Comments on: Resilience http://www.woodka.com/2007/07/31/resilence/ All things change when we do -- Kukei Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:40:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Changing Places » Blog Archive » More on designing with resilience http://www.woodka.com/2007/07/31/resilence/#comment-95833 Changing Places » Blog Archive » More on designing with resilience Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:25:23 +0000 http://www.woodka.com/2007/07/31/resilence/#comment-95833 [...] Remember that post on resilience from the other day? Might be even more important than we [...] [...] Remember that post on resilience from the other day? Might be even more important than we [...]

]]> By: Donna http://www.woodka.com/2007/07/31/resilence/#comment-95282 Donna Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:17:42 +0000 http://www.woodka.com/2007/07/31/resilence/#comment-95282 Yeah, I was tired. ;^) Yeah, I was tired. ;^)

]]> By: Steve http://www.woodka.com/2007/07/31/resilence/#comment-95253 Steve Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:22:02 +0000 http://www.woodka.com/2007/07/31/resilence/#comment-95253 In engineered systems resiliency (although it is never the term used to describe the effect) is an effect of planning for inevitable failures. In some cases the effect is achieved with redundancy. In others it is achieved with careful planning. In still others it is achieved with training. But in all cases it starts by asking the same questions "What could go wrong?" and "How do I minimize the effects when things do go wrong." If resilient thinking had been used in agriculture in Ireland two hundred years ago, there is a good bet that more different kinds of potatoes would have been cultivated, and the effects of the potato famine would not have been quite so serious. Frequently one has to give something up to get resiliency. One has to settle for a slightly higher first cost. But what one gets back is a much more robust system. And when one is playing with things like the environment or the global supply of energy and other key commodities, one cannot afford a major breakdown. Ever. ((Donna: You may wish to check the spelling in the title )) In engineered systems resiliency (although it is never the term used to describe the effect) is an effect of planning for inevitable failures. In some cases the effect is achieved with redundancy. In others it is achieved with careful planning. In still others it is achieved with training. But in all cases it starts by asking the same questions “What could go wrong?” and “How do I minimize the effects when things do go wrong.”

If resilient thinking had been used in agriculture in Ireland two hundred years ago, there is a good bet that more different kinds of potatoes would have been cultivated, and the effects of the potato famine would not have been quite so serious.

Frequently one has to give something up to get resiliency. One has to settle for a slightly higher first cost. But what one gets back is a much more robust system. And when one is playing with things like the environment or the global supply of energy and other key commodities, one cannot afford a major breakdown. Ever.

((Donna: You may wish to check the spelling in the title ))

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