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Taleb, Hamel, Holling…and I

I really should no longer be so surprised that my idea of how to differ robustness from flexibility from agility from resilience resonates with quite a number of people, including Si Alhir.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
The capability concept
Capability is an important measure in addressing vulnerabilities and in assessing resilience. Is the[...]
SME: A supply chain risk?
Does having Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in your supply chain constitute an increased e[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
SC Design and Management
More than 500-page heavy and laden with real-life examples and thoroughly calculated details, Design[...]
Transportation Hazards
This is an updated and extended review of  the Handbook of Transportation Engineering by Myer Kutz ([...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
When disaster strikes...
...how does the transportation network recover? And why are transportation networks so essential to [...]
Engineering transportation lifelines
New Zealand is probably not the fist country that comes to mind when thinking of state-of-the-art tr[...]
from HERE and THERE
The use of air photos in emergency management
There are a surprisingly large number of applications of air photos in emergency management. These r[...]
SAAB no more...
What do you when your major customer goes bust? How do you cope with finding a new business partner?[...]