Episode 138 - The Resilience Roadmap with Mike Janko
Jun 17, 2024
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Bestselling author and Goodyear Director of Global Business Continuity, Mike Janko, joins the podcast to discuss the importance of benchmarking resilience with a program scorecard. He emphasizes the phrase 'Lead, Follow, and Guide the Way' as a key to success in building resilience. The episode also touches on risk-based decision making, resilient leadership, and the significance of collaboration and teamwork.
Resilience is a journey with a roadmap for benchmarking and improvement.
Risk-based decision-making, stakeholder surveys, and teamwork are vital for organizational resilience.
Deep dives
Resilience as a Journey with a Roadmap
Resilience is likened to a journey in the podcast, with the speaker stressing the importance of having a roadmap. The journey entails developing plans, continual improvement, and using appropriate behaviors to achieve success. Tools like policy, organizational charter, project plans, and scorecards are highlighted as crucial for navigating the resilience journey effectively.
Risk-Based Decision-Making and Continuous Improvement
The podcast delves into the concept of risk-based decision-making as a vital component in organizational activities. Emphasis is placed on turning risks into opportunities, tracking major incidents, and learning from near misses. The discussion underscores the importance of surveying stakeholders, assessing operational risks, and aligning efforts with enterprise risk management for improved resilience.
Lead, Follow, and Guide the Way for Resilient Leadership
The speaker elaborates on the unique approach of 'lead, follow, and guide the way' in building resilience leadership. By identifying gaps, collaborating with team members, and integrating their feedback, resilient leaders can foster success. The idea emphasizes the value of teamwork, continuous improvement, and adapting to feedback for organizational resilience.
This week’s guest uses the concept of a journey as a core message in his approach to resilience and he feels we should “consider resilience a journey through a complex program”. But he also says, every journey needs a roadmap.
Hello everyone and welcome to episode 138 of the Resilient Journey podcast, presented by the Resilience Think Tank.
This week we are joined by best selling author, and Goodyear Director of Global Business Continuity - Mike Janko.
In this episode Mike and Mark talk about the need for benchmarking by building a program scorecard. Mike says you can’t improve what you can’t measure – and the real value comes in understanding how well you execute your plans and how resilient you really are.
Mike explains his phrase “Lead, Follow and Guide the Way”.
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