Organizational resilience is the ability of an organization to anticipate, prepare for, and respond and adapt to everything from minor everyday events to acute shocks and chronic or incremental changes. A highly resilient organization is also more adaptive, competitive, agile and robust.

Resilience is a relative, dynamic concept and resilience is a goal, not a fixed activity or state, and is enhanced by integrating and coordinating the various operational disciplines that the organization. The organization needs to provide direction to its efforts and ensure effective governance and risk management, as well as build resilience in partnership with others.