THINKING ADAPTIVE RESILIENCE Culture and the Big Crunch Plymouth 6 April 2011 MARK ROBINSON THINKING PRACTICE

‘ EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SAID BEFORE, BUT SINCE NOBODY LISTENS WE HAVE TO KEEP GOING BACK AND BEGINNING ALL OVER AGAIN.’ Andre Gide

‘THE FUNDAMENTAL PARADOX IS THAT CHANGE IS ESSENTIAL, AND YET STABILITY IS NECESSARY.’ C.S. Holling

Adaptive resilience is the capacity to remain productive and true to core purpose and identity whilst absorbing disturbance and adapting with integrity in response to changing circumstances.

‘IT’S NOT THE STRONGEST SPECIES THAT SURVIVE, NOR THE MOST INTELLIGENT, BUT THE MOST RESPONSIVE TO CHANGE.’ Charles Darwin

8 CHARACTERISTICS OF RESILIENCE

RESOURCES + CHANGE-ORIENTATION = ADAPTIVE RESILIENCE

COPING PERSISTENC E ADAPTIVE RESILIENCE FRUSTRATE D INNOVATIO N VULNERAB LE DEPENDEN CE

A CREATIVE ECOLOGY?

VALUEVALUE WHAT YOU DO AND HOW WHAT YOU NEED TO DO WHAT YOU DO WHAT IT COSTS YOU PARTNER NETWORK YOUR RELATION SHIPS HOW YOU REACH PEOPLE WHO WANTS THE VALUE YOU CREATE WHERE YOUR INCOME COMES FROM

RUNNING-TILL-EMPTY OR RENEWABLE ENERGY?

DO WE KNOW... Who we are and why? What we ‘own’? How our world’s changing? What we have learnt lately? How we might change?

DO WE TAKE ACTION... Be creative in all we do Find new ways of doing Refuse to get stuck Take responsibility Take a leap into a new cycle

Assess self/your ecology Invest – offer, training and marketing Collaborate – locally and culturally Leadership for/through shared purpose and values Innovate for assets and expertise not novelty Get ready for change HOW TO BUILD RESILIENCE?

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