The Resilience Industrial Complex Strays from Reality
Our ability to foresee and survive risks should be more than a Davos meme. And the UK should know better.
Resilience mode.
Source: Bloomberg
Our Neanderthal ancestors had a sixth sense about sabre-toothed cats. Their bodies developed finely honed fight-or-flight signals. They crafted spears for hunting and self-defense and passed on their genes to propagate the species.
These days, there is a whole industrial complex focused on the resilience that used to be instinctual. Countless books and blogs exist to ensure parents raise kids who can take a knock. From the Mayo Clinic to LinkedIn, advice abounds on how to bounce back from challenges — or “bounce forward,” in management consultant-speak. McKinsey & Co. and the World Economic Forum have teamed up to help CEOs survive “a fragmenting global order.”