Chapter 6 Cognitive readiness – risk-solution designers

DOI: 10.1201/9781003189657-6

As we enter the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic, now is a time to reassess risk in a completely different way. The emotional toll on everyone feels like a national trauma that has been building since the 2008 Great Recession which accelerated the transition to a new digital operating model. Complexity is now the norm, and moments of simplicity seem scarce as we are bombarded by “breaking news,” threats of political violence, social unrest, and uncertainty on a global scale.

Risk, once a distant concept that seemed abstract, is now front and center in every part of our lives. An increased frequency in climate-related events, natural disaster, cyber threats, ...

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