Stowe Boyd pays attention to "the economics and ecology of work, in a time of accelerating uncertainty in our lives, society, and business". In this essay he focuses on the role of personal resilience in organizational health. Resilient people, he says, have a strong social network, and they "don’t ignore problems, (and they) work out plans to recover from setbacks or loss. These skills, along with a strong social network, mutually reinforce personal resilience".
And resilient people, and in turn resilient organizations, rely on hope. He cites a definition of hope by Rebecca Solnit as "the embrace of the unknown and unknowable".
"Resilient individuals — in part through psychology and in part through practice — have greater self-awareness and awareness of the thoughts of those around them, they are more socially connected, and they are more extroverted. But most especially, they are naturally inclined toward the future, and toward hope."
Essay: Resilience and Hope
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