<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2109174/open_sms">Send us a text</a>What happens when our increasingly interconnected systems face unexpected challenges? Dr. David Woods, pioneer of resilience engineering, explores how organizations can build the adaptive capacity needed to survive in an age of growing complexity. Drawing from decades studying high-risk industries, Woods frames our current technological moment with historical perspective. The "second AI gold rush" unfolds with familiar patterns – promising seamless automation while overlooking the inevitable new complexities and vulnerabilities that emerge. Through compelling examples from Boeing's 737 MAX disasters to financial system collapses, he demonstrates how brittle systems eventually break when organizations prioritize short-term productivity over long-term resilience. Woods introduces core principles of adaptive organizations – graceful extensibility, the capacity to reconfigure and reprioritize under pressure, and the critical ability to anticipate approaching saturation points before collapse occurs. He challenges the linear thinking that dominates most organizations, explaining why reframing – updating our mental models to match changing reality – proves so difficult yet essential for survival. Whether you're navigating organizational challenges, interested in the future of human-AI collaboration, or seeking to understand resilience in an uncertain world, this episode provides essential frameworks for thinking differently about complexity, surprise, and adaptation when failure isn't an option.<a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwoods3/'>David Woods on LinkedIn</a><a href='https://ise.osu.edu/people/woods.2'>Dept. of Integrated Systems Engineering, David Woods, PhD </a>NWO Intro with Boyd March 25, 2025 <a href='https://www.aglx.com/flow-lab/'>Flow Learning Lab</a> Find us on X. @NoWayOutcast <a href='https://thewhirl.substack.com/'>Substack: The Whirl of ReOrientation </a> Want to develop your organization’s capacity for free and independent action (Organic Success)? Learn more and follow us at: <a href='https://www.aglx.com/'>https://www.aglx.com/</a> <a href='https://www.youtube.com/@AGLXConsulting'>https://www.youtube.com/@AGLXConsulting</a> <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/company/aglx-consulting-llc/'>https://www.linkedin.com/company/aglx-consulting-llc/</a> <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandrivera/'>https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandrivera</a> <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/markjmcgrath1/'>https://www.linkedin.com/in/markjmcgrath1</a> <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevemccrone/'>https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevemccrone</a> <a href='https://www.aglx.com/newsletter-signup-north-america'>Stay in the Loop.</a> Don't have time to listen to the podcast? Want to make some snowmobiles? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to receive deeper insights on current and past episodes. Recent podcasts where you’ll also find Mark and Ponch: <a href='https://No-Bell.transistor.fm/s1/24'>The No Bell Podcast Episode 24</a> <a href='https://www.actanonverbapodcast.com/mark-mcgrath-on-the-ooda-loop-vuca-the-philosophy-of-john-boyd-and-bruce-lee/'>...</a>

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