Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back

Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back examines how individuals, organizations, ecosystems, and societies absorb shocks, adapt to radically changed circumstances, and maintain their core purpose.

Drawing on examples like the 2008 financial crisis, Haiti earthquake response, and ecological collapses, Andrew Zolli and Ann Marie Healy highlight principles such as diversity, modularity, trust, cooperation, and translational leadership.

The book emphasizes dynamic adaptation over mere recovery, integrating insights from ecology, neuroscience, economics, and social sciences to build more robust systems in a volatile world.