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Elmar Kutsch is a Professor of Risk Management at the Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University. His research focuses on organizational resilience, project reliability, and managing uncertainty. A former IT sector executive, he transitioned to academia in 2007, exploring how organizations navigate unexpected challenges. He has authored influential works such as Organisational Resilience: Navigating Paradoxical Tensions (2022) and Mindful Project Management (2020). His work bridges theory and practice, emphasizing experiential learning and paradoxical tension resolution in management education.
- Education: Not explicitly detailed in texts, but his career path indicates advanced qualifications in management and business administration.
- Affiliations: Visiting scholar at emLyon and Warwick School of Engineering.
Research interests center on resilience strategies, project risk dynamics, and mindfulness-based approaches. He pioneered frameworks for error categorization in high-reliability organizations and explored leadership failures through historical case studies like the Fall of France (1940).
His recent articles analyze cognitive biases in risk management, military inter-unit perception gaps, and adaptive capacity in crisis scenarios. He was awarded the Cranfield SOM Teaching and Learning Faculty Accolade (2017) for impactful case study development.
Advising focuses on graduate apprenticeship programs and executive development, emphasizing outcome-focused learning. Collaborates on projects addressing dynamic ambidexterity and resilience in complex operations.
Labs/teams: Engages with cross-disciplinary teams on resilience engineering and project management innovation, though specific lab names are not mentioned.
