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Resilience as a job description

So I now call myself “Resilience Adviser”. And what do I do? My job is to oversee that the state-managed road network in my region is planned, built, operated and maintained so that it can function 24/7/365, and thus ensure societal safety and societal security.

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Are roads more important than computers?

The objective of the first project ‘Protection of Society’ (POS) or ‘Beskyttelse av Samfunnet’ (BAS, in Norwegian) was to describe how modern society will react to and can protect itself when facing modern warfare. In doing so, the report identified key components and functions that are essential to a modern society, and interdependencies between them.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
The world we live in: Risk Society
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Shrink Shrank Shrunk
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BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Published. Not perished.
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Book Review: Logistics and Supply Chain Management
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REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Future Value Chain Trends 2020
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How New Zealand develops resilient organisations
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from HERE and THERE
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A Christmas To Remember
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