Post-pandemic, it’s not enough to be resilient and responsive. It’s important for organizations to be robust and antifragile. This means having systems that don’t break under pressure and are able to return to symmetry and balance quickly when there is a disaster.
Here are few things you need to know about how to build an antifragile organization:
- Antifragile systems are actually stronger when they’re introduced to a bit of harm, challenge, or stress instead of being diminished.
- Unlike their fragile counterparts, antifragile organizations are willing to consider competitive forces and respond accordingly, seeing disorder as challenges to overcome and not “bad” or roadblocks. They also choose to keep pace with emerging risks such as cyber-threats.
- Engaging all resources and the collective intelligence of people is key to antifragile organizations, and this is how they approach problem resolution and the pursuit of new opportunities.
- Leaders seeking to have an antifragile organization can start by increasing awareness of changing situations by regularly reading reports, working to ensure that the value of intended goals exceeds the cost of pursing them, and identifying and minimizing fragilities in organizational systems.
