We must consider novel threats, using both history and foresight to guide us. Based on what we knowThe combination of historical knowledge and creative, active foresight is at the core of building resilient systems.
These results suggest that executives prioritized actions across the spectrum of operational resilience: recovering from past events, acting on current events and preparing for future events. “The lesson of 2020 is [that] you never want to get comfortable. You have to be resilient, you have to keep vigilant and you should expect the unexpected,” says Nick Green, CEO and co-founder of Thrive Market. But, he adds, “you can’t design resilience in a lab … Resilience is one of those qualities that’s forged in fire, and you’ll only know when it’s actually tested.”