For Security and Resiliency
Management
From time to time, we discuss
about the VUCA world, an acronym for Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous.
We all believe that we are living in a VUCA world, and that we continue finding
VUCA solutions.
The Taal volcanic eruption, water
supply shortage, power interruptions, household fires, typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes,
terrorism, criminality, and now COVID-19. These are a manifestation of our VUCA
world which give rise to severe socioeconomic consequences. More serious impact
on us and our society if we just remain into our current state of affairs.
It is for this reason that we
need good governance, leadership and strategies to reform, reinvigorated and
transform us from outmoded management theories. Heavily politicized bureaucratic
approach and the idea of having one solution to problems should be a thing of
the past that can just play the role of a backgrounder. What we need these
current times are unique and distinct solutions and critical thinking. In other
words, we need a balance between existing risks management roles into a more
personalized risk management approach where the integration of roles, systems
and procedures are synergized.
In these modern times, we have the
opportunity to utilize the intricacies of technology and automation. We observe
the importance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics in place. This create
a unique opportunity for us to think differently about what we do and how we do
it, which lead us to adapt and act with a shared responsibility to bounce back
when crisis strike. More important so from just bouncing back to normalcy is that
we can move to a state of presilience. While resilience is focused on recovery aimed
at directing us to return as quickly as possible to the state where we were before
the crisis, presilience on the other hand focuses on ensuring that we come out
better with high performance outcomes.
Under this concept of presilience,
it is here where adaptive innovation and agility live. It is here where risk intelligence
is applied – “beyond risk management” or from “risk to opportunity”. Risk
Intelligence (RI) is defined as a set of living skills, applied attributes and behaviors,
that are frequently practiced, enabling effective decision making to manage
potentially negative outcomes and capitalize on opportunities (Dr Gavriel Schneider).
It enables better decision making and incorporates agility and resilience to
proactively embrace opportunity and manage negative outcomes.
But to be VUCA ready, presilience
is not just about high performance and outcomes, it is also about constant
learning and adaption to grab on opportunity. Thus, there is a formula to
follow, skills to develop and VUCA solutions to spread on.
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