Managing stress in compounding crisis.
SHFT is a multi-modal program of works exploring the impacts of stress on cognition and behaviour in compounding crisis.
As slow compounding pressures cascade into rolling acute crisis in our climate, economies, technologies and communities, we - individuals, teams, communities - are stretching to breaking point.
In times of crisis and high stress – when “Shit Hits The Fan” (SHTF) - a common response is to bug out, isolate and focus on self-preservation and survival. At SHFT we’re focused on building skills and practices to understand, reframe and shift (SHFT) our responses.
Through a program of research, events and creative practice we are leading a program of discovery to uncover and document the underlying causes of growing stress, the neurological and physiological process that drive our cognition and behaviour and the myriad ways we might manage, mitigate and optimise our responses.
We're building a survival kit for compounding crisis - where care for ourselves and each other can scaffold thoughtful and resilient responses to a rapidly changing, volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world.
Prepare to SHFT.
