The Curriculum Capstone: Your Organization's Black Swan Resilience Score

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[Verse 1]
Ten dimensions paint your portrait clear
Risk imagination - do you peer beyond the obvious
Seeking dangers that your industry's never seen
Dependencies run deeper than they seem
Three levels down, can you trace the chain
When supply lines snap, what links remain

[Chorus]
Black Swan resilience, forty to fifty strong
Thirty to thirty-nine, you're holding on
Twenty to twenty-nine, cracks in the wall
Below twenty means you're bound to fall
Rate yourself one through five
Check if your company will survive

[Verse 2]
Financial cushions thick enough to last
Six months of revenue flowing past
Operational flexibility bends but never breaks
Restructure everything before the ground shakes
Decision speed when seconds count
Crisis demands you can surmount

[Chorus]
Black Swan resilience, forty to fifty strong
Thirty to thirty-nine, you're holding on
Twenty to twenty-nine, cracks in the wall
Below twenty means you're bound to fall
Rate yourself one through five
Check if your company will survive

[Bridge]
Communication tested, redundant and true
Insurance audited for catastrophe too
Governance mapped with authorities defined
Culture embraces the adaptive mind
Learning velocity turns scars into shields
Experience harvested, capability yields

[Verse 3]
Honest assessment cuts through the noise
Rapid adaptation becomes your choice
Convert each failure to wisdom earned
Every crisis leaves you better prepared
Score the dimensions, face the truth
Black swan events test all you do

[Chorus]
Black Swan resilience, forty to fifty strong
Thirty to thirty-nine, you're holding on
Twenty to twenty-nine, cracks in the wall
Below twenty means you're bound to fall
Rate yourself one through five
Check if your company will survive

[Outro]
Ten dimensions, one through five
Measure twice, stay alive
Your capstone score reveals it all
Will you stand or will you fall

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