From fragile to agile: On-demand webinar and ALO resources

In this webinar, Dr Fabian Steinmann, Lecturer in Organisational Resilience and Change, explored how organisations can move beyond a purely risk-based mindset and embrace a resilience-driven approach to navigate disruption and uncertainty. The session included an interactive Q&A, providing attendees with the opportunity to ask questions and gain practical insights and real-world examples to their organisation stay in control and turn disruption into opportunity.

Whether you attended the event and would like to conduct some background reading, or if you couldn't make it but would like to know more about the topic, your free Alumni Library Online (ALO) can help you stay informed.

Here are a few examples of the articles you can read via your ALO:

ABI/INFORM Global

Mhlanga, D., & Mufaro Dzingirai. (2024). Bibliometric study on organizational resilience: trends and future research agenda. International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40991-024-00098-8

Walker, S. M., & Ramos-Rea, M. (2025). Leading through turbulence: A 40-year empirical synthesis of crisis leadership. Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics, 22(1), 118–130. https://doi.org/10.33423/jlae.v22i1.7602

Zhang, H., Tian, W., & Sun, X. (2025). How to enhance business model resilience: the mechanism of dynamic capability and leadership style in the enterprise–user Interaction. Sustainability, 17(10), 4463–4463. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17104463

Zhang, J., Li, H., & Zhao, H. (2025). The impact of digital transformation on organizational resilience: the role of innovation capability and agile response. Systems, 13(2), 75–75. https://doi.org/10.3390/systems13020075

EBSCO

Biswas, S., & Gupta, R. K. (2025). Transformational leadership: Building resilience and driving change for sustained performance. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2025(1), 1–6. Business Source Alumni Edition. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2025.195bp

SAGE

Bartel, C. A., & Rockmann, K. W. (2024). The disease of indifference: How relational systems provide the attentional infrastructure for organizational resilience. Strategic Organization, 22(1), 18–48. https://doi.org/10.1177/14761270231183441

Hollands, L., Haensse, L., & Lin-Hi, N. (2023). The how and why of organizational resilience: A mixed-methods study on facilitators and consequences of organizational resilience throughout a crisis. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 60(3), 002188632311657-002188632311657. https://doi.org/10.1177/00218863231165785

 Li, Q., Zhang, X., & Zhang, W. (2023). Organizational resilience and configurational conditions from the perspective of emergency: A fsQCA approach. SAGE Open, 13(1), 215824402311580-215824402311580. https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440231158057

Mellado-Garcia, E., Ortiz-de-Mandojana, N., & Aragon-Correa, J. A. (2024). Avoiding relapses after crises: Exploring the influence of firm investors’ characteristics on organizational resilience. BRQ Business Research Quarterly, 28(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/23409444241243377

Open Access articles in ScienceDirect from Elsevier

Although Elsevier do not generally permit alumni access to ScienceDirect material, don’t forget there are many articles available via open access (the author has paid to allow their article to be publicly available without subscription).

Here are some examples of open access articles in this subject area with direct links to the full text:

Atanassova, I., Bednar, P., Khan, H., & Khan, Z. (2024). Managing the VUCA environment: The dynamic role of organizational learning and strategic agility in B2B versus B2C firms. Industrial Marketing Management, 125, 12–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2024.12.008

Czakon, W., & Czernek-Marszałek, K. (2025). In times of fear turn to your competitor: Developing organizational resilience through coopetition. Industrial Marketing Management, 125, 339–354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2025.01.015

Want to hear more from Dr Fabian Steinmann? 
If you are interested in more information please click on his name here Fabian Steinmann to look at their research in Cranfield’s repository CERES. 

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