Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month, 13:00-13:30, online

Resilience First hosts an online Leader’s Forum, a bi-monthly meeting created for senior leaders from our diverse, cross-sector business membership. Held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month at 13:00, this exclusive online session provides a unique platform for sharing insights, strategies, and experiences on critical issues impacting the resilience of organisations, as well as discussing positive achievements and future opportunities.

Upcoming guests and themes:

  • 21 May:
    Brendan Bromwich, Technical Director Systems Thinking at Mott MacDonald, on a systems approach to climate resilience
  • 4 June:
    no session due to our in-person event, Resilience Amidst Geopolitical Upheaval
  • 18 June:
    James Wood, Regional Security Director, Northern Europe, International SoS, on navigating workforce security risks

We have had some fantastic guest speakers in recent months; highlights so far have included:

  • Ruth Crick, Founder and CEO of WILD Learning Ltd and WILD Learning Sciences CIC and Visiting Professor of Learning Analytics at the University of Technology Sydney, on embedding resilient mindsets.
  • David Denyer, Professor of Leadership and Organisational Change and Strategic Business Director at Cranfield School of Management, on assessing the current state of organisational resilience and advancing the agenda.
  • Chris Lambert, Founder-Director of the Westminster Energy Forum, on evaluating emerging climate risk challenges and uncertainties – the implications for what resilience means to different constituencies and their silos.
  • Christopher Medhurst-Cockswort, Head of Pool Re Solutions, on enhancing business resilience to the current and emerging threat from terrorism in the UK
  • Massimo Pani MSc CPP AMBCI, Geopolitical Risk & Security Expert of the Italian Carabinieri Corps – the impact of fake news on organisational resilience
  • Professor Jonatan Pinkse, King’s College London on how organisations can balance AI for sustainable solutions while avoiding social and environmental pitfalls.
  • Dr Jamie Shea, former Assistant Deputy Secretary General at NATO, on resilience learnings from Ukraine.
  • Alison Wakefield PhD CSyP FSyI, Professor of Criminology and Security Studies, University of West London, on complexity thinking and how it can be applied to resilience practice.

This is exclusively for Resilience First’s Premium Members, to join us at the next Forum, please apply here.

 

Upcoming events

  • Upskilling for Resilience: Empowering London’s Business Networks

    Thursday 19 June, 10:30-12:00 BST, Online

    Join us for an engaging and informative online session that brings together business networks and Borough Resilience Forums (BRFs) to strengthen collaboration, support local resilience, and deepen your understanding of national risks and how they impact business communities.

  • Social Strategies to Strengthen Organisational Resilience to Climate Change

    Thursday 26 June, 8:30 – 11:30, Zurich Insurance
    During London Climate Action week Resilience First, in partnership with the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), is bringing together resilience experts and practitioners for a roundtable discussion, kindly hosted by Zurich Resilience Solutions. Focusing on the social dimension of the Resilience First/Cranfield University Model for Organisational Resilience, we will explore how trust, partnerships,...