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n an age where uncertainty reigns supreme, the only thing we can be sure of is that our lives are changing with unprecedented speed and in totally unexpected ways. Therefore, it is absolutely necessary to develop resilience, or rather the ability to face and overcome the difficulties of life, both personal and professional». An American from Missouri, Gregg Braden is considered an authority on making connections between the knowledge of the past and the science, medicine, and progress of our future. In addition to being a lecturer and author of numerous and intriguing international
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«THE RESILIENT PERSON FACES ADVERSITY AND ENGAGES IN A COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING. THE WAY OF LOOKING AT A NEGATIVE EVENT CHANGES BY MANAGING TO LEARN FROM IT, WHICH CAN SOMETIMES TURN INTO OPPORTUNITY». A JOURNEY INTO RESILIENCE GUIDED BY THE INSPIRATION OF TWO EXPERTS: GREGG BRADEN AND PIETRO TRABUCCHI.
best sellers, thanks to his ability for finding innovative solutions to complex problems, Braden was an innovation manager for the “Cisco Systems” network in the early nineties, effectively managing the global support team that ensured the reliability of today’s internet. In this issue of EVOLVE dedicated to the topic of resilience, we started from the philosophical (and practical) thoughts of two experts who have dedicated their lives to research in this field. In addition to having read and extracted snippets from the works of the “visionary” Braden (taken in particular from the essay “The power of resilience”), we interviewed Professor Pietro Trabucchi, psychologist and sociologist, professor at the University of Verona and collaborator of the Center of research in Bioengineering and Sport Sciences of Rovereto, as well as with the Institute of Sports Sciences of Rome. You will read his answers on the following pages. Over time, Trabucchi - who was the Psychologist of the Italian Olympic Cross-Country Skiing Team at the 2006 Turin Olympics and the psychologist of the National Triathlon Teams for many years - has been involved with training in companies on motivation and stress management. «With the Covid-19 emergency, we have been hit by a crisis of unprecedented impact and magnitude. For those who have the responsibility of people and businesses, the challenge is to accept the fact of having to experience hardships, aware that we might lose some of those privileges we have always taken for granted. The goal is not just to survive, but to navigate these months in a vital and constructive way, finding new ways and energy to start anew despite the climate of uncertainty. In the current context, individual as well as team resilience can really make the difference».
N° 6 - DECEMBER 2020
