Resilient Leadership - Learning From Crisis: Recent Episodes
Resilience Shift
Amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, leaders in city government and large global organisations are operating in an environment of uncertainty and speed to make decisions that will likely have weighty consequences down the road. What if we could listen in to a handful of senior decision-makers who are carrying this large responsibility, as they confront this crisis, day by day? What might we learn from them that could be of value to a wider audience of people struggling – like them - to navigate these waters?
Through the ‘Resilient Leadership’ podcast, Seth Schultz and Peter Willis discuss the insights we’re gaining through weekly interviews from the same ten such decision-makers every week – five in leadership positions in large globally significant corporations, and five Chief Resilience Officers of a major city in Europe, Africa, India, Brazil and the US.
This podcast is produced by the Resilience Shift. Find out more about us at www.resilienceshift.org
Juliet Mian interviews project lead Peter Willis about the origins and purpose of the Shifting Climate Leadership project and what is already emerging from his conversations with climate leaders.
Podcast editing by Roman Svidran.
We brought together Dr Juliet Mian, The Resilience Shift, and Dr Kristen MacAskill, University of Cambridge, to discuss their reflections, 2 years on from our Christchurch round-table and 10 years on from the devastating earthquakes. What is the learning from this event looking back, and for building more resilience to future events and uncertainties?
Seth and Peter close out the year and the Resilient Leadership project with Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac, who led the delivery of the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015 and have been co-hosting the Outrage and Optimism podcast. They discuss how deep listening and leadership for resilience can play a role in addressing the climate crisis.
Download the ‘Resilient Leadership’ project report here: https://www.resilienceshift.org/resilient-leadership-report/
Podcast editing by Roman Svidran. Music by Robin Fuzile and Jesse Reiner from the album ‘Unyuko’ (2019)
The project team get together to summarise the process of distilling insights from weekly interviews, and discuss their personal takeaways and lessons from the sixteen week process.
Download the ‘Resilient Leadership’ project report here: https://www.resilienceshift.org/resilient-leadership-report/
Podcast editing by Roman Svidran. Music by Robin Fuzile and Jesse Reiner from the album ‘Unyuko’ (2019)
Peter speaks to Gareth Morgan, Director of Resilience of the City of Cape Town (CoCT) about a similar reflective learning exercise he has been leading within the CoCT management team since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis.
Find out more about the ‘Resilient Leadership’ project here: www.resilienceshift.org/resilient-leadership
Podcast editing by Roman Svidran. Music by Robin Fuzile and Jesse Reiner from the album ‘Unyuko’ (2019)
The Covid-19 crisis continues, but this phase of our project comes to an end with a final round of weekly insights. Seth and Peter discuss how city leaders continue to grapple with the impact of the Covid-19 crisis, and close out on an optimistic note with responses from our participants to the question, “What gifts has the crisis brought?”
We’re taking the summer off to reflect and recharge and will be back in September with a special series of episodes closing out the Resilient Leadership project. See you then!
Find out more about the ‘Resilient Leadership’ project here: www.resilienceshift.org/resilient-leadership
Podcast editing by Roman Svidran. Music by Robin Fuzile and Jesse Reiner from the album ‘Unyuko’ (2019).
In our penultimate episode with weekly insights, the focus of Seth and Peter’s conversation is our participants’ reflections on showing up as a leader during a crisis, dilemmas around the right level of decentralised decision-making, and thoughts on how crisis recovery can truly catalyse a transformation.
Find out more about the ‘Resilient Leadership’ project here: www.resilienceshift.org/resilient-leadership
Podcast editing by Roman Svidran. Music by Robin Fuzile and Jesse Reiner from the album ‘Unyuko’ (2019).
This week, Seth and Peter discuss our participants’ reflections on individual attributes that have sustained them through a long crisis, what does transformation really mean and who can help deliver it.
Find out more about the ‘Resilient Leadership’ project here: www.resilienceshift.org/resilient-leadership
Podcast editing by Roman Svidran. Music by Robin Fuzile and Jesse Reiner from the album ‘Unyuko’ (2019).
Our participants’ reflections on personal and institutional blind spots and approaches to address them form the basis of Seth and Peter’s conversation this week. Also, we hear how our corporate participants are grappling with the mixed bag of business prospects presented by this crisis and get a sneak peek into the project team’s process of distilling weekly insights.
Find out more about the ‘Resilient Leadership’ project here: www.resilienceshift.org/resilient-leadership
Podcast editing by Roman Svidran. Music by Robin Fuzile and Jesse Reiner from the album ‘Unyuko’ (2019).