Organizational Resilience in Action Strategies for Overcoming Future Crises

In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, companies are increasingly driven by automation, where software algorithms replace human decision-making. This book explores the concept of the self-driving company, an organization that has reached a high level of automation through various stages of development. It tackles the critical question: Can we trust such automated entities? Using intuitive models and clear, practical examples, the book demonstrates how these future companies can develop resilience and effectively handle upcoming crises. It provides insights into how businesses can adapt and thrive in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world, making it essential reading for those interested in the future of digitalization and resilience management.

1. Introduction.- What Is the Meaning of Resilience?.- Corporate Resilience as Part of the “Winning Wheel”.- 4. First Case Study: Evaluating Interviews with the Winning Wheel.- 5. Indicators of Resilient Organizations.- 6. Identifying the Measures that Build Resilience.- 7. Testing for Resilience: The Procedure.- 8. Second Case Study: The Resilient Financial Service Provider.- 9. The Emergence of the Resilient Company.- 10. Implementing a Resilience Dashboard.- 11. Third Case Study: Implementation of a Resilience Dashboard Using Standard Software Based on the Enterprise Strategy Suite.-  12. Conclusion.

Achim Röhe is the Chief Operating Officer of ReqPOOL Group GmbH in Linz, Austria. With extensive experience as a strategy consultant and project manager, he specializes in analyzing and optimizing IT processes and systems through artificial intelligence and digital business transformation. His projects focus on envisioning digitalization targets and exploring how highly automated companies can become resilient to crises.