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Operational Resilience, Risk Management and Crisis Decision-Making with Bruce McIndoe
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- May 16, 2026
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Summary
In this episode of RiskMasters , I speak with Bruce McIndoe, founder of iJET and WorldAware, and a global expert in operational resilience, crisis management, and risk management in complex environments. With decades of experience across intelligence systems, NASA programmes, and Global 2000 advisory, Bruce brings a practical perspective on how operational risk, organisational fragmentation, and leadership decision-making interact under pressure. This conversation focuses on a critical but often misunderstood reality: operational resilience is not a reporting outcome. It is a capability that determines whether organisations can detect early signals, coordinate effectively, and act before disruption escalates into crisis. 🎯 What You Will Learn How operational resilience differs from traditional risk management frameworks Why operational risk builds through fragmentation, not isolated failures How crisis management fails when coordination breaks down under pressure Why early warning signals are often visible but not acted upon How human judgement remains critical in interpreting ambiguous risk signals Practical ways to strengthen coordination across functions and improve resilience 🕒 Episode Highlights 02:30 — Risk reporting vs operational resilience Why risk registers and heat maps create governance clarity but fail to indicate whether the organisation can continue to operate under disruption. 07:15 — How disruption actually emerges in operational risk environments Why crises do not appear as clear, linear events, but develop through fragmented and ambiguous signals across functions. 10:55 — Intelligence fusion and missed early warning signals How operational risk signals exist across silos, but are rarely connected early enough to inform decision-making. 14:40 — Crisis…