ResilienceFirst and foremost， there

ResilienceFirst and foremost， there are， of course， many interpretations of resilience. Coupled with the fact that， at some point in all our lives， we are all going to lean on our reserves of resilience，it is important to understand what we are describing. In this section we take a look at these holistically， and as we look into getting wellbeing off the ground in the next chapter we will look closer at personal resilience as well as some of the guidance we can give our people about managing this frail est of assets in our armoury.The word resilience 'has roots in the Latin verb resilire-to rebound. We can look at a number of interpretations here to try to get a feel of both the perspectives on offer， but also to emphasize that resilience has been researched for well over 40 years now， so there is a lot known about it. However， with this in mind it is also important to note that， in respect of how the brain works， Michael Taft， an expert in therapeutic neuroscience， noted at the 2017Neuroscience Summit that：We have learnt more about the brain in the last 15 years than we have in the whole of human history'(Taft， 2017) .In terms of the literature on resilience itself， it maybe useful to unpack a few of the interpretation s. Resilience refers to：