Today a literature review prepared for National Preparedness Commission by the National Consortium for Societal Resilience on the importance of effective leadership and communication in building a good community response to a crisis has been published. nationalpreparednesscommission.uk/2022/11/commun…

An initial brief response to the UK Government Resilience Framework: nationalpreparednesscommission.uk/2022/12/is-thi…

Excellent article by member of National Preparedness Commission Elisabeth Braw in today’s The Times and The Sunday Times - whole-of-society approach to resilience must include local communities and individual citizens and households.

New article 'Preparedness efforts for health threats: the gap between detection and action' published National Preparedness Commission by Claudia Fernandez de Cordoba Farini reviews the gap between detection & action concerning preparedness efforts for health threats World Health Organization (WHO) UNDRR Risk-informed Early Action Partnership nationalpreparednesscommission.uk/2023/01/prepar…

Fascinating interview with Elisabeth Braw on what whole of society resilience really means

How Sweden engages its industry in the nation’s ’Total Defence’ and delivers a key component of a whole-of-society approach to national preparedness and resilience nationalpreparednesscommission.uk/2023/02/the-ro…

New article on our vulnerability to software failure and the work being done on this by National Preparedness Commission and BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT pictfor.org.uk/lord-harris-wh…

3 years ago today the UK entered a nationwide lockdown. Advisor to the Trust, Andy Towler @TheResilienceGp reflects on pandemic learnings, turning appetite into action for a whole-of-society approach to UK's resilience in this important National Preparedness Commission piece bit.ly/3FJegIb

Thanks to Lord Toby Harris for National Preparedness Commission roundtable today on public communication during emergencies. Insightful input from Professor Brooke Rogers OBE 💙 and Georgia Gould reinforcing the importance of trusted community relationships. Excellent thinking & research to build on. 📸Kenny Elrick

How to unlock value through resilience and evolve for disruption nationalpreparednesscommission.uk/2023/04/how-to…

Responding to permacrisis by building ‘always on’ resilience that helps drive better ways of working and innovation: nationalpreparednesscommission.uk/2023/06/transp…

Resilience & communicating resilience = fundamental part of deterrence by denial. UK needs a whole-of-government/society approach to resilience – aspect of the Defence Command Paper that needs to be addressed soon – I strongly recommend the work of National Preparedness Commission 8/8

An excellent, interdisciplinary framework for thinking about Safe AI from John McDermid National Preparedness Commission nationalpreparednesscommission.uk/2023/07/safety…

The latest National Risk Register is more transparent than its predecessors and covers 89 risks, but it also begs some important questions. nationalpreparednesscommission.uk/2023/08/the-na…

The imperative by governments to strengthen national-level resilience is acute. We share the four lenses and the methods #government should consider to ensure systems and societies are more resilient to future disruptions and crises. bit.ly/3r4KwRV #UK #Risk National Preparedness Commission

To better meet the crises of today and tomorrow, countries need to understand how well organized they are for resilience, whether their efforts are well deployed, and if they are doing enough. Our report with National Preparedness Commission shares how: bit.ly/45Uc8Z5 #UK #Risk

Glad to share here some reflections on building community resilience and everyday preparedness, thanks to the National Preparedness Commission: nationalpreparednesscommission.uk/2023/12/buildi…

Join our briefing and reception with Lord Toby Harris National Preparedness Commission on 22 February. During the evening, we'll explore how the nation can become better prepared to avoid, mitigate, respond to, and recover from major shocks, threats, and challenges. resiliencefirst.org/events/state-n…

We need to get serious about a focus on 'preparedness' across the whole of society. That includes building skills, inside and outside our education system & definitely within our neighbourhoods... A short piece from me for National Preparedness Commission tinyurl.com/2p7r8w69

Expansive & sobering analysis from @dieter_helm in this National Preparedness Commission lecture on ‘Sustainable Infrastructure’: lack of systems planning, geared financial engineering, regulatory undersight. Structural 'harm' & future implications for #nationalresilience... nationalpreparednesscommission.uk/event-summary/…