Resilient Workspace in the Face of Chaos – Part 3

by Sven Govaars | October 30th, 2017

Introduction In September Hurricane Harvey inched through southeast Texas at a slow crawl, producing an unimaginable downpour and flood that threatened our homes, our jobs, our infrastructure, and even our lives. Since then, we’ve seen barrage after barrage of catastrophic crises unfold as places like Miami, California, Puerto Rico, and Las Vegas demonstrate that disruption comes in many shapes and forms—some natural and some man-made. As these individual events ripple outward, it is becoming ever clearer that we live in a world of constant volatility that challenges our perception of “normal.” It’s a kind of chronic disruption and though it is still very early, we are only now beginning to understand the full impact of these events. Not only on how we build and protect ourselves, but also on how we work, how we measure, how we live and ultimately, how we exist. We have an arsenal of Big Data …