Building Resilient Futures-bookcover

By: Robert Hall

Building Resilient Futures

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Whether a community struggling to keep its members buoyant, a business trying to stay solvent, or a nation fighting to protect its citizens, adversity and crisis impact us all. The resilient are able to pick themselves up, dust themselves off, and not only bounce back but also bounce forward.

 

This book looks at what resilience means at times of crises as well as the in-between periods. It examines the various types of resilience, such as emotional, organisational and societal, and offers valuable insights on how to manage the consequences of upheaval and trauma.


The author brings together contributors to deliver a real mix of theory, case-study evidence and anecdote in a way that is both approachable and thought provoking. It is a timely and necessary addition to a crucial topic. Very simply, professionals, practitioners, students, government ministers, and business leaders should read this now. It might be a safer, better world if people read the book and acted on it.  

Robert Hall is a consultant, speaker and author. He specialises in the subject of resilience and risk. 
After serving as an officer in the British Army for 17 years, he left to work in business as a risk and security specialist in large multi-national corporates such as Barclays, Marsh and G4S. His last appointment was as Executive Director (and co-founder) of Resilience First Ltd.
His first book, based on his work in the UK’s Ministry of Defence and a Defence Fellowship, was Soviet Military Art in a Time of Change: Command and Control of the Future Battlefield (Brassey’s, 1991, ISBN 0080413218).


Since leaving the corporate world, he has authored five books: Building Resilient Futures (Austin Macauley, 2023, ISBN 9781035812622), The Triptych (Austin Macauley, 2024, ISBN: 9781035830169), Frozen in Time (Amazon, 2025, ISBN: 9798281985635), The Resilience Mindset: A Philosophical Journey (Austin Macauley, 2025, INature's Resilience (Austin Macauley, 2025, ISBN: )

This is the second book in a series on resilience. A third book, Nature's Resilience, is due out shortly.

He has also written two novels with resilience themes, The Triptych (a semi-biographical, historical novel) and Frozen in Time (a crime mystery set in Greenland). Both books are currently available.

Robert lives in Essex. He is married, with a daughter living in London.

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  • David Honour

    Building Resilience Futures is a very useful book for anyone in a leadership role in an organisation or business. Exploring resilience from a number of angles, including personal, organisational, and national, the author pulls together important threads from each to present a holistic view of developing and maintaining resilience. Resilience is a journey with a destination that changes constantly: and this book provides an important navigational guide.

  • Alastair Brown

    As someone who works in and teaches resilience, I have found Building Resilient Futures to be an increasingly valuable go-to resource on the subject. The book is well set out and the insight, understanding and author's expertise make Building Resilient Futures essential for anyone seeking to learn more about resilience and why we all need to be more resilient in a more complex and connected world.

  • Simon Collins

    Robert has looked at a huge topic and managed to make the book comprehensive, practical, and interesting! It is a necessary read for anyone interested in resilience, and everybody needs to be interested in resilience!

  • Rick Cudworth

    This is a fascinating and well researched book. It is an enjoyable read too. Robert has captured his passion in the subject and provides a wide-ranging and enlightening perspective. I thoroughly recommend it.

  • Alan Brown OBE

    “in Building Resilient Future” Robert has found a way to integrate the complexities necessary for businesses and organizations to achieve resilience, it is critical reading for all those responsible for organizational stability.

  • Dr Chris Needham-Bennett,

    Passionate, persuasive, and a wake-up call to national resilience complacency. This is not a 'handbook', it is a grenade tossed into the meandering procrastination of national resilience. This a brilliant summary of the enormous challenges of gaining ultimate 'resilience'. Hugely entertaining and challenging. The author’s overview of all aspects of resilience broadens the resilience debate to where it should be. At last, an enjoyable 'must read' for anyone involved in the field. Very simply, professionals, practitioners, students, government ministers, and business leaders should read this now. 'A safer, better world?' – it might be if people read the book and act on it.’

  • Dr Pippa Malmgren

    Covid-19 has made us more resilient but now is not the time to claim victory. It's time to read Building Resilient Futures.’

  • Michael Center

    Whether a single parent struggling to feed a family, or a nation fighting to take care of its citizens, adversity and crisis impact us all. The resilient are able to pick themselves up, dust themselves off, and move forward. The author does a masterful job of capturing these themes across multiple levels and how to be better prepared.’

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