2010-2011. Qualitative empirical data was collected from 200 individuals in 11 organisations. Analysis using a grounded theory method identified four major factors that aid organisational response, recovery and renewal following major disruptive events. Our data suggest that quality of top and middle-level leadership, quality of external linkages, level of internal collaboration, ability to learn from experience, and staff well-being and engagement influence adaptive resilience. Our data also suggest that adaptive resilience is a process or capacity, not an outcome and that it is contextual. Post-disaster capacity/resources and post-disaster environment influence the nature of adaptive resilience.
A document made available to people attending Duncan Gibb's Brunel lecture.
A pdf copy of a PowerPoint presentation used by Duncan Gibb when presenting his Brunel lecture.