This week Griffith’s inaugural ‘Strategic Resilience Planning Executive Residential’ was held in collaboration with MoU partner the Making Good Alliance, in North Tamborine Mountain (Queensland).
The 4-day program brought together 23 senior leaders from government, industry, and key community organisations who are critical in disaster management, for a multidisciplinary learning experience. Led by Iain MacKenzie (Professor of Practice in Disaster Management) and Cheryl Desha (Professor of Resilient Communities, Resilient Infrastructure), the program explores critical conversations and the disaster management ecosystem towards rethinking and recalibrating leadership approaches and actions.
At an individual and organisational scale, the next decade will be critical in defining and implementing effective solutions for communities in times of crisis and over the long-term in adaptive decision-making for emerging issues.
The program was supported by more than 20 academic and industry experts in climate research, political science, innovation, communication, ethics, flood history, big data, entrepreneurship, leadership and complexity. The community context for ‘strategic resilience planning’ was enabled through the Making Good Alliance (MGA), a social enterprise established in 2019 by Susan and Mark Rallings, to promote climate resilience and community action.
With thanks to the co-creators of the curriculum on the Mountain (in order of appearance): Brendan Mackey, Anne Tiernan, Jennifer Loy, Caroline Riot, Jaqueline Ewart, Piet Filet, Hugh Breakey, Margaret Cook, Helen Keen-Dyer, Andrew Short, Paul Burton, Bela Stantic, Cuan Naidoo, Julienne Senyard, Jamie Ranse, Jim McGowan, Adam Findlay, Paul Lucas, Lisa Sisson, and Luis Perez-Mora. With thanks to the University of Sunshine Coast and Central Queensland University for the inter-university collaboration in making experts accessible for such timely education.
