What Should a Resilient Nation Look Like? | Ian Boyd | TEDxUniversityofStAndrews

Resilience is neither resistance to change nor elasticity in response to stress. The attributes of a resilient nation include: (1) diversity in everything from institutional structures to supply chains; (2) redundancy in critical systems like healthcare and food supply to create room for them to flex; (3) connectivity to create buffering to local supply shortages; (4) inclusiveness, equity and fairness providing the agency, power and justice for people to create their own resilient solutions; (5) adaptive learning to absorb the lessons from past experiences; and (6) a culture of preparedness to pro-actively manage risks. Actions to build national resilience include the maintenance of a national risk register and assessment; open communication of those risks to the widest possible audience; an inclusive process of decision-making to ensure diverse views are included; measuring and tracking performance in creating resilience; and prioritising resilience as a factor in decision-making within every stratum of society including individuals, households, businesses, communities, and national government. There is probably a trade-off between resilience and short-term economic objectives. A resilient nation will only emerge if it is actively sought and incentivised. Professor Sir Ian Boyd is currently a professor at the University of St Andrews and Chair of the UK Research Integrity Office. He was Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government on Food and the Environment (2012-2019). He is a marine and polar scientist and previously served as the first Director of the Scottish Oceans Institute at St Andrews. He is a director of a number of trusts and companies. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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