...Elizabeth Kiem Resilient Cities What makes a city resilient? When the word resilience comes to mind I think of ones ability to bounce back. In the case of matching resilient up with a city I wasn’t quite sure what exactly goes into a city being qualified to earn that adjective. After navigating around the Building Resilient Regions Website and viewing what they do and how they do it, I found myself looking at their resilience capacity index. This index ranks over 300 U.S. cities on how it recovers from stress. Ultimately a cities stress is a mixture of how well it can handle natural disasters, economic decline, and rapid growth. It can be summarized as a cities ability to adapt and transform. When looking at the index the top ranked cities was not what I expected. I decided to see just how resilient one of my favorite cities to go to is; Seattle, Washington. I picked Seattle because I love to visit there. Being from Arizona I love the change of scenery. Cool, rainy, and gray is a nice getaway from scorching and dry. I also have family there so it’s a city close to my heart. I have never thought about its resiliency so after I learn more the next time I go there I can see first hand what needs to be done or what it already doing. Seattle is the largest city in Washington and located between Lake Washington and an inlet of the Pacific Ocean called the Puget Sound. Seattle’s population is over 600,000 people. Seattle is hilly and has wet winters and dry summers. In regards...
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...Being a Leader — Individual Discussion Question 2 — Resilient Questioning Week 4 Matthias Nott Contact: Student ID: Created: Updated: Version: m.nott@liverpool.ac.uk H00023837 December 28, 2012 January 2, 2013 1.0 1 RESILIENCE QUESTIONING 2 Discussion Question In this week’s ‘Leadership and organizing: sensemaking in action article by Pye, the chief executive (CE) in the case took an approach to change that resulted in his being terminated. Was he too focussed on his preeminent ‘position’ as a formal leader and not focussed enough on sense-making? Could the resilient questioning put forth in the Margolis and Stoltz article have changed the outcome of the situation? With these thoughts in mind, answer the following questions: 1. How could the resilience questioning put forth in the Margolis and Stoltz article have changed the outcome of the situation? 2. Based on your examination of the Peak Learning web site and the pa- rameters of its Adversity Quotient Profile, what adjustments would you have had to make in order to deal with this situation if you were the CE? Discussion Question Answer 1 Resilience Questioning Margolis and Stoltz give a framework designed to shift the mindset from cause-oriented thinking, which is inherently oriented backwards, to response-oriented thinking, oriented forward. Their framework builds on the four pillars of control, impact, breadth and duration, in the context of which they demand to ask open questions in a personal way that are...
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...Introduction This week we continue to explore the principles of a resilient leader before, during and after a crisis. Different forms of action must take place during each phase, but through having a vision, leading by example, and rebuilding the team, the leader and his/her subordinates will come out better than they went in. Three concepts Having a Vision Most are familiar with the scripture “Where there is no vision, the people shall perish: but he who keepeth the law, happy is he” (KJV). “This is certainly true, illustrating that without vision followers sink into the lowest denominators of lawlessness, discontent, and self-destruction” (Dees, 2013). The absence of vision steals motivation, direction, and unity among a group. Successful visionary leaders promote a shared vision with great commitment and manage to connect other organizational members to it. Great leaders use vision as a tool to inspire and motivate, not to dictate. Do not give your employees the steps for achieving the vision, but let them determine the methods and tactics for achieving the goal. Great leaders know how to give the gift of vision and then step away. Leading by Example “Leading by example” is a basic leadership principle and is needed most often in the time of a crisis. Enthusiastic followers do not need a leader who practices the “do as I say, not as I do” philosophy. Double standards are very destructive. “When this happens, you can almost see the loss of enthusiasm...
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...The Resilient Enterprise case was part of Hofstede’s uncertainty avoidance dimension. This dimension measured the extent to which different cultures socialized their members into accepting ambiguous situations and tolerating uncertainty. After received the news about the fire and one week delay, Nokia’s chief component-purchasing manager didn’t worry at all but still he communicated the news to other included their top troubleshooter. Nokia placed the affected parts on a special watch list and make daily phone call to check on the status of the situation. When the situation getting worse, Nokia quickly look for alternative sources for the parts. However, there are two parts that only came from Philips or its subcontractors. Nokia demanded to know details about other Philips plants; Nokia teams dug into the capacity of all Philips factories and try to squeeze as much extra spare capacity that available. With its extraordinary efforts and intensive collaboration with the supplier, Nokia able to avoid disruption and increased in market share by 3%. On the other hand, Ericsson treated the call from Philips as a conversation between technicians, which reflected on the consensual and laid-back nature of the Swedish culture. Employees at Ericsson didn’t even inform their bosses about the delay or look into the problem. Even when it was clear that the needed chips were significantly delayed, employees at Ericsson still didn’t communication the news to their bosses. By the time Ericsson...
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...Building a resilient supply chain Introduction Global supply chains and transport networks create the core of the global economy, fuelling trade, growth and consumption. Due to the never-ending push of management boards to improve efficiency and increase profit, supply chains are becoming more and more complex. Getting leaner, just-in-time inventory, outsourcing and other trends have introduced many business benefits, however we must not forget about the other side of the problem; new kinds of supply chain risk. Except from the internal company’s trends, other macro factors are influencing the complexity of a supply chain. Forces such as globalization, e/m-commerce and global connectivity are fostering the process of higher complexity within the chains and are amplifying the impact of problems & risks, which may arise. The trends and are not only influencing the company side though. Customer expectations and PLCs continue to develop and change in reference to external factors. A constant stream of products (high quality, low cost and environmentally friendly) is expected by the modern times buyers. The internet, social media platforms and the „shrinkage of the distances“ between people, lets the public quickly learn about any weak spots of company; sometimes even before the information reaches the employers. Not only internal trends have contributed to the fragility of the supply chains. External challenges during the last decade such as the fuel crisis, mouth...
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...In Elie Wiesel’s novel, Night, Elie’s resilient attitude opposes his father’s unadaptable attitude. Elie is constantly dealing with demoralizing situations, but continues to push through and find the little hope he needs to keep going. On the other hand, Elie’s father’s weak mentality causes him to give up whenever life throws him a curveball. These two conflicting attitudes between Elie and his father help him develop a sense of resiliency and mature into a young adult. Elie uses his attitude as fuel to stay alive and learns how to fend for himself. Throughout the story, Elie displays his ability to bounce back from tough situations, when he could have given up. He constantly has to see inhumane things happen to his innocent father and the...
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...ISSUE? - 3 - 1.2) CURRENT STATE OF RESEARCH - 4 - 2.0) SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (SCM) - 6 - 3.0) SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION (SCO) - 7 - 4.0) SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE (SCR) - 9 - 5.0) CAN SUPPLY CHAIN BE OPTIMIZED AND RESILIENT? - 10 - 5.1) CONCLUSION - 12 - 6.0) REFERENCES - 13 - 7.0) APPENDIX - 17 - 7.1) VULNERABILITY FACTORS - 17 - 7.2) CAPABILITY FACTORS - 18 - 1.0) Introduction The fierce competition in global and local markets, has forced company leaders to focus more on developing and designing an efficient and effective supply chain network. Pishvaee and Torabi (2010) ascertain that one of the most strategic and important element of SCM is making a strategic decision on supply chain network design. And this design takes into consideration some critical parameters that come with a lot of variability, such as the flow mechanism across the chain, facility locations, sizes and numbers. Because this long-term decision will impact the competitiveness of the company in many years to come, therefore, the designed network should be robust with these uncertain parameters. As a robust SC structure is the source of sustainable competitive advantage in this turbulent economic downtown. Therefore a robust SC is capable of making a firm resilient (Tang, 2006). The remaining part of this write-up is organized as follows. Section one discussed the nucleus of the issue at hand and the current state of research. Supply chain management and Supply Chain Optimization...
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...disasters e.t.c. positive adaptation after these experiences can be termed as the absence of psychiatric distress. Resilience can be defined in many different ways, adequately accounting for cultural and contextual differences in how people or other systems expressed resilience. This is also where a different definition comes up as “the outcome from negotiations between individuals and their environments for the resources to define themselves as healthy amidst conditions collectively viewed as adverse.” Resilience can be viewed as: * Good outcomes regardless of high risk status * Constant competence under stress * Recovery from trauma and * Using challenges for growth that makes future hardships more tolerable. Resilient people are expected to adapt successfully even though they experience risk factors that are against good development, and these risk factors are related to poor outcome or negative outcomes e.g. poverty, low socioeconomic status, low academic achievements for students in any level etc. Resilience can also be viewed as the phenomenon of recovery from a prolonged or severe adversity, or...
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...Determined and Resilient, Louie Zamperini Back in World War II, Louie was a bombardier who survived in the ocean. When Louie was a kid, he was very bad. He drank beer, smoked, and ran away from home. Eventually he stopped and became a famous Olympic athlete. In the book Unbroken (Hillenbrand), two of Louie’s biggest character traits are determined and resilient. One of the biggest character traits that describe Louie is determined. Louie was is about to beat the school record, “By late April, his mile time was down to 4:42.” (Hillenbrand, 18) Furthermore, he was determined to beat the school record and become the best at what he does. Pete was encouraging Louie, “A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain.” (Hillenbrand, 18) During track meets, Louie would get stepped on but he was determined to finish in first place. A few years later, Louie’s “...Mile time was down to 4:13.7, some seven seconds...
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...The schools are based and function in the same areas where most fail due to the challenges. With their overcoming against all odds, these schools are termed the resilient schools (Christie, 2007). With all the challenges faced by many schools especially those which were impacted by the apartheid education these schools in order for them to survive and overcome the challenges there is a great need for the teachers who are ready to be the elements of change. This means, there is a great need for the teachers who will not just take the teaching profession as a job but will have the hearts and love to work with the young people and be willing to want to change their lives for the better (Fullan, 1993). This paper will be focusing more on schools as resilient organizations and on teachers as the agents of change. As mentioned above, resilient schools are those schools which have faced challenges but against all odds they have come up with ways to overcome those challenges. Resilience in schools simply convey something that bends without breaking and when that particular thing is bent it is able go back to its original position like a spring (Vaillant, 1993). The resilient schools have got their characteristics which make them to stand out of all the other schools (Christie,...
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...1. Resilience is defined as the ability to defy stress and catastrophe. Humans have the ability to adapt and overcome risk and adversity. People are able to be resilient by pushing through the emotions, effects of stress and devastating events. 2. There are various factors of maintaining and developing resilience. Some factors include a positive outlook on life, spirituality, active coping, self-confidence, learning and making meaning and acceptance of limits. Developing and maintaining a positive outlook on life includes finding something to laugh about, calming and comforting yourself, recharge yourself before the next situation. It is also important to take time to relax and have time to yourself. An example of doing this is incorporating spirituality in your life by ways such as praying, meditating, or relaying on a value system or a set of guiding life principles. Active coping includes never giving up on trying to solve problem and seeking help when you need it. Being confident means expecting that you can handle the problem and knowing you will be able to bounce back from the stressful situation. Looking for meaning in the experience and understanding that bad things can and do happen to anyone. Accepting your limits means putting things into perspective and realize you will have times of joy and times of sadness. Through practising these factors, mental resilience will be a skill you will accomplish. 3. To destroy your resilience all you basically have to do...
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...| Civ Eng 4G04 | Resilient Modulus Lab | | Procedure: 1. Soil mould was assembled with rubber membrane lining inside of mould. 2. The mould was filled with soil so the approximate compacted height was equal to 1/6th the height of the mould (approx. 50mm). 3. Soil was compacted using hammer drill equipped with tamping attachment 4. Steps 2 and 3 were repeated 5 additional times until the mould was filled. 5. The mould was removed and the sample was placed into the testing apparatus. 6. Rubber membrane was secured using rubber rings placed at the top and bottom of the sample, ensuring contact with the sample did not occur. 7. Pressure cell was placed over sample and secured into place. 8. Sample was brought to cell pressure of 3 kPa. 9. Sample was conditioned for shakedown 10. Cyclic loading was applied to sample, with a loading duration of 0.1 second and a rest period of 0.9 seconds, displacements and forces during this loading were recorded using supplied software. 11. This loading was applied in groups of five with a 95 second rest period between sets of load application. A total of three sets of load applications were applied to the sample. 12. Steps 8 and 10 were repeated at cell pressures of 5, 10, 15 and 20 kPa. 13. At the end of testing soil samples from the top, middle and bottom of the sample were taken in order to determine moisture content. Results: Tabulated results can be seen in Table 2 in the...
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...hardship. To explore this topic, one must consider the modern idea of resilience psychology, sociological necessities, the Warfighter through time, and the way ahead. The idea of what it means to be a resilient person has certainly changed throughout the years. Thinking back to the previous generations...
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...Resilient Packet Ring Technology 1 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background: The nature of the public network has changed. Demand for Internet Protocol (IP) data is growing at a compound annual rate of between 100% and 800%1, while voice demand remains stable. What was once a predominantly circuit switched network handling mainly circuit switched voice traffic has become a circuit-switched network handling mainly IP data. Because the nature of the traffic is not well matched to the underlying technology, this network is proving very costly to scale. User spending has not increased proportionally to the rate of bandwidth increase, and carrier revenue growth is stuck at the lower end of 10% to 20% per year. The result is that carriers are building themselves out of business. Over the last 10 years, as data traffic has grown both in importance and volume, technologies such as frame relay, ATM, and Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) have been developed to force fit data onto the circuit network. While these protocols provided virtual connections-a useful approach for many services-they have proven too inefficient, costly and complex to scale to the levels necessary to satisfy the insatiable demand for data services. More recently, Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) has been adopted by many network service providers as a way to network user data without the burden of SONET/SDH and ATM. GigE has shortcomings when applied in carrier networks were recognized and for these problems, a technology...
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...“Unbroken” written by Laura Hillenbrand, demonstrates how resilient and determined Louie was through his actions throughout his lifetime. To begin, the first paragraph of the book reveals Louie’s determination. For instance, when Louie was in the raft and jumped out he was determined to live through the Japanese attack. The first quote from this section shows how Louie is determined by jumping...
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