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    The Resilience Dividend: Being Strong in a World Where Things Go Wrong
    The Resilience Dividend: Being Strong in a World Where Things Go Wrong
    The Resilience Dividend: Being Strong in a World Where Things Go Wrong
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    The Resilience Dividend: Being Strong in a World Where Things Go Wrong

    Written by Judith Rodin

    Narrated by Cyndee Maxwell

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    About this audiobook

    Building resilience-the ability to bounce back more quickly and effectively-is an urgent social and economic issue. Our interconnected world is susceptible to sudden and dramatic shocks and stresses: a cyber-attack, a new strain of virus, a structural failure, a violent storm, a civil disturbance, an economic blow.

    Through an astonishing range of stories, Judith Rodin shows how people, organizations, businesses, communities, and cities have developed resilience in the face of otherwise catastrophic challenges:

    • Medellin, Colombia, was once the drug and murder capital of South America. Now it's host to international conferences and an emerging vacation destination.
    • Tulsa, Oklahoma, cracked the code of rapid urban development in a floodplain.
    • Airbnb, Toyota, Ikea, Coca-Cola, and other companies have realized the value of reducing vulnerabilities and potential threats to customers, employees, and their bottom line.
    • In the Mau Forest of Kenya, bottom-up solutions are critical for dealing with climate change, environmental degradation, and displacement of locals.
    • Following Superstorm Sandy, the Rockaway Surf Club in New York played a vital role in distributing emergency supplies.

    As we grow more adept at managing disruption and more skilled at resilience-building, Rodin reveals how we are able to create and take advantage of new economic and social opportunities that offer us the capacity to recover after catastrophes and grow strong in times of relative calm.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAscent Audio
    Release dateDec 1, 2014
    ISBN9781469030692
    The Resilience Dividend: Being Strong in a World Where Things Go Wrong
    Author

    Judith Rodin

    Judith Rodin is president of the Rockefeller Foundation, a highly influential philanthropic organisation created 'to promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world.' As Provost of Yale she was the first woman to serve as president of an Ivy League institution, and has been recognised by Forbes as one of world's 100 most powerful women.

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