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

  • London Business Networks for Resilience Launch Event | Connected for Resilience

    London Business Networks for Resilience Launch Event | Connected for Resilience

    Thursday 29 May, 8:30 for 9:00-10:30, London

    Resilience First is pleased to convene its members and the capital’s leading business networks for Connected for Resilience on Thursday 29 May.

    This is the launch event for the new initiative, London Business Networks for Resilience, supported by London Resilience and delivered by Resilience First, which aims to strengthen the resilience, emergency preparedness, and crisis response capacity of businesses across London.

  • In-Person Event: Resilience Amidst Geopolitical Upheaval

    In-Person Event: Resilience Amidst Geopolitical Upheaval

    Wednesday 4 June, 08:30-14:30, central London

    Join Resilience First for our in-person session on geostrategic resilience in practise: a half day event for resilience practitioners.

    To culminate the Geopolitical Resilience programme curated by Resilience First and PwC, we are delighted to invite you to an exclusive in-person event on Geopolitical Resilience, hosted at PwC’s Embankment Place offices.

  • Climate Resilience Foresight Series

    Climate Resilience Foresight Series

    From March to November 2025

    Resilience First (RF) and Washington DC-based think-tank The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) have partnered to curate and deliver a corporate dialogue programme: Climate Resilience Foresight Series.

    By combining expertise and leveraging extensive global networks of businesses, RF and C2ES are convening leading companies to examine how climate change is a threat multiplier in a 2- and 3-degree world, and how businesses can strengthen their climate resilience across five organisational dimensions.