Ann-Kristin Achleitner on why crises promote anti-fragility and those who have resilient structures and processes emerge strengthened from the crisis.
“The Corona crisis offers a fast-forward experience. Processes that were already in place in the economy are now being greatly accelerated. The importance of digitization for the economy and society in Corona times has become unmistakably clear. Companies, but also educational institutions, that already have a resilient digital structure, get through the crisis better than those who do not yet have such a structure. And they are fitter for a future that will place significantly higher digital demands. The same applies to companies and the entire area of the Internet of Things.”
– Prof. Dr. Ann-Kristin Achleitner is an economist at the TUM School of Management and co-founder of the Social Entrepreneurship Academy in Munich. The article “From Old to New!”, Achleitner published for the Institute Global Challenges, developed by DvH Media, in the Handelsblatt of May 14, 2020, No. 93
Prof. Dr. Hans-Christian Riekhof on this: Warren Buffett once said: at low tide you can see who is swimming naked. And Ann-Kristin Achleitner is right when she emphasizes that those who have resilient structures and processes emerge strengthened from crises. Crises promote anti-fragility.
