Steven F. Freeman

Table is reference in the blog's first post:

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“About”	Key Concepts	About the Blog	About the Authors
“About”	Crisis (Explication/ Continuation of 1st post) Conceptual clarity - 2 (and only 2) approaches to CP “Resiliency” / Anti-fragility Systems thinking / system dynamics	How and why “Crisalis": What the title means Plans/hopes About the topic list	Who we are Research Courses: What we cover How the course has developed and changed
Crisis Preparedness (CP) Basics	In the Crisis	Before / After the Crisis	Personal CP
Crisis Preparedness (CP) Basics	Descriptions What to do in a crisis Crisis and emotions Crisis decision-making	Crisis management team / Standing decisions CP Audit Scenario planning/enactment Table-top exercises Learning! Post-event debriefing	Emergency preparedness basics Bug-Out-Bags Short/Long term (see also "Survival" below)
Resiliency	Domains	Beyond Resiliency	Examples
	Biological resiliency Personal resiliency Organizational resiliency Ecological resiliency Political, economic resiliency	Fragility, robustness, and antifragility Bouncing back stronger Life and anti-fragility Evolution and anti-fragility Fragility and Modernity	Organizations (e,g, Sandler O’Neill, INCAE) People (Aimee Mullins, Andre Agassi) Nations (Costa Rica, USA) Institutions (The Catholic Church)
	Sources of Resiliency	Skills of Resiliency	Practices and Attitudes
	Moral purpose An ability to get help Motivation Psychological containment Organic structure Reserves /slack resources	Coping skills Entrepreneurial orientation: Sensemaking Virtual role systems Cognitive reframing	Regular exposure to change/crisis Social bridge building Mindfulness Self-responsibility Other orientation
Crisis and Opportunity	Crisis and Change	Crisis and Leadership	Two Sides of a Coin
Crisis and Opportunity	If nothing ever changed, nothing would ever changed The overlooked upside of crisis Birth and death Decline and transformation Loss and Change	Crisis preparedness: the leader’s job #1 How leaders are remembered How managers spend their time CP and business development The sword in the stone	Economic crisis and business success Personal crisis and growth The fall and rise of nations Crisis philosophy, philology Creative destruction Manufactured crisis and consent
Cases	Historical Cases	Business Topic Composites	Crisis/Resiliency in Film/ Literature
Cases	Cuban Missile Crisis NASA Challenger / Columbia Devaluation, hyperinflation Industrial Crisis Mgmt (Tylenol, Bhopal, BP Gulf Oil Spill, etc...) Governmental Crisis Mgmt Katrina	Institutions and crisis Systemic crisis and resiliencies Crisis and emotions Crisis decision-making Threat-rigidity Innovation through CP CP and priorities	Diving bell and the Butterfly (2007), Thirteen Days (2000), Food, Inc. (2008), The Cove (2009), Waste Land (2010), Apollo 13 (1995), Margin Call (2011), Waltz with Bashir (2008), Meek's Cutoff (2010), Atonement (2007), Startup.com (2001), Vanishing of the Bees (2009), Contagion (2011), 28 Days Later... (2002), Soylent Green (1973), Mad Max-Road Warrior (1981), Defiance (2008), Fearless (1993), Ivory Tower (2014) ...others
CP Science and Scholarship	Theory	Empirics	Book Reviews
CP Science and Scholarship	Risk management -theory, practice, limitations Crisis management -theory, practice, limitations Systems thinking Evolution and crisis: adaptive and maladaptive response behavior	Types of organizational crises Phases of a crisis Protocols pro and con Decision traps and biases Vicious cycles / virtuous circles Predictions CP as an aid to thinking more broadly, systemically and opportunistically	Kolbert (2014) The Sixth Extinction; Rosenthal (2014) The gift of adversity; Taleb (2012) Antifragile-Things That Gain From Disorder; Frankl (1946) Man's Search for Meaning; Wildavsky (1988) Searching for Safety; Wright (2004) A Short History of Progress; Ian Mitroff (various); Michael Lewis (various); Karl Weick (various); Kai Erikson (various) ...others
A New “Crisis era” or are we “apocoholic”?	Possible/Impending Global Crises	Possible/Impending National / Regional Crises
A New “Crisis era” or are we “apocoholic”?	Global warming Extreme weather Biotic crisis (Massive extinctions) Nuclear war / accident Nanotechnology/ new weapons of mass destruction Synthetic biology Peak oil/ everything else Disease, pestilence, antimicrobial resistance Globalization Growth / Overpopulation Monocultures / Famine Oceans / Water Asteroids / Natural Disaster	Economic systemic collapse Financial meltdown Deficits / Public debt Inequality/Unemployment / Private debt Political systemic collapse Federalism/Corporatism/ Anarchy “Terrorism”/ Militarism / “Defense” Municipal bankruptcy Infrastructure Electrical grid Aging roads, rails, bridges	Environmental Degradation Fracking Pollution Fresh water system Health Care systemic collapse Obesity / Health Aging population Education systemic collapse Ignorance / (Lack of) Critical thinking Reliance on "experts” Moral decay?
Survival (see also CP basics)	Apocalypse?	Surviving the Non-Apocalypse	Survival Practice / Survivalist Groups
Survival (see also CP basics)	Historical apocalypses Past prediction and prophecy TEOTWAWKI variants Post-apocalyptic life Early warning signs	Crashes, fires, accidents, etc... Dealing with loss, grief, etc... Personal battles Survival principles & practice Applying crisis principals to everyday life	Mount Washington Vivos Prepping What's most important

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