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#71 - Is Organic Food Only Food?
The Consumer Dilemma: Price, Choice, and Responsibility When you see organic rucola priced 50% higher than the regular option, what comes...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Mar 124 min read
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#69 - The 3,000-Year Question: Does Longevity Equal Resilience?
Even the mightiest can fail. Ancient Egypt’s colossal achievements were buried under sand for centuries...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Feb 263 min read
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#65 - Let's have some resilient fun: Can Shopping Become an Adventure?
"Let's have some resilient fun" shows some important topics in a more relaxed and joyful way. After all, humour is quoted as a desirable...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Jan 223 min read
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#61 - What is the Relation Between Wealth and Happiness?
More evidence and perspectives are emerging that challenge the 20th-century growth-driven economy.
Pawel Pietruszewski
Dec 18, 20244 min read
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#58 - The Technology of Resilience: Insights from IBM’s Crisis Management Studies
A dear friend of mine, Marcin Kaluza, pointed me towards an IBM report that presents four case studies of resilient crisis management....
Pawel Pietruszewski
Nov 27, 20243 min read
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#53 - Electrifying Innovation: How Energy Progress is Powering the Future
A simple solution to the global warming challenge would be to use less energy. However, this is not actually so simple because energy...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Oct 23, 20244 min read
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#52 - Can Poland become the Next Innovation Hub?
The Journey to the High-Income Club What a journey it has been! When I entered university in 1990, Poland's GDP per capita (expressed in...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Oct 16, 20244 min read
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#51 - Sweden's and Switzerland's approach to innovation
Different Routes to Success Last week I was writing about Switzerland  in the resilience context. I had later a chat with a friend who...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Oct 9, 20245 min read
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#50 - What Did I Learn in Switzerland?
I spent the last nine years in Switzerland, and it is a significant amount of time. After such a period, the place becomes a part of you....
Pawel Pietruszewski
Oct 2, 20246 min read
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#49 - First Anniversary
First Anniversary I published the first post of the Resilience Institute on September 24th, 2023, on Facebook and LinkedIn. It evolved...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Sep 24, 20244 min read
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#45 - Hurricane Katrina - When Central Intervention Goes South
After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, 80 percent of the city was flooded. Central government vs Walmart approach.
Pawel Pietruszewski
Aug 28, 20243 min read
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#38 - Do we pay for what we respect?
How much is entertainment worth? Football match between France and Spain had a high financial weight. The highest paid athlete on the...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Jul 11, 20244 min read
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#34 Domino Effect: Spillover in the SDG Index
Who drives negative sustainable development impacts on others? Each country’s actions can have positive or negative effects on other...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Jun 12, 20242 min read
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#32 How our Eating Habits Impact Sustainability
The Impact of Dietary Choices on Our Planet Did you know that the global meat industry is responsible for nearly 15% of all human-induced...
Pawel Pietruszewski
May 29, 20245 min read
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#31 SDG Index - One number that rules them all
Can you describe business performance with one number? If you ask a finance person, they would say "profit is king: no profits, no money...
Pawel Pietruszewski
May 22, 20243 min read
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#27 The Unexpected Ally: How AI Could Help Rebuild the Middle Class and Boost Our Resilience
The article "How AI Could Help Rebuild the Middle Class" by Professor David Autor made me think about unpredictable nature of complex...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Apr 25, 20242 min read
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#14 China demographic crisis or maybe not a crisis?
I was planning to go back this week to some important topics related to individual and organisational resilience, but I couldn't resist...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Jan 24, 20242 min read
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#13 Population growth or affluence?
So far, it's a rich minority that has caused the major environmental problems we see. OECD countries in 2010 still accounted for about...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Jan 17, 20242 min read
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