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Meet the RCO team - Rebecca Jones
ResilientCo would like to welcome Rebecca Jones to the team as Regional Manager, New South Wales. Rebecca brings to the team experience...

Increasing the focus on climate-related risk
Climate change presents an increasing challenge for communities across Australia. The uncertainty surrounding the magnitude, timing, and...


Building capability and capacity
We've been lucky enough to work with Mornington Peninsula Shire on a couple of occasions as council looks to build its capability and...


Welcome to David Younger
We are lucky to have as part of our broader partner network clinical psychologist and disaster preparedness and recovery expert David...


Moving towards a Resilient Recovery
We've been working alongside East Gippsland Shire Council to help re-set their 2019/2020 bushfires recovery focus. In the years since the...


Meet the RCO team - Laura Buchanan
We're excited to welcome Laura Buchanan to the ResilientCo team this week as a Senior Disaster Resilience Specialist. Laura has more than...


Meet the RCO team - John Deering
The team is pleased to welcome John Deering to the team as a Senior Associate with a focus on crisis management and exercising. John is a...


Meet the RCO team - Dean Griggs
Dean Griggs GAICD has joined the ResilientCo team as one of our valued network partners, working alongside us using his strong local...


Breaking down CREW
The ResilientCo Six-Step Future Ready Communities Model is underpinned by four key community resilience characteristics: connection,...


The Six Step Future Ready Communities Model
At the heart of the ResilientCo Six-Step Future Ready Communities Model is a commitment to empowering communities, assisting them to...


Meet the RCO team - Sally Hutchinson
ResilientCo is pleased to welcome Sally Hutchinson to the team. Sally is the founder of SMS Marketing and combines her passion for...


Welcome to the RCO team: Michelle Richards
ResilientCo has welcomed Michelle Richards to the team. Michelle has a wealth of experience in state and local government in council and...


Gannawarra Community Recovery
It was a pleasure for the team to support Gannawarra Shire Council and the Community Recovery Committee in the development of a recovery...

Meet the RCO team - Maree Grenfell
ResilientCo is pleased to have Maree Grenfell working alongside of us as part of the ResilientCo network. Her expertise is in...


Data as a storyteller, not just a report
A multinational corporation contracted ResilientCo on two separate projects to help them with data management and quality challenges....

Meet the RCO team - Shannon Bakker
Specialty: Strategic communication and engagement is my speciality. It really means that I try and get the message across about complex...


Meet the RCO team: Nicola Willemsen
Name: Nicola Willemsen Specialty: Graphic design is my speciality, taking reports, structure diagrams and any written information and...


Increasing understanding through exercising
As part of any exercise we run, no matter what the objective, we start and end with a quick survey to gauge understanding and confidence...


Meet the RCO team - Brett Ellis
Name: Brett Ellis Specialty: Resilience building in organisations and communities. Helping others to think outside the square. Bringing...


Designing for your worst-case plausible scenario
When we design exercises for local government and corporate clients, we’re looking for the most plausible, worst case scenario that will...
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