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Operational Resilience: Why?

November 13, 2020 in resilience, operational resilience, start with why

Inspired by Simon Sinek’s TED talk on ‘Start With Why’, I tried to start with why for ‘Operational Resilience’ for a UK Retail bank. What’s the ‘Golden Circle’ of Why/How/What?

No mammoth post this time - just a video!

I would love your comments and thoughts!

#startwithwhy #operationalresilience #resilience #infographic

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