In today's episode we look at adaptability and resilience through the story of three individuals and also an organization. Although the stories are different in many ways, we find similarities in the skills used that led to adaptability and strengthened resilience. Those skills and capabilities are relevant today as we all must adjust to ever-changing circumstances; the good news is that these skills can be learned and acquired.

 

Forged in Crisis: The Making of Five Courageous Leaders by Nancy Koehn

Endurance by Alfred Lansing

 

Chelsea B. “Sully” Sullenberger, III

Captain Sully (video of Sully describing the incident) 

Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters by Captain Chelsea B Sullenberger III

 

Washington Post article by Gillian Brockell on Witold Pilecki

The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero Who Infiltrated Auschwitz by Jack Fairweather

The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery by Witold Pilecki

 

Netflix: How a DVD Rental Company Changed the Way We Spend Our Free Time 

That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea by Marc Randolph

No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer