From Risk to Resilience
Why Risk Models Fail and Why Resilience is a Smarter Investment in an Age of Uncertainty
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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 L. 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 L. 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 L. 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
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Sharron L. McPherson
Themen in »From Risk to Resilience«
Resilience Investing Climate-Resilient Investing How to measure resilience in infrastructure Resilience investing frameworks Climate resilience metrics ESG beyond risk avoidance ESG strategy behavioral science impact finance climate finance infrastructure adaptation public-private partnerships resilience metrics AI in resilience climate adaptation
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“From Risk to Resilience is the book that boards, investors, and regulators have been waiting for without knowing it. As a former SEC Branch Chief and corporate attorney who has spent decades at the intersection of capital markets, governance, and regulatory compliance, I recognise immediately the gap Sharron McPherson is addressing: the analytical architecture guiding most investment decisions today is structurally blind to the systemic interdependencies that determine whether assets actually perform under stress. The communities that have paid the highest price for that gap are those with the least margin for error — disproportionately exposed to compounding shocks yet chronically underrepresented in risk models. The Resilience Method™ she has developed fills that gap with rigour, precision, and real-world applicability, offering a decision-grade architecture that can redirect capital toward durable, equity-aligned outcomes and strengthen the social and economic fabric that markets ultimately depend on. This is essential reading for anyone who allocates capital, sits on a board, or sets policy in an era of compounding uncertainty.”
Cynthia M. Parrish, Esquire
Former Branch Chief, US Securities and Exchange Commission | Corporate Attorney | South Africa and USA | Energy Transactions Specialist
“As a former student of Sharron’s, her exceptional lecturing inspired the career path that led me to infrastructure private equity, and her brilliant writing brings that same energy and vision to every page. She has a rare gift for making complex financial topics accessible and engaging while staying ahead of the curve on global change, creating a book that speaks to readers whether they’re just starting out or years into their careers.”
Nicholas Pepper
Managing Director, Private Infrastructure EMEA, Partners Group AG (USD 185B AuM) | UCT Graduate School of Business Alumni
“Sharron McPherson’s reflections in From Risk to Resilience boldly describes how global systemic uncertainty with so many connected facets from climate to inequality, from epidemics to armed conflicts to AI, rapidly swirl together creating new patterns of risk for markets , companies, and governments. It is a frightening reminder that we are unprepared for such a rapid onslaught of challenges and that our decision-making processes need a speedy update in response. This is the “hinge period” we are in.
Her appeal is that we move to a discipline of Resilience from a dated pattern of risk management. This would provide companies with new tools to address the challenges of the future rather than being stuck in dated approaches from the past.
Investors and companies committed to Sustainability will appreciate this fresh discipline helping them to adapt.”
Timothy Smith
Co-Founder and Former Executive Director, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR, 1971) | Senior Policy Advisor, ICCR | Former Director of ESG Shareowner Engagement, Boston Trust Walden | Board Member, Wespath
“A fresh and incisive take on a problem that has long resisted solution. Sharron McPherson brings rare clarity to the gap between risk awareness and resilient decision-making — and the Resilience Method™ she has developed is exactly the kind of decision-grade framework that boards, investors, and institutions need to navigate the compounding uncertainties ahead. A fascinating mind at work.”
Per Lagerström
Founder and CEO, Yellowspot | Former Partner, McKinsey and Company | Independent Non-Executive Director, RMB Holdings and Remgro Limited
“Having spent decades at the intersection of capital, governance, and infrastructure, I recognise immediately the gap Sharron McPherson addresses in From Risk to Resilience. The challenge is not capital availability, but the absence of decision-grade clarity on whether assets can withstand real-world stress. At a moment when volatility is systemic, this framework is both timely and essential.”
Ambassador Christopher J. Okeke
Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Bolivia, and the Republic of Paraguay | Founding Managing Partner, Ajumogobia and Okeke
“Sharron McPherson’s From Risk to Resilience introduces Resilience Intelligence as the decision-grade framework that Africa’s most active investors and capital allocators have been missing. The Resilience Method™ she has developed translates complex systemic risk into verified signals that tell you whether the infrastructure underpinning your portfolio companies — and the markets they operate in — will hold under stress. For anyone deploying capital into African markets right now, this book is essential.”
Margaret O’Connor
Chair, Launch Africa Ventures | Former Financial Times Contributor | Founding Member, Mastercard Asia Pacific | Independent Non-Executive Director, Chrysalis Investments (FTSE 250) | Investment Committee, Five35 Ventures
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