#resilience

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We host a free event for Lifeboat Builders every week to receive community support for building resilience.

Learn more by visiting https://lifeboat.academy/events

#lifeboatacademy #lifeboatbuilder #community #polycrisis #metacrisis #resilience #peersupport

Oh... My.... Fucking.... God....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itbsfeqrRY4

There really is nothing holy to #DOGE, is there? They are pulling the rug out from EVERYONE who is even remotely working with #MITRE #CVE in #cybersecurity

What are those apes doing? It's like deleting / burning all books about diseases.

https://www.securityweek.com/mitre-signals-potential-cve-program-deterioration-as-us-gov-funding-expires/

#blackwednesday The worst is that there is literally no lead time to prepare something else, fork it, whatever.

Lesson: #decentralisation #resilience #unplugtrump

https://www.europesays.com/1998804/ Upskilling initiatives key to Australian business success #australia #BusinessStrategy #CollaborativeLearning #productivity #resilience #SkillsShortage(SkillsGap) #Upskilling #WorldEconomicForum

Pretending climate collapse isn't happening isn't an option, no matter the GOP claim.

"Continued un-mitigated disasters trigger a cascade of financial crises as state-backed ins programs, municipalities & mortgage lenders require bailouts. The customer is abandoned... Previously privatized profits are now socialized as widespread losses, potentially leading to state insolvency."

Link: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-04-15/the-un-insurability-crisis-is-upon-us-3-possible-scenarios-for-whats-next/

#insurance #ClimateCrisis #Economy #Mortgage #Community #Sustainability #Resilience

Testing out Knowledge Commons by uploading some of my works there...

I like it! Nice to be able to re-use my blog posts that have DOI's and have a platform that recognises that blog posts _can_ have DOI's

https://works.hcommons.org/records/z0ktf-ne905

What with repositories facing AI-scraper-strain, I figure it's good to have copies of my research deposited in MULTIPLE locations. #Resilience

#OpenAccess

"The future rewards those who adapt under pressure, not those who break because of it" - Futurist Jim Carroll

Over the last five days, I’ve shared how we lead ourselves and our organizations through this moment of global volatility—one shaped by economic uncertainty, political instability, and cultural retreat from the future.

Beginning by reaffirming belief in progress, even when it feels stalled

Confronting fear with action

Challenging nostalgia with vision

Spotlighting innovation as the antidote to inertia

Emphasizing the importance of thinking across time horizons—managing today while preparing for tomorrow

But there's something deeper that sits underneath all of that: pressure..
That’s the real test—managing this moment. Keeping our heads on straight. Not letting the negativity consume us or define our future. If there’s one constant through every downturn, disruption, or crisis, it’s this: stress is the defining force of the moment. And how we respond to that stress—organizationally, personally, and strategically—determines whether we fall back, freeze up, or forge forward into what’s next.

That’s why today, it’s not just about planning for the future.

It’s about learning to adapt under pressure.

Every moment of disruption applies pressure. And pressure reveals everything. It reveals which organizations and individuals have foundations that flex, and which ones crumble. It reveals leaders who focus forward—and those who fold under volatility.

Right now, we’re not just navigating an economic downturn. We’re navigating a world defined by compounding stress—market stress, leadership stress, and system stress. But stress, when met with strategy, becomes fuel for the future.

I’ve written about this before: “It’s in our response to volatility that our future is defined.”

The most future-ready companies don’t panic. They channel pressure into progress. They don’t crumble under stress—they restructure, refocus, and realign. They transform pressure into precision—cutting noise, not capacity. They rethink agility, not just in structure but in mindset. They use stress as a forcing function—to do what needed doing all along.

My advice is clear: You don’t rebuild your organization for the next crisis. You rebuild during this one—for the world that follows.

Stress is unavoidable. But breaking is not.

**#Adaptation** **#Pressure** **#Resilience** **#Stress** **#Future** **#Crisis** **#Leadership** **#Growth** **#Strategy** **#Volatility**

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/04/decoding-tomorrow-your-daily-future-inspiration-the-future-rewards-those-who-adapt-under-pressure-not-those-who-break-because-of-it/

Spent many hours in the garden today, weeding my strawberry patch, planting onions sets and watering my garlic. Every time I go to work on my veggie patch, I discover a new reason why I love gardening. Today I was reflecting on how growing plants requires me to be radically hopeful and to trust that there will be a tomorrow, one that I care about and one I want to make better. At the same time, gardening teaches resilience and humility. Not everything will work out, not every seed will sprout. But then we gardeners don't just quit - we and our plants just try again next year

It's a mix of total commitment and unconditional love - but also the ability to let go, to not become overly attached and accept that you can't control everything.

#gardening #hope #resilience #ecology #nodiggardening #growingPlants #philosophy #OrganicGardening

My goal is to #empower #people with actionable, practical knowledge—not fear—rooted in historical lessons, privacy-conscious technology, and adaptive local #resilience. The project is at a point where it should be usable. Private PM me with additions, corrections, comments.

#Safety #Security #News #OpenSource #Technology #NavigatingTroubledTimes #Threats #PublicSafety #Doge

https://eirenicon.org/troubled-times/

A surprising result considering the Island only has a few days worth of food on the shelves because the farming community is a fraction of its former self and hasn't been able to keep up with population growth/globalization.

#BCPoli #Resilience #VancouverIsland
https://flipboard.com/@blackpressmedia/houston-aie21td8z/-/a-jommA3_sS2iCMse-gPpKKg%3Aa%3A3177150469-%2F0

"Be a time traveller. Manage today's crisis. But strategize for tomorrow." - Futurist Jim Carroll

Downturns are not just economic events. They are stress tests for leadership.

When pressure builds, plans unravel. Priorities scatter. Noise takes over. People panic. That’s when some leaders retreat—shrinking their vision, delaying decisions, or hoping someone else will take the next step. But others stay grounded. They hold the line—for their teams, their strategy, and their purpose.

This is real resilience. Not slogans. Not survival But the ability to move across time—anchoring the present, while building for the future.

You have to be a time traveller: respond to the moment, while keeping your eyes locked on what comes next. Resilient leaders don’t just manage the current crisis —they hold it together until the future arrives.

Here’s what the data shows from past downturns:

- the most resilient organizations didn’t retreat into reactive cycles.
- they didn’t discard their long-term vision under short-term fear.
- they remained disciplined on costs and intentional on growth.
- they protected their people, their customers, and their momentum—not just their margins.

The fact is, while they managed the crisis in real time, they never lost sight of the bigger arc.

- they thought across multiple time horizons at once:
- they actively manage today.
- all while preparing for tomorrow.
- and positioning for the rebound that always comes.

They didn’t flinch. But they didn’t charge blindly either. They led with calm, communicated with transparency, and made decisions that reflected long-term confidence — not panic.

That’s the essence of future-ready leadership.

So as the pressure rises, the question is simple: Are you retreating—or reinforcing? Are you in one time zone or several?

Because the leaders who shape what’s next aren’t the ones with the boldest slogans. They’re the ones who stay clear, steady, and focused—while keeping one foot in the future.

Be a time traveller.

Manage the crisis.

But never stop building what’s next.

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Futurist Jim Carroll is sharing his insight on resilience and leadership in this series. You can find the full archive, as it unfolds, at https://tomorrow.jimcarroll.com

**#TimeTravel** **#Leadership** **#Resilience** **#Crisis** **#Strategy** **#Future** **#Opportunity** **#Growth** **#Uncertainty** **#Momentum**

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/04/decoding-tomorrow-your-daily-future-inspiration-be-a-time-traveller-manage-todays-crisis-but-strategize-for-tomorrow/

In the age of rising international tensions and rapid technological development presenting us with previously unheard-of issues, efficient #cybersecurity measures are not only a personal responsibility but also a systemic challenge that needs to be addressed at the state level.
This #cyberFriday, we invite you to read a case study of the strategy employed by the Danish government. In his article “Denmark’s Sector Responsibility Principle: A Tedious Cyber Resilience Strategy,” Mikkel Storm Jensen discusses the implementation of the National Cyber and Information Security Strategy, under which the state delegates tasks to individual sectors while coordinating efforts and implementing recommendations for greater resilience. He discusses its legal, organizational, and political aspects, comparing the Danish approach to examples from other countries and highlighting the challenges it still faces. His analysis is well worth reading.

You can find the full text on our webpage, as always in open access
https://www.acigjournal.com/Denmark-s-Sector-Responsibility-Principle-A-Tedious-Cyber-Resilience-Strategy,190789,0,2.html

#resilience #security #sectorResponsibilityPrinciple

Sorry, you don't need vendor or any of those sticker mac's. You need stock of components, peoples who get open source and maker skills. As they told me from front line, vendors are not there. You're there all by yourself. You have to do what you have to do. That's what Resilience Theatre is all about. Start at my Wiki [1] and then head to my Github [2]. Lastly, start finding those non mac peoples fast and even better if you cannot reach them with Signal. They are the ones you need.

[1] https://resilience-theatre.com/wiki/

[2] https://github.com/resiliencetheatre/rpi4edgemap

#edgemap #resilience #opensource #makerskills

"Inertia feels safe. Until it isn’t. Innovation feels risky. Until it wins." - Futurist Jim Carroll

Uncertainty rewards the inventive, not the indifferent.

Recessions test everything—strategy, structure, and above all, mindset.

You are going through all that right now with the wild whiplash of this moment in time. You can't easily define strategies straight in a world in which one moment the world is up and the next is down. You can't figure out a path forward when the path keeps changing. You can't plant a flag on a foundation of certainty where there is none.

But what you can do is commit to investing in your future through innovation.

Think about it - when the world turns volatile, most companies do the typical thing - they freeze. They cut everything. Delay everything. Protect what was. Go into a mode of delay. But others take a different route: they innovate—not recklessly, but intentionally. They adapt their offerings, reframe their markets, and lean into change.

History tells us who wins.

In past downturns, the most resilient companies continued to invest in R&D, product development, and digital transformation, even as they restructured costs elsewhere. They embraced frugal innovation—creating smarter, leaner, more relevant solutions with limited resources. They used the moment to reimagine offerings for evolving customer needs.

They didn’t innovate in spite of the crisis. They innovated because of it.

These companies weren’t reckless. They were strategic.

They used volatility as a forcing function to rethink how they deliver value—and to whom.

And the results speak for themselves - they:

- captured market share: Outpaced competitors by staying relevant during volatility.

- deepened customer loyalty: Met changing needs with smarter, faster solutions.

- reimagined offerings: Pivoted products and services to fit the moment.

- streamlined structures: Transformed operations to move with greater speed.

- accelerated disruption: Fast-tracked innovation that would’ve taken years otherwise.

Meanwhile, those that chose inertia? Most never caught up. Because innovation isn’t a luxury for good times. It’s a necessity for what comes next.

In the end, volatility favors those willing to reinvent—while inertia quietly takes the rest out of the game.

Which side of the curve will you be on?

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Futurist Jim Carroll spoke on resilience and innovation in uncertainty at dozens of leadership meetings post ’01, again in ’08, and guided organizations again in ’20. He’s developed a comprehensive overview of how to move forward, not back, during an era of uncertainty. It’s being shared here and documented at https://tomorrow.jimcarroll.com

**#Innovation** **#Uncertainty** **#Resilience** **#Adaptation** **#Strategy** **#Crisis** **#Volatility** **#Future** **#Growth** **#Reinvention**

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/04/decoding-tomorrow-your-daily-future-inspiration-inertia-feels-safe-until-it-isnt-innovation-feels-risky-until-it-wins/

Two new blogs:
1. "#Disasters that never happened: 6 preventive actions" https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/disasters-never-happened-6-preventive-actions
2. "Mental Health #FirstAid for #Bangladesh"
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202504/mental-health-first-aid-in-bangladesh-10-years-of-progress
 
#DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #Health #MentalHealth #MHFA #MentalHealthAwareness #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #vulnerability #resilience

You won’t tweet/skeet/toot your way through a power outage. Radios work when towers don’t. If you’re serious about disaster readiness, it’s time to get licensed and get on the air.
#Radio #Infosec #HAMRadio #Networking #IT #EmergencyComms #Cybersecurity #Resilience

Disaster recovery plans are great—until your infrastructure is offline. HAM radio works peer-to-peer with no ISP. True resilience means having tools beyond cloud backups.
#HAMRadio #Cybersecurity #Infosec #Networking #Resilience

Prospects for Degrowth 2025 - resilience
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-04-08/prospects-for-degrowth-2025/
Thanks #Resilience.org for reposting my new article!
#ProspectsForDegrowth
#degrowth #GlobalPolycrisis

I would note that native habitat does support honeybees as well, but most of them are not as partial to natives. And mason bees are better pollinators than honeybees, but can't be carted around in trucks...
#Resilience #Sustainability #Insects #NativeEcosystem
https://xerces.org/blog/want-to-save-bees-focus-on-habitat-not-honey-bees

Accept yourself!
“The crooked tree lives its life,
while the straight tree
often ends up in planks.”
(Chinese proverb)
#photography #wood #lake #trees #resilience

"In times of chaos and fear, purposeful action is power" - Futurist Jim Carroll

Act boldly. Fear feeds on hesitation.

Think about this moment. Confidence is fragile. Every headline screams volatility.

And just like that, a wave of fear rolls in—bringing hesitation, doubt, and paralysis.

Are you letting the fear freeze your future?

Have you become the deer in the headlights?

But here’s the truth: the antidote to anxiety is action.

While others freeze, you can move.

While some debate what might go wrong, you can start building what could go right.

While people wait for signs an upturn, you can create your own little upturn, simply by acting.

Fear loves hesitation. It grows stronger when you pause, wait, scroll endlessly, or convince yourself that “now isn’t the time.” It thrives in your indecision, matures in the recesses of your uncertainty, and becomes a cancer in your inaction.

But bold action—no matter how small—immediately puts you back in the driver’s seat. It shifts your mindset from 'overwhelmed' to 'engaged.' It puts you in control. It gets you out of your doom cycle. It brings you back from focusing on where you are - to building momentum for where you could be.

You don’t have to launch a moonshot to make a difference. You don't need some huge stretch goal. You don't need to be chasing some grand vision. You just have to move:

Learn something new.

Start that project.

Test the idea.

Build the prototype.

Say yes.

Momentum beats perfection. Progress quiets panic. Action beats fear.
We are not victims of the future. We are its architects—if we choose to be.

So when the uncertainty rises, meet it with motion.

When fear whispers “not yet,” answer back: “Watch me.”

Because the future doesn’t wait.

And neither should you.

What are you waiting for?

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Futurist Jim Carroll knows that action is the antitode to every moment of volatility.

These posts on resilience and volatility are also being archived at https://tomorrow.jimcarroll.com

**#Action** **#Fear** **#Resilience** **#Momentum** **#Uncertainty** **#Leadership** **#Progress** **#Future** **#Confidence** **#Boldness**

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/04/decoding-tomorrow-your-daily-future-inspiration-in-times-of-chaos-and-fear-purposeful-action-is-power/