Course description

This course provides an in-depth understanding of ISO 22316, the international standard offering guidance on organizational resilience. It helps organizations strengthen their ability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and adapt to incremental change and sudden disruptions. Unlike prescriptive systems, ISO 22316 provides a framework based on key principles such as leadership, culture, shared vision, and risk awareness. This training empowers participants to embed resilience into strategy, operations, and organizational culture across all sectors.

What You’ll Learn

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Understand the purpose, scope, and principles of ISO 22316:2017.

• Define organizational resilience and its relationship with risk, business continuity, and sustainability.

• Identify the elements that contribute to resilience: leadership, communication, culture, and resources.

• Assess current organizational capabilities and gaps in resilience.

• Develop strategies that improve adaptability, flexibility, and responsiveness.

• Align resilience activities with governance, performance, and stakeholder expectations.

• Foster collaboration, innovation, and a shared vision across the organization.

• Create a roadmap to embed resilience thinking in organizational systems.

• Integrate ISO 22316 with related standards (ISO 22301, ISO 31000, ISO 9001, etc.).

• Monitor and evaluate improvements in resilience through relevant indicators.

Who Should Attend

• Risk and Resilience Managers

• Business Continuity and Crisis Management Professionals

• Executive and Strategic Leaders

• Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Officers

• Organizational Development and HR Leaders

• Consultants supporting organizational transformation and continuity

Recommendations

• Familiarity with organizational strategy, risk, or business continuity is helpful

• No prior experience with ISO 22316 required

• Useful for both public and private sector organizations across industries

Skills

• ISO 22316 principles and application

• Organizational resilience gap assessment

• Resilience strategy development

• Stakeholder engagement and leadership alignment

• Integration with ISO 22301 (BCMS) and ISO 31000 (Risk Management)

• Adaptive capacity planning

• Culture and behavioral enablers of resilience

• Measurement and continual improvement of resilience