From Risk to Resilience challenges how decisions are made in an era defined not only by climate disruption, but by systemic uncertainty. Traditional risk models rely on historical data and stable assumptions. Yet across infrastructure, financial markets, and national systems, these foundations are breaking down, creating a widening gap between modeled risk and real-world uncertainty.
Sharron McPherson introduces The Resilience Method™, a decision-grade framework that enables governments, investors, and infrastructure leaders to assess whether systems, assets, and communities will remain viable over time. Moving beyond risk mitigation, she reframes resilience as a strategic discipline for operating under uncertainty. Drawing on three decades of experience across finance, law, and policy, and fieldwork across five continents, she connects complex risk signals to real-world decisions. This is a practical framework for navigating volatility, allocating capital with greater confidence, and building systems that endure.
Sharron McPherson is a global strategist, investment banker, and attorney with over 30 years’ experience in infrastructure investing across Africa and Asia. She is Founder and CEO of Resilience Technologies Inc. and a Senior Fellow at the Stimson Center. She teaches at the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business and Singularity University.
From Risk to Resilience challenges how decisions are made in an era defined not only by climate disruption, but by systemic uncertainty. Traditional risk models rely on historical data and stable assumptions. Yet across infrastructure, financial markets, and national systems, these foundations are breaking down, creating a widening gap between modeled risk and real-world uncertainty.
Sharron McPherson introduces The Resilience Method™, a decision-grade framework that enables governments, investors, and infrastructure leaders to assess whether systems, assets, and communities will remain viable over time. Moving beyond risk mitigation, she reframes resilience as a strategic discipline for operating under uncertainty.
Drawing on three decades of experience across finance, law, and policy, and fieldwork across five continents, she connects complex risk signals to real-world decisions. This is a practical framework for navigating volatility, allocating capital with greater confidence, and building systems that endure.
Offers a new risk management framework rooted in lived experience and backed by original case studies Bridges siloed strategies across behavioral, physical, and financial systems Translates ESG intentions into quantifiable, investable strategies
Sharron McPherson
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