by Linda Hoopes | Jun 21, 2016 | Personal Resilience, Prosilience, Stories
Louis Zamperini was an Olympic track star who fought in World War II. He was shot down and floated in a raft for 47 days, only to be captured by the Japanese and subjected to extremely brutal and dehumanizing treatment as a prisoner of war in several internment camps....
by Linda Hoopes | May 15, 2016 | Personal Resilience, Prosilience
Before a physical workout, a warmup is helpful to get the muscles and joints prepared for activity and reduce the likelihood of injury. There are also warmups you can do before engaging your change muscles. When you are dealing with adversity, your brain and body play...
by Linda Hoopes | Mar 7, 2016 | Blog, Organizational Resilience
So far in this series we’ve talked about change demand and how multiple changes can combine to create overload. In this post we are going to focus on what happens to individuals when there is more change demand than they have the energy to absorb. Adapting to...
by Linda Hoopes | Dec 22, 2015 | Announcements
Dear Friends, Holiday greetings from Resilience Alliance! As this year draws to a close, the world continues to remind us that we will always have opportunities to practice and apply our resilience. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about this. When people speak about...
by Linda Hoopes | Dec 14, 2015 | Blog, Organizational Resilience
This is the first in a series of posts on managing change overload. This initial post focuses on change demand. When we say change is demanding, we may mean one or more of several things. Change activities are often additive to daily work. Most members of an...
