Organisational resilience assessments
Map dependencies, knowledge gaps and points of failure.
LIMINAL Business
Build a team that handles change better.
Resilience Academy turns archaeology, anthropology and organisational research into assessments, workshops and practical training for teams.
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Resilience Academy
Twelve foundations. Twelve practical tests.
01The Neolithic Village
Human-scale organisation
The Neolithic Village
Human-scale organisation
Map relationships and improve how people coordinate.
02The Silk Road
Network resilience
The Silk Road
Network resilience
Connect teams and reduce dependence on one gatekeeper.
03The Roman Annona
Dependency mapping
The Roman Annona
Dependency mapping
Trace the suppliers, systems and handoffs behind essential work.
04The Phoenician Network
Independent backups
The Phoenician Network
Independent backups
Check whether your fallback can fail for the same reason as your main system.
05The Master’s Workshop
Knowledge transfer
The Master’s Workshop
Knowledge transfer
Capture and practise work that currently lives in one person’s head.
06Versailles Ritual
Process judgement
Versailles Ritual
Process judgement
Identify which meetings, reports and routines still serve a purpose.
07Athenian Parrhesia
Psychological safety
Athenian Parrhesia
Psychological safety
Make it possible to raise concerns and disagree constructively.
08The Pylos Archive
AI visibility and governance
The Pylos Archive
AI visibility and governance
Find the tools people actually use and establish workable rules.
09The Hanoi Rat-Tail Bounty
AI feedback loops
The Hanoi Rat-Tail Bounty
AI feedback loops
Spot how metrics and predictions change behaviour.
10Bletchley Judgment
Human–AI judgement
Bletchley Judgment
Human–AI judgement
Decide when to trust, challenge or escalate an AI-assisted decision.
11Pompeii Stratigraphy
Learning from evidence
Pompeii Stratigraphy
Learning from evidence
Reconstruct a past failure and identify its earliest useful warning.
12Lisbon 1755
Continuity and improvisation
Lisbon 1755
Continuity and improvisation
Test how essential work continues when a dependency disappears.
Register interest in the Resilience Academy
Tell us whether you are interested as an individual, a team or a delivery partner. Or email sara@polak.cloud with ‘Resilience Academy’ in the subject.
Formats
From assessment to practice.
Workshops and simulations
Practical sessions built around real decisions and disruptions.
Executive programmes
Longer programmes for leaders responsible for change.
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Talks, workshops, research and grant partnerships. We are also looking for partners for the AI Campus at CIIRC — an experiment, a game, a demonstration, a film or a workshop.