Adam MarkelInternational Keynote Speaker On Resilience

Change Resiliently By Bouncing Forward - Adam Markel

Name: Change Resiliently By Bouncing Forward - Adam Markel
Uploaded: 2023-09-19T19:17:16+00:00
Duration: 1 min 28 s
Channel: Adam Markel
Description: Adam Markel delivers a short keynote-style talk framing resilience as an active capability to "bounce forward" rather than merely "bounce back." He opens…

19 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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Adam Markel delivers a short keynote-style talk framing resilience as an active capability to "bounce forward" rather than merely "bounce back." He opens by invoking the 2008 financial crisis as a shared visceral reference point, then contrasts less-resilient versus more-resilient people and organizations, arguing that resilient groups thrive, show more energy, engagement, innovation, collaboration, and require less external problem-solving. The talk treats resilience as a learnable, trainable competitive advantage rather than a soft skill.

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Who remembers 2008? How many of you have a vivid visceral memory of that? Right? Might even have some scars from it? I think we all do. Organizations, individuals. Coming out of that uncertainty, you can see the way they change. That line of resilience is compared to not only non resilience or less resilient individuals organizations, but also the S and P. Hey, these are the ones that thrive to this day. This is not about bouncing back, as Rob said. This is not about what are we bouncing back to. This is about bouncing forward. We're going to talk about how we do that resiliently because ultimately for us, that is our unsung hero. That is the extra person on the field. That is our competitive edge in the marketplace. This is not a soft skill, folks. This is something we can learn at any age. We can train, we can help others to embrace change resiliently. What we see here is obvious resilience. They have more energy, they have a greater zest, a passion for life. They're more engaged, they're more innovative, they're more collaborative. And what I think is important that we all see here is that there's less of an instance of needing to go find their solutions elsewhere.