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“This is a gem! The content and Sandra’s presentation on it was at the level of having Jim Collins speak.” Steve Harpham, Living Waters Financial Advisors and Former Controller, UPS “In The DNA of the Resilient Organization, Sandra has written what I consider to be one of the best and most useful books I have… Continue reading The DNA of the Resilient Organization Is Out and Available!

What an amazing acceptance speech today from Janet Yellen, new Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Bank (FRB). Janet is a woman I totally trust and respect immensely. The speech is amazing because her comments parallel many concepts I deeply believe in and also because I know Janet's uncompromising follow-through on what she says she will… Continue reading Marvelous Acceptance Speech Promises from Janet Yellen

In this year of special meaning to women in Oregon, I have been thinking about Women in Communications (WIC) and their wonderful Abigail Scott Duniway award. I was so honored to be the first business woman to receive this award in 1989. What happened to WIC and to this important award? Do either still exist?… Continue reading Women’s Equality Achieved?

Sandra has signed with Stargazer Publishing Company to publish her new book, The DNA of the Resilient Organization.    Due out in March, 2013, The DNA of the Resilient Organization is the latest title in Stargazer Publishing's new line of educational business books for both large and small organizations. Sandra's book will be available in print… Continue reading Sandra’s Official Book Cover!!

Sandra Suran presented the first speech focused on her new book to the Christian Chamber of Commerce of Oregon on October 17, 2012.  The presentation, "Achieve Organizational Resilience With A Collective Heartbeat," included the benefits of achieving resilience, as well as the practical and effective way of achieving it: One Change, One Challenge at a Time. Resilience: … Continue reading Christian Chamber of Commerce Speech

I experienced a wondrous event yesterday - watching the unpacking and assembly of NASA's new Hubble Space telescope exhibits for the Washington County Museum (WCM).  It is an incredible exhibit, very interactive and truly awesome!  NASA engineers have been working on the exhibit since last week; photographers and reporters were there yesterday to capture the… Continue reading Washington County’s Space Coup!

A recent USA Today article, “In a Tourist’s Wildest Dreams”, describes a forgotten country -Guyana(pka British Guiana). It is larger than the UK but last year had only 2,500 tourists. It is the least touristed country in the world according to a National Geographic article last year. It has the largest tract of unspoiled rain… Continue reading The Forgotten Country – My Roots

Now available...Read the Executive Summary of Sandra's book on http://www.resiliencedna.com.  

Fear of failure, by both executives and consultants, has diminished the possibility for many organizations to make major advances and to achieve stellar growth, especially for those with external “evaluators”, e.g. Boards, voters, stockholders, funders. That’s the implication of an article in the April issue of Atlantic Monthly, “Peak Intel: How So-Called Strategic Intelligence Actually Makes Us Dumber”, by… Continue reading The Decline of Strategic Decision Making

For information about  The DNA of the Resilient Organization  Visit  www.resiliencedna.com  for book summary, table of  contents and much more!