In Art Hutchinson blog I found this post that sums pretty much why I'm so interested in this subject

"Today, companies have to be able to change their business and structure increasingly fast. Triggers such as oil crises, globalisation, the rapid relocation of manufacturing and services to low-wage countries, and the concentration of commercial processes mean that large and successful enterprises are no longer a monolithic, structurally stable hierarchy but a rapidly metamorphosing entity. A business may look very different in December to what it looked like in January. The ability to change rapidly and respond effectively to external forces is a characteristic of business resilience.
... companies face international take-overs and reorganisations in a world of globally distributed production, increased or new customer demands, open information channels, and stakeholder awareness - all against a background of global uncertainty. Since being resilient is understood to constitute a competitive advantage in unstable times, business resilience is seen as a means of responding to the future in a way that will reflect positively upon the prosperity of the enterprise."

My main diference with Art's cuote is that I think it alsow happens to people not just organizations....