Resilience First

04/10/2021

We are pleased to support the upcoming global virtual Conference, held from 11-15 October and co-hosted by UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) & Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM).

The conference will bring together innovative research and science to help cities tackle climate change challenges. We will be running two sessions during the conference:
1. Decarbonisation and the role of technology: how technology can help achieve carbon net-zero: 12 Oct @ 9am BST
2. Resilience First’s City and Business Leaders virtual roundtable discussion on Building Resilient Cities Together: 14 Oct @ 9:30am BST

Register here: https://lnkd.in/dn4csc7

20/09/2021

Something to watch!

The Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption in 2010 caught many people off guard and resulted in severe disruption to air travel across western and northern Europe for a week. Europe has other volcanoes that are active and occasionally disruptive but one with the potential to cause serious problems is the Teneguía volcano in the area of Cumbre Vieja on the Canary Island of La Palma.

Read our news article here: https://bit.ly/3tSFULN

17/09/2021

Resilience First, in partnership with Facebook and Russell-Cooke Solicitors, has published a new resource on 'Re-emergence - A guide for SMEs'.

This Guide is a very practical first step in the journey to building small business resilience, with strategies around business recovery and how to survive and thrive as an organisation. It details the eight pillars of business resilience: Prepare, People, Process, Patrons, Profits, Place, Promotion and Practice. Each of these pillars consists of an overarching goal, a checklist of key considerations and an opportunity to reflect and create actions to evolve the business for successful re-emergence.

Please find a copy of the guide here: https://bit.ly/3hJWN6x

19/08/2021

Register for our latest webinar, in partnership with the The Fire Protection Association, on Lessons Learnt for the Built Environment from the Grenfell Tower Fire, taking place on Thursday, 23 September 2021, 3pm to 4pm BST.

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry was created to examine the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the fire at Grenfell Tower on the night of 14 June 2017. Changes to building regulations have already come into force following the tragedy. However, it is important to explore further the ramifications for the built environment, including reputational damage to the sector, in order to address and ensure ongoing improvements and safeguards are in place to progress standards of and safety in buildings.

This session will allow our joint members to consider what else the sector could do to advance best practice and standards across the industry and the communities in which they operate.

Speakers:

Su Butcher, Director of Communications Consultancy, Just Practising Limited (Chair)

Dame Judith Hackitt, DBE, FREng, FIChemE, FCGI, Chair, Make UK and former Chair, UK HSE

Howard Passey, Director of Operations, The Fire Protection Association

Terence Short GIFireE, Principal Fire Safety Advisor, City of London Corporation

Register here: https://bit.ly/3CZfMTo

This session, in partnership with the FPA, will allow our joint members to consider what else the sector could do to advance resilience best practice and standards across the industry and the communities they operate in.

13/07/2021

Register for our latest Resilience First webinar, in partnership with the The Fire Protection Association, on Lessons Learnt for the Built Environment from the Grenfell Tower Fire, taking place on Thursday, 23 September 2021, 3pm to 4pm BST.

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry was created to examine the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the fire at Grenfell Tower on the night of 14 June 2017. Changes to building regulations have already come into force following the tragedy. However, it is important to explore further the ramifications for the built environment, including reputational damage to the sector, in order to address and ensure ongoing improvements and safeguards are in place to progress standards of security and safety in buildings.

This session will allow our joint members to consider what else the sector could do to advance resilience best practice and standards across the industry and the communities in which they operate.

Chair: Lord Toby Harris, Chair, National Preparedness Commission

Speakers:

Terence Short GIFireE, Principal Fire Safety Advisor, City of London Corporation

Howard Passey, Director of Operations, The Fire Protection Association

More to be confirmed.

Register here: https://bit.ly/2TS5fbd

We hope you will be able to attend what promises to be an informative and stimulating discussion.

08/07/2021

The case of Gina Coladangelo’s appointment as a Non-executive Director (NED) at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) by the Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP has hit the headlines recently. Besides the personal drama, the situation has raised general questions about the role of and the type of advice they give and senior executives.

NEDs should be there in major public-, private- and voluntary-sector organisations to offer advice as well as ask those challenging questions that put key decisions under the spotlight in order to help ensure the right outcomes. More often than not, the role and advice are of value but sometimes the challenges are misplaced or absent with serious results. What can be done to help improve the situation?

Read our NEDs guide, in partnership with Pool Re, here: https://bit.ly/3wmDPap

Contributors: ICAEW , Luke Vile, PA consulting , Control Risks , Julian A.P. Enoizi, Caroline Field, Arup and more.

06/07/2021

The pandemic has heightened the importance of strengthening corporate resilience. However, company collapses pre-Covid such as Carillion, BHS, and Thomas Cook, illustrate persistent shortfalls.

Corporate failures have highlighted the need for scepticism from NEDs and the need to shift from a defensive point of view to one that is more agile and proactive.

Read our guide, in partnership with Pool Re here: bit.ly/3dzZWUr

Contributors: ICAEW, Luke Vile, PA consulting, Control Risks, Julian A.P. Enoizi, Caroline Field, Arup and more.

23/06/2021

Resilience First , in partnership with Intel, have published a new whitepaper on and the role of . The paper outlines how technology and innovation can be harnessed to cut greenhouse-gas emissions and accelerate the path to net-zero by 2050.

The paper includes contributions from experts at the Ministry of Defence (UK), Intel Corporation, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK, Arup, EY, among others, and follows on from a webinar series hosted by Resilience First and Intel that explored the same topics.

Visit our website to register to receive the whitepaper: https://bit.ly/3qf6cWN

14/05/2021

Last week to register to our on Placemaking and building resilient , in partnership with the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), taking place on Thursday 20 May 2021, 3pm to 4pm BST.

is a multi-faceted approach to the planning, design and management of public spaces and town centres. There are many examples and learnings from abroad where placemaking and community engagement have helped to deliver resilient places and cities.

At this briefing we will explore these learnings and what more can be done to ensure our towns and cities are better prepared to meet future shocks and stresses.

Panel:
Rachel Skinner, President, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) (Chair)
Prof Greg Clark CBE FAcSS, Group Advisor of Future Cities and New Industries, HSBC
Peter Baird, Senior Associate and Urban Designer, Perkins&Will
Professor David Alexander, Professor of Risk and Disaster Reduction, UCL

Register: https://bit.ly/3e9aqtr

04/05/2021

Aon and PENTLAND ANALYTICS LTD have published a report titled ‘Respecting the Grey Swan’ which details the impact that crises have on reputation and shareholder value. This document is the successor to a decade-old research that is still often quoted by resilience and business continuity professionals.

The latest report by one of the original authors, Dr Deborah Pretty, analyses data from 300 corporate crises from the last 40 years and identifies key lessons learnt. It categorises crises into three sorts and examines their impact on shareholder value while identifying the drivers of recovery. There are Black Swan events (unprecedented, unimagined), Grey Swan events (conceivable but neglected) and White Swan events (reasonable frequency, inherently preventable). Examples given of the Black Swan are the First World War and the October 1987 stock-market crash. This report focuses, however, on the Grey Swan.

Read the article and reports here: https://bit.ly/3eXGyAG

27/04/2021

Last 24hrs to join our Resilience First webinar, in partnership with Russell-Cooke Solicitors, on Flexible Working - the hybrid office. This webinar will take place on Wednesday 28 April 2021, 3pm to 4pm BST.

This formally launches the second in our Flexible Working series. It will address issues around the new hybrid or dispersed way of working where we mix the office and home environments. It will look at the aspects that employers and alike need to consider in making the new normal a success under four themes: people, place, processes, and tools.

Attendees at the webinar will receive a free copy of the guide.

Chair: Simon Collins, Chair, Resilience First

Speakers:
Kizzy Augustin, Partner, Russell-Cooke Solicitors
Natalie Smith, Associate Principal, Workplace Strategy Director, Perkins&Will
Ian Jones, Former General Manager, Intel Corporation

Register: https://bit.ly/3rBKUSf

17/03/2021

Join us for the last webinar in our series on Decarbonisation and the role of technology, focused on aviation and aerospace, in partnership with Intel.

is recognised as a major emitter of carbon emissions, yet this important sector is critical to keeping the world connected.

During this session, we will be focusing on the combined tech solutions that could help the aviation and the sector to take-off and tackle this important issue.

Keynote speaker: Sameer Savani, Head of Innovation and Engineering, ADS Group
Innovation speaker(s):
Alexander Oelling, Chief Digital Officer, Volocopter GmbH

More speakers to be featured.

Register here: https://bit.ly/2OWXEVQ